Lead Software Engineer
Job Description
Role Overview
The Senior Business Analyst (BA) serves as a critical bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams to drive digital transformation and process improvements. The role focuses on translating complex business needs into actionable technical requirements while ensuring successful end-to-end project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Requirement Elicitation & Engineeraing: Lead workshops, interviews, and discovery sessions to capture business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
Documentation: Author comprehensive artifacts including Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), and detailed User Stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Process Optimization: Analyze "As-Is" workflows to identify inefficiencies and design "To-Be" optimized processes using BPMN or similar modeling techniques
Backlog Management: Define and prioritize product features based on business value, managing a healthy product backlog in Agile environments.
Data Analysis & Reporting: Utilize SQL to analyze datasets, extract insights, and create reports or dashboards to support data-driven decision-making.
Stakeholder Management: Facilitate communication across cross-functional teams (Engineering, QA, Product) and senior leadership to align project scope with strategic goals.
Testing & Validation: Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by defining test scenarios, creating scripts, and coordinating with QA teams to validate that solutions meet business needs.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Experience: Typically 6–10+ years of proven experience in business analysis within IT or software development environments.
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field.
Methodologies: Expert proficiency in Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and Waterfall SDLC frameworks.
Technical Proficiency
Management Tools: JIRA, Confluence, etc
Modeling Tools: MS Visio, Lucidchart, Miro, or Figma.
Data Tools: Strong SQL skills for data validation and basic cloud concept fluency
Soft Skills: Exceptional analytical thinking, proactive problem-solving, and the ability to translate "tech-speak" into business value.
Certifications (Preferred): CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional), PMI-PBA, or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO).