Business Analyst

Business Analyst Richmond, VA (Hybrid) 8-Month Contract Job ID 24-09263 Solugenix is assisting a client, in their search for a Business Analyst. This is a 8-month contract opportunity based out of Richmond, VA (Hybrid). The Client's Business Integrated Solutions Division (BISD) is seeking a highly experienced Business Analyst to join our Business Analytics and Testing Support Team. This role requires strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to take initiative with minimal supervision. The Business Analyst will serve as the voice of the customer, ensuring that business needs are clearly understood, articulated, and documented. The Business Analyst will work in both Agile (Sprint) and traditional Waterfall methodologies for the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), contributing to ensuring that customers' requirements are met through the development and delivery of requested enhancements. Qualifications: Minimum of 10 years of experience delivering business and data analysis artifacts with a customer-focused approach. 5 years of experience as an Agile Business Analyst with a strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology, including representing the customer during sprint reviews. Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs, ensuring prioritization based on customer needs. Proficiency in translating client and product strategy requirements into Epics, Features, and User Stories, ensuring alignment with customer goals. Strong data analysis background, organizational data management concepts, and SQL/database experience, particularly in supporting customer-driven solutions. Proficient in defining acceptance criteria and managing the acceptance process with the customer in mind. Experience with software development applications such as Azure DevOps and/or Jira. Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server). Experience with reporting systems, operational data stores, data warehouses, data lakes, and data marts. Exceptional written and oral communication skills with a proven ability to advocate for customers while working with a diverse set of peers and stakeholders. Preferred: Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP). PMI - Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA). PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP). Experience using Azure DevOps or Jira for agile software development and work item tracking. Experience with automated testing tools such as TestComplete, Cucumber, or Selenium. Responsibilities: Act as the voice of the customer, working with project team members and business stakeholders to fully understand business processes, pain points, and customer needs. Develop expertise in customers' business applications and organizational data management concepts, advocating for the customer throughout the SDLC. Conduct Root Cause Analysis to identify system gaps and deficiencies that impact the customer and require a business, technical, or blended approach for resolution. Diagram current processes and propose modifications using process flows, context diagrams, and data flow diagrams to ensure clarity for both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Client and document customer-centric requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria with a focus on improving business and technical processes. Decompose requirements into Epics and Features, create clear and concise user stories that are aligned with customer goals and are easy to implement by technical teams. Map user stories to technical designs for system modifications, ensuring that solutions meet customer expectations. Identify and group related user stories into Themes, and document dependencies, ensuring alignment with customer priorities and business processes. Assist the Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog with a customer-first mindset. Perform Quality Analyst functions, defining test objectives, test plans, and test cases, while executing tests (including regression testing) to ensure customer satisfaction. Coordinate and facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business stakeholders, ensuring that the customer is at the center of the testing process and keeping Project Managers/Scrum Masters informed of progress. Pay Range for CA, CO, IL, NJ, NY, WA, and DC: $47/hour to $50/hour. Starting rate of pay offered may vary depending on factors including but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. Solugenix will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and Ordinance. Applicants do not need to disclose their criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if we are concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, applicants will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. About Solugenix Solugenix is an information technology services company known for its deep experience and knowledge in providing comprehensive technology services, solutions, and talent support for companies around the world. The company offers a variety of cutting edge and talent support solutions to promote growth and cutting-edge advancement to our esteemed clients and candidates. We provide these talent support solutions on a contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire basis. We also have additional resources from our staffing partners to ensure the right match and expertise for the best result. For over 50 years, global and local brands have trusted Solugenix as an added resource and partner in taking steps to ensure their immediate and future success. In addition to generating ground-breaking, industry-defining solutions, Solugenix has been delivering the talent and support needed to make it happen. We are dedicated to partnering with clients and candidates whose core values also foster a culture of professionalism, teamwork, and integrity.