Business Analyst - W2 Only

Role: Sr. Business Analyst Location: Irving, TX (Hybrid) Mandatory skills • 5 years or more years of relevant experience required. • 2 years or more Agile (Scrum or XP) business analysis experience with user stories and backlogs required. • Excellent business requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation skills required. • Experience working with tools like Azure DevOps (ADO) or similar for backlog management and story tracking required. • Experience creating ADO dashboards for tracking project progress and monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Metrics required. • Knowledge of SQL/Integration, Extract-Transform-Load (ETL), and User Interface (UI) preferred. • Knowledge of test methodologies preferred Responsibilities: • Work independently as a liaison between end-users, product management, and development to elicit, analyze, and document user requirements, translating them into user stories. • Collaborate with the Product Owner and other stakeholders to ensure the health of the product backlog. • Take ownership of team ceremonies including grooming/refinement, planning, pre-refinement, and others. • Participate in Agile ceremonies, driving the discussion during sprint planning and user story refinement. • Conduct gap analysis to identify solutions that are cost-effective and meet business requirements. • Collaborate with the development team to ensure the design meets customer requirements. • Provide timely answers to team questions during design, development, and Quality Assurance (QA) testing. • Create MS SQL queries that retrieve application data and allow identification and triage of discrepancies. • Field questions from stakeholders/end users during user acceptance testing, identify potential options to aid in the resolution process. • Work with business owners and technical architects to set a strategic product direction and scope out project efforts. Good to have skills: • Experience in working on CI/CD Pipelines using GitLab • Relevant degree preferred.