Business Analyst

W2 ONLY, No C2C
1 year Contract
Mainly Remote but live Near Indiana for occasional meetings
Top Skills' Details
1) Business Analysis, Requirements Elicitation/Development (including ability to design flow-diagrams and document architecture designs using SparX Enterprise Architecture (EA) or MS Visio)
2) Group/Voluntary Insurance Experience
3) Strong Agile experience and willingness to perform additional duties as needed (i.e. PO, Scrum Master, leading key meetings)
4) Experience supporting EIS core software suite highly preferred (other insurtech platforms supporting policy, claims, billing, and customer experience as a secondary)
Seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join team supporting a strategic Program. Successful candidate will have proven experience in providing business and process analysis expertise to Agile development teams. Successful candidate will serve as a liaison between the business and technology while also serving as a backup to the Product Owner and Scrum Master as needed. Successful candidate will be comfortable supporting technical work sessions, design flow-diagrams, and architecture designs using SparX EA and/or MS Visio.
Candidate is able to work remotely from home on EST hours; however, must also be willing to travel for onsite meetings as needed in Indiana. Travel is likely for all PI planning events but will occur outside of this on occasion as well.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree required
6 - 8 years' experience as a Business Analyst (including requirements development) required
Previous experience as a Product Owner in an Agile project is a plus
2-4 years of group and voluntary experience is preferred
Ability to design flow-diagrams/architecture designs using MS Visio or SparX is required
JIRA software experience a significant plus
Solid understanding of project management techniques/methodologies
Competent use of Microsoft Office applications to include Microsoft Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Word, Access required
Capability to multitask and work on a variety of projects and teams is essential
Ability to assume project management role as necessary
Ability to perform ScrumMaster (SM) duties for agile development team required
Ability to lead backlog grooming, estimation & retrospective meetings
Lean-Agile experience a plus
Ability to comfortably communicate with multiple levels of employees throughout the organization with minimal supervision
Previous experience with the EIS core software is a significant plus

General Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible for working with the SME's and Business Owners in defining stories and prioritizing the Team Backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities, while maintaining conceptual and technical integrity of the features executed by the team
Works closely with Product Management to prepare for PI Planning
During PI Planning the BA is involved with story definition, providing clarifications necessary to assist the team with their story estimates and story sequencing, and drafting the team's specific objectives for the upcoming Program Increment.
The BA may also participate in the preparation of the PI System Demo to make sure that they will be able to show the most critical aspects of the solution to the stakeholders.
Coordinates real world testing and exploratory testing activities, works closely with business on executing testing activities
Utilizing key stakeholders and SMEs, research, facilitate discussions, analyze, and evaluate options and for presentation to management.
Create and deliver through the full sign off, target state process flows, business requirements, user stories, process, and tools by working with Key Stakeholders to elicit information and gain agreement.
Understand the target vision and communicate that vision to stakeholders, particularly when conflict arises.
Assist in the prioritizing of backlog and capabilities.
Serve as the primary liaison between business and technical stakeholders where technical capabilities are being developed, particularly where alignment is needed on future direction.
Assist with end-to-end testing and identification of defects before migration to production.
Make informed recommendations on how the business should best utilize technical capabilities under development.
Provides oversight, including Scrum Master & project management, to cross functional changes that includes both process and system changes.
Manage project tasks or parts of the project plan assigned within scope, quality and timeframe allocated with minimal supervision
Identify, evaluate, and track progress of project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, escalating them appropriately with suggested mitigating actions and implementing as directed.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $60.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Indianapolis,IN.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on May 2, 2025.

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.