Business Analyst

Job Title: Business Analyst

Location: Richmond, VA 23219 (Hybrid-onsite is preferred just in case for onsite meetings)

Status: Full-time, Contract

Yakshna Solutions, Inc., (YSI) is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, VA, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serving business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, training, and professional development assistance.

Our client is seeking Sr Business Analyst with a technical background to support software development IT Projects using a mix of Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid Methodologies.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform all tasks related to business analysis, including problem/opportunity identification, elicitation of requirements, and management of stakeholders to meet business and project objectives.
• Analyze and verify requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards.
• Create process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and/or the project team.
• Develop and conduct peer reviews of the business requirements to ensure that requirement specifications are correctly interpreted.
• Manage and track the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle; enforce and redefine as necessary.
• Communicate changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements verbally or through written documentation to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood.
• Facilitate collaboration and knowledge transfer between stakeholders and the development team
• Work with other BSAs, Data Analysts, Business Architect, Development, and Data Governance teams to ensure the needs of these partners are incorporated into project requirements.
• Develop user acceptance tests and facilitate their execution and business validation discussions and meetings.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong leadership and collaboration skills with experience leading cross-functional business and IT teams through requirements gathering, solution delivery, and organizational change.
• Proven experience managing cloud-hosted SaaS implementations, documenting business and system processes, and utilizing project management and requirements management tools.
• Expertise in Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid project management methodologies, with the ability to communicate project health, risks, and status to stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to adapt quickly and work independently in fast-paced environments.
• Technical background preferred, with experience in healthcare, data modernization, Enterprise Data Warehouse initiatives, Microsoft Office Suite, and certifications such as PMP and AWS Cloud Practitioner considered a plus.