IT Business Analyst

**Join a leading organization in the energy sector, partnering with Aquent, where your expertise will directly power critical IT and business transformation initiatives!**

This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your analytical prowess and technical acumen to shape the future of our digital landscape. You will be instrumental in bridging the gap between complex business needs and innovative technology solutions, ensuring seamless integration and successful project delivery that impacts thousands. Your contributions will drive efficiency, enhance capabilities, and support the strategic growth of a vital industry.

**About the Opportunity**

We are seeking a dynamic and highly skilled individual to play a pivotal role in our IT and business transformation projects. This position is at the heart of our efforts to evolve and optimize our systems, working closely with diverse teams to translate vision into tangible results. You will be a key player in designing, testing, and implementing solutions that directly support our operational excellence and strategic objectives. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact by ensuring our technology aligns perfectly with our business goals.

**What You'll Do**

* Collaborate extensively with business stakeholders to meticulously gather, document, and analyze requirements for critical IT systems and applications.

* Transform business needs into precise functional and technical specifications, clear process flows, and comprehensive use cases.

* Partner with technical teams to conceptualize, test, and deploy solutions that are perfectly aligned with business objectives.

* Provide crucial support across the entire project lifecycle, from initial requirements and solution design through various testing phases (UAT, performance, integration) to successful deployment.

* Create and maintain essential system documentation, including business requirements documents, functional requirements documents, workflow diagrams, and data dictionaries.

* Conduct thorough gap analysis, impact assessments, and feasibility studies for proposed system enhancements.

* Work hand-in-hand with quality assurance teams to orchestrate the testing process, including designing robust test cases and validating that delivered solutions meet all requirements.

* Facilitate engaging workshops, productive stakeholder meetings, and insightful requirement review sessions.

* Champion compliance with IT standards, security protocols, and governance policies.

* Serve as a vital liaison, fostering effective communication between business units, IT development teams, and external third-party software and integration vendors.

**Must-Have Qualifications**

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.

* 5+ years of experience in a similar analytical role within IT or software development projects.

* Profound understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

* Demonstrated experience thriving in fast-paced, Agile environments, collaborating closely with product owners and project managers.

* Proven ability to write detailed business, functional, and technical requirements, as well as user stories.

* Proficiency with SQL for effective data querying, analysis, and validation.

* Experience working with APIs, system integrations, and various system interfaces.

* Knowledge of enterprise applications, including web applications or custom-built platforms (on-premise or cloud-based).

* Exceptional analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

* Outstanding communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation) to articulate complex ideas clearly.

**Nice-to-Have Qualifications**

* Experience with leading cloud platforms.

* Exposure to data visualization and business intelligence tools.

* Familiarity with project management and development operations tools.

* Domain knowledge in the energy, utilities, or financial services sectors.

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**About Aquent Talent:**

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Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.