Business Analyst

Location: Mechanicsburg, PA Position Type: Mostly Remote Hybrid Schedule: Onsite as needed Contract Length: Long-term with annual extensions Position Overview: The Business Analyst will support new system development and enhancements by independently eliciting, analyzing, and documenting clear, comprehensive business and system requirements. This role emphasizes strong Waterfall-based requirements documentation while collaborating with technical and business stakeholders throughout the system lifecycle. Duties: • Gather, analyze, and document business rules, processes, and applicable legislation. • Lead requirements-gathering sessions with business users and technical teams for complex system initiatives. • Analyze policies, procedures, RFPs, and legislative documentation to identify required system or process changes. • Partner with business users to define, improve, and implement business processes supported by IT systems. • Develop, enhance, and document detailed system and functional requirements. • Prepare and review detailed functional specifications to support system development and enhancements. • Create use cases and other requirements artifacts to clearly capture user and system needs. • Execute responsibilities independently with minimal guidance or oversight. • Assist with system testing, validation, and defect resolution. • Support preparation, planning, and prioritization of system change requests. • Contribute to the development of user training materials. • Troubleshoot system, data, and process-related issues. • Collaborate with development and database teams to document business rules supporting data migration and system integrations. • Develop mock-ups and visual aids to support requirements elicitation and validation. • Create As-Is and To-Be process flows to document current and future business processes. • Perform basic SQL queries as needed to support analysis and validation. • Perform related duties as required to support project and operational needs. Required Skills: • 7+ years of experience working across the SDLC using Waterfall and/or Agile methodologies. • 7+ years of experience writing clear, detailed use cases and requirements documentation. • 7+ years of experience developing comprehensive business requirements. • 7+ years of experience developing detailed functional requirements. • 7+ years of experience performing business process re-engineering initiatives. Preferred Skills: • 3+ years of experience in business change management. • 3+ years of experience using Team Foundation Server (TFS).