Business Analyst 3 - 25-34182

Business Analyst 3 (Senior Level) Location: Remote (Texas) Duration: 8-month contract Job Overview We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support a large-scale technology modernization and transformation initiative. This role involves advanced business analysis work across multiple interrelated projects, including SaaS/COTS implementations, data migration from legacy systems, and data warehouse development. The position requires minimal supervision and a high level of independent judgment, initiative, and leadership. The analyst will work closely with technical and business stakeholders to gather requirements, improve business processes, support testing efforts, and ensure high-quality deliverables using established business analysis methodologies. Key Responsibilities • Perform senior-level business analysis for complex technology initiatives involving emerging hardware and software solutions. • Gather, analyze, document, and validate business and functional requirements using multiple elicitation techniques. • Review, assess, and document current (“as-is”) and future-state (“to-be”) business processes. • Support implementation of SaaS and COTS applications, data migration activities, and data warehouse solutions. • Develop and maintain business analysis deliverables in accordance with established standards, methodologies, and procedures. • Create, review, and validate user acceptance testing (UAT) plans, test cases, and testing documentation. • Analyze production support issues, identify root causes, and document required system or data corrections. • Facilitate workshops, interviews, and working sessions with business and cross-functional technical teams. • Develop design documentation, process flows, diagrams, and technology specifications. • Provide guidance to business and functional teams throughout testing, training, and implementation phases. • Ensure consistency, quality, and traceability of all requirements and related documentation. • May assign tasks to and provide guidance or oversight to other analysts. Required Skills & Experience • 10+ years of business analysis experience on software development projects, including preparation of project documentation. • 10+ years of experience in requirements elicitation, stakeholder management, and technical documentation (use cases, traceability, prototyping, and data modeling). • 10+ years facilitating interactive sessions with business users and cross-functional teams. • 10+ years of strong analytical skills, including assessment of production support issues and root cause analysis. • 10+ years developing and documenting business processes and functional designs. • 10+ years defining functional designs and system specifications and delivering complete requirement packages. • 10+ years supporting and guiding user acceptance testing, training, and implementation activities. • 10+ years of excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, including technical writing. • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and prototyping or diagramming tools such as Visio, Axure, SnagIt, or Adobe Illustrator. Quality Assurance & Testing Experience • 8+ years of knowledge and experience with Software Quality Assurance or Software Engineering methodologies. • 8+ years writing, reviewing, and validating quality standards, test plans, and test cases. • 8+ years translating business and functional requirements into test procedures. • 8+ years of experience with the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). • 8+ years of hands-on experience using JIRA (user stories, test cases, execution, and reporting). • 8+ years of experience with smoke testing, regression testing, black-box testing, white-box testing, and both manual and automated testing. • Advanced experience using Oracle and SQL queries for data validation and testing. Preferred Qualifications • Experience working in Agile development environments. • Experience developing web application test automation using Java, Selenium, or similar tools. • Strong database skills, including creating test data and validating data updates. • Experience supporting Salesforce projects. • Background in process improvement strategies and methodologies. • Proven ability to lead change initiatives and design more efficient business processes. • Industry experience in Oil & Gas, compliance, or enforcement-related projects. • Ability to work effectively within complex, multifaceted teams and manage challenging situations. • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent experience). Apply tot his job Apply To this Job