Our client, a Boston-based University, is in need of a temporary Senior IT Business Analyst to cover a 6 month employee leave.
The Senior IT Business Analyst is a strategic and hands-on role responsible for analyzing, designing, and delivering business and technology solutions that align with organizational goals. The individual will partner with business and IT teams to understand needs, define requirements, and ensure technology solutions are scalable, sustainable, and integrated across systems. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in business process analysis, application integration, and IT infrastructure, along with a passion for solving complex problems with technology.
This is a full-time (40. Hrs a week), hybrid position, working 3 days a week onsite in Boston, and 2 days working remotely.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with stakeholders to gather and document detailed business, functional, and technical requirements.
- Analyze current state processes, systems, and infrastructure to identify improvement and integration opportunities.
- Translate business needs into clear specifications, user stories, and technical requirements for developers and engineers.
- Lead initiatives involving system integrations (APIs, middleware, data exchanges) between platforms, applications, and external vendors.
- Work closely with infrastructure teams to ensure technology solutions align with enterprise architecture, security policies, and performance standards.
- Facilitate solution design sessions with cross-functional teams, ensuring that infrastructure and integration impacts are considered.
- Develop business process documentation, data flow diagrams, and systems maps that reflect current and future states.
- Participate in vendor evaluations, RFP processes, and system implementation planning.
- Support QA/UAT efforts by defining test cases, validating results, and ensuring end-to-end workflows function as expected.
- Monitor post-implementation performance and collaborate on continuous improvement strategies.
- Mentor junior analysts and contribute to business analysis standards, tools, and frameworks.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience working on vendor evaluations, RFP processes, and system implementation planning.
- Experience supporting QA/UAT efforts by defining test cases, validating results, and ensuring end-to-end workflows function as expected.
- Served in leadership, mentoring, or training capacity, and working with junior staff members.
- Experience with business process documentation, data flow diagrams, and systems maps.
- Experience with integrations (APIs, middleware, data exchanges) between platforms, applications, and external vendors.
- Higher Ed experience a plus.