Lead Business Analyst

About the role

Lead Business Analyst position located in New York, NY – Hybrid, with a 30‑month duration. The role supports the modernization of complex legacy applications within an Integrated Eligibility System environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, document, and validate business, functional, system, and non‑functional requirements.
• Extract, transform, and document legacy system functionality, system logic, and business rules.
• Develop clear, detailed user stories based on identified requirements and product roadmaps.
• Build and maintain extensive product backlogs in collaboration with product owners.
• Review current‑state legacy systems and perform future‑state analysis to support application modernization.
• Perform functional analysis, requirements analysis, dependency analysis, risk analysis, and gap analysis.
• Collaborate with technology teams to validate legacy business rules and system requirements.
• Work with stakeholders to develop modern functional solutions that address legacy system challenges.
• Provide requirements and business inputs to support prototyping and UX/UI design.
• Participate in and facilitate Agile ceremonies, including backlog grooming and sprint planning sessions.
• Work with product owners to clarify user stories and develop product roadmaps for projects and initiatives.
• Capture system requirements across multiple complex functional domains during mainframe modernization initiatives.
• Work with architects to understand architecture diagrams, system dependencies, and integration considerations.
• Conduct project analysis independently and collaboratively with cross‑functional teams.
• Perform other related business analysis activities as assigned.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working on complex projects, including 2+ years of experience in a leadership role as a Business Analyst.
• 10+ years of experience identifying, documenting, creating user stories, and validating business, functional, and system requirements across multiple projects.
• 7+ years of experience working in an Agile or hybrid Agile environment.
• 1+ year of experience working within an Integrated Eligibility System program across multiple workstreams, including eligibility‑related case management, financial management, or child support, in a Health and Human Services environment.
• Strong experience performing requirements analysis, functional analysis, system requirements analysis, non‑functional requirements analysis, dependency analysis, risk analysis, and gap analysis.
• Experience working with product owners, stakeholders, architects, UX/UI teams, and technology teams throughout the requirements and solution development lifecycle.
• Experience creating and maintaining user stories and product backlogs.
• Experience participating in Agile ceremonies, including backlog grooming and sprint planning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Associate’s degree or combination of experience and education.

Skills

• 5+ years of experience analyzing, extracting, transforming, and documenting legacy system functionality, system logic, and business rules.
• 4+ years of experience identifying, documenting, and validating system requirements for mainframe modernization projects spanning multiple complex functional domains.
• 5+ years of experience writing quality user stories, collaborating with UX/UI designers, and participating in Agile practices and ceremonies.
• 5+ years of experience independently conducting full project analysis.
• 4+ years of experience using requirements management tools such as Blueprint, Jira, or comparable platforms.

Pay

W2 Hourly Rate: $75 – $90/hour

Schedule

Full Time