Business Analyst 3(BA3)

Job Title: Business Analyst 3(BA3) Location: Columbus, OH Work Model: Remote Compensation: $104-109k Position Overview The Business Analyst (BA) plays a critical role in bridging business needs and technical solutions. This position provides program-level technical assistance to state and contracted IT professionals throughout multiple phases of assigned projects. The BA will gather and analyze information from diverse sources—including business stakeholders, technical teams, and legacy documentation—during project inception and throughout the development lifecycle. Success in this role requires strong analytical, facilitation, verbal, and written communication skills, as well as an inquisitive mindset that identifies opportunities to improve quality. The BA should help guide the organization toward seeing the big picture, envisioning innovative solutions, and ensuring applications are designed for usability and value. What You Will Be Doing • Collaborate in an Agile Scrum environment, supporting iterative development and continuous improvement. • Work with Azure DevOps to organize and track work across Epics, Features, User Stories, Bugs, and Issues. • Develop and refine user stories to meet the Definition of Ready (DoR). • Use a variety of tools such as MS Excel, Word, Visio, Lucidchart, and PowerPoint to create supporting artifacts such as Project Vision Documents, Journey Maps, Business Workflows, Templates and Mock-ups based on interviews with technical teams, business stakeholders, and subject matter experts. • Assist the Product Owner in writing requirements, defining acceptance criteria, and managing user stories throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). • Work closely with the development team to clarify requirements, address questions during development, and validate that delivered code meets acceptance criteria. • Support Quality Assurance (QA) processes by assisting in test case creation and ensuring adequate coverage of user stories, mapping user tests to traceability matrices, and applying client QA standards during pre-production testing. • Support Release Management during release cycles to validate deployments and serve as a subject matter expert on business rules and system functionality to support troubleshooting and validation during releases Compensation & Benefits • Medical, dental, and vision insurance • 401(k) • Other standard benefits as applicable About Unicon UNICON is a workforce solutions provider with over 35 years of experience supporting organizations across a variety of industries. We partner with our clients to deliver skilled professionals while maintaining a strong focus on quality, compliance, and long-term relationships. UNICON is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.