Senior Business Analyst

Role: Senior Business Analyst Location: Dallas, TX/Austin, TX - Onsite Requirement analysis (50%): Work closely with client Product owner/Business SME to understand existing business process and scope and document the functional and non-functional requirements, user journey, pain points and improvement opportunities. Participate in application/data discovery to identify priorities, scope, and requirements including UI, business rules, reports, user group access rules, reference/meta data for the process. Conduct detail mapping of requirements with application functionalities. Write clear and well-structured functional user stories mapped to the applications. Schedule and host User story grooming session to ensure acceptance from Client Product Owner/ business SME and development team. Front-end discussion with Client Product owner and business/technical SME to help resolve queries from the development team. Solution Development and Implementation (25%): Liaison with Development Lead to transition requirement to technical design. Coordinate closely with remote/offshore development team to explain the requirements, clarify queries and to ensure solution is developed per business specifications. Be first line of reviewer to validate design and provide appropriate guidance to meet the client Product Owner expectation. Schedule and host the in-sprint demo to client Product Owner/Business SME and share meeting summary clearly documenting the status, feedback & action items. Project Coordination and Delivery (25%): Coordination with scrum manager to maintain the JIRA story board, assist with getting requirement clarification, work artifacts. Collaborate with the Program Manager and Project Manager on roadmap planning and prioritization. Assist with smoke testing before UAT & deployment. Prepare Application run book. United IT Solutions