Senior Business Analyst

Location: Atlanta, GA
Job Type: Contract
Experience: 10+ Years
Employment Type: W2 Only
Visa: H1B, EAD

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst with 10+ years of experience supporting complex business and technology initiatives. The ideal candidate will be responsible for working closely with business stakeholders and technical teams to understand business needs, define requirements, and ensure successful delivery of solutions.

The candidate should have strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into clear, actionable specifications for technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand business objectives, processes, and requirements.
• Lead requirements gathering sessions, stakeholder interviews, and working sessions.
• Analyze business processes and identify gaps, risks, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Create and maintain BRDs, FRDs, user stories, use cases, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional requirements for development and QA teams.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Project Managers, Developers, QA Engineers, and other stakeholders throughout the SDLC.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Assist in defining and prioritizing product/project requirements.
• Support development and testing teams by clarifying requirements and resolving functional questions.
• Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and validate delivered functionality against business requirements.
• Analyze test results, identify defects or gaps, and work with technical teams through resolution.
• Maintain requirements traceability and ensure changes are properly documented and communicated.
• Prepare status updates and communicate project progress, issues, and risks to stakeholders.
• Contribute to process improvement and documentation of current and future-state business processes.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Business Analyst / Senior Business Analyst in a technology or enterprise environment.
• Strong experience with requirements analysis, business process modeling, and functional documentation.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Hands-on experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Proven experience working with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, BRDs, and functional specifications.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence or similar requirements/project management tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SQL and data analysis.
• Experience with Visio, Lucidchart, or similar process modeling tools.
• Experience working on enterprise applications, integrations, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of APIs, system integrations, and data flows.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred.