City: Los Angeles CA
Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Onsite 1 day a week
Duration: 6 months extendable
Work Authorization: Valid work authorization in the US
82/hr in C2C or 75/hr in w2 (all inclusive)
The Business Analyst is responsible for collecting and documenting business requirements from various business teams and provides written functional requirements for various technology teams. This key role is the liaison between business teams and technology teams. The primary responsibilities of this role include working with stakeholders to understand their business and technical requirements building and managing the product backlog and successfully leading agile projects through their respective life cycles.
Ability to verify the responses of API requests to ensure that they are accurate and meet the specified requirements.
Able to debug API issues and work with development teams to resolve them.
Responsible for conducting manual API testing and also using tools such as Postman SoapUI and RestAssured.
Able to build test cases execute test cases and log defects in Jira as needed.
The Business Analyst must be comfortable managing and driving the requirementsgathering phase of technology projects
The Business Analyst will also be needed to sometimes provide secondtier technology applications support and application reporting
Work with the Business to identify requirements and think critically about what will make it successful; write user stories that effectively communicate the Business requirements and that are easily consumed by software development teams
Attend and lead Business stakeholder meetings; provide project status reporting to management; assist with testing scenarios and validate results
Create deliverables such as process flows wireframes mockups and functional prototypes to effectively communicate design strategies and detailed interaction behaviors
Prepare and deliver client presentations
Advocate on behalf of Business to IT and advocate on behalf of IT to Business
Become a Subject Matter Expert on a variety of packages and custom business
Go beyond just reading and understanding information to making sense of it and finding patterns for improvement
Troubleshoot and resolve applications issues
Isolate replicate and report defects and verify defect fixes.
Other duties as required/assigned.
Requirements:
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science IT Software Engineering or equivalent knowledge skills and experience
5 years previous experience in business/systems analysis and quality assurance
Solid experience in writing SQL queries
Proven success with UI design
Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Proven experience in eliciting requirements and testing
Experience in analyzing data to draw businessrelevant conclusions and in data visualization techniques and tools
Basic knowledge in generating process documentation
Strong written and verbal communication skills including technical writing skills
Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables ensures the ability to find the bad defects and bugs quickly
Creative solving of technical problems to ensure the ability to translate technical requirements and test plans
Strong problemsolving skills results orientation and common sense
Ability to follow projects through to completion adhering to tight timelines
Ability to learn new technologies quickly step outside your own comfort zone and handle unfamiliar challenge