Business Analyst

NeST Digital; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

NeST Digital in Kerala is seeking a proactive Business Analyst with 3–5 years of experience to work with customers, business stakeholders, project managers, UX/UI teams, developers, and QA teams. You will translate business needs into clear functional specifications and user stories, supporting the project team throughout the software development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate should have strong analytical and communication skills, solid understanding of Agile methodologies, and the ability to

Qualifications

• 3–4 years of experience as a Business Analyst.
• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Good experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong requirement gathering and analysis skills.
• Experience in preparing BRD, SRS, user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, and process flows.
• Good understanding of UI/UX concepts and user journeys.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact effectively with customers and cross-functional teams.
• Good stakeholder management and presentation skills.
• Exposure to Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally or similar tools.
• Basic understanding of SQL/database concepts and APIs desirable.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers and stakeholders to understand objectives, processes and requirements.
• Elicit, analyze, validate, and document requirements.
• Translate requirements into functional specs and user stories.
• Prepare BRD, SRS, use cases, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with UX/UI to define user journeys and workflows.
• Work with development and QA to ensure requirements are understood and implemented.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and manage change impact.
• Create analysis artifacts like flow diagrams and wireframes as needed.
• Support UAT and coordinate with business users for feedback.
• Prepare demos and presentations for customers and stakeholders.

Skills

SDLC

Agile/Scrum

Requirements gathering

User stories

Communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

UI/UX understanding

Problem solving

Presentation

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IT/Eng

MBA/PGDM or BA certification

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Rally

Job description

Job Purpose

Nest Digital has developed a production management platform for a global leader in the Oil & Gas segment. Nest Digital continues to enhance, develop more capabilities as well as manage the platform for past many years.

Role - Business Analyst

Job Purpose

Nest Digital has developed a production management platform for a global leader in the Oil & Gas segment. Nest Digital continues to enhance, develop more capabilities as well as manage the platform for past many years.

We are looking for a skilled and proactive Business Analyst with 3–5 years of experience to work closely with customers, business stakeholders, project managers, UX/UI teams, developers, and QA teams. The candidate will be responsible for understanding business needs, analyzing requirements, translating them into clear functional specifications, and supporting the project team throughout the software development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate should have strong analytical and communication skills, good understanding of Agile methodologies, and the ability to bridge the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with customers and stakeholders to understand business objectives, processes, and requirements.
• Conduct requirement elicitation, analysis, validation, and documentation.
• Translate business requirements into clear and actionable functional requirements and user stories.
• Prepare Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Software Requirement Specifications (SRS), user stories, use cases, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with UX/UI designers to define user journeys, workflows, and functional expectations.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure requirements are correctly understood and implemented.
• Participate in requirement grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and other Agile ceremonies.
• Identify gaps, dependencies, risks, assumptions, and potential impacts associated with requirements.
• Analyze existing business processes and identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization.
• Create process flow diagrams, wireframes, use-case diagrams, and other analysis artifacts where required.
• Support QA teams in developing test scenarios and validating requirements.
• Review and validate delivered functionality against business requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate with stakeholders for requirement clarifications and obtain timely approvals/sign-offs.
• Manage requirement changes and assess their impact on scope, schedule, and effort.
• Maintain requirement traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and coordinate with business users for feedback and issue resolution.
• Prepare demos and presentations for customers and stakeholders when required.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of business analysis and project processes.

Required Skills

• 3–4 years of experience as a Business Analyst
• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Good experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong requirement gathering and analysis skills.
• Experience in preparing BRD, SRS, user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, and process flows.
• Good understanding of UI/UX concepts and user journeys.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact effectively with customers and cross-functional teams.
• Good stakeholder management and presentation skills.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally or similar requirement/project management tools.
• Basic understanding of SQL/database concepts and APIs is desirable.
• Ability to understand technical concepts and communicate effectively with development and QA teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in customer-facing projects.
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams.
• Knowledge of API-based applications, web applications, and integrations.
• Basic knowledge of REST APIs, JSON, SQL, and system integrations.
• Experience with tools such as Figma, Visio, Draw.io, or similar for workflows and process diagrams.
• Exposure to UAT planning and execution.
• Experience in Oil & Gas domain is an added advantage.

Key Competencies

• Requirement Analysis
• Stakeholder Management
• Business Process Analysis
• User Story Writing
• Functional Specification
• Problem Solving
• Analytical Thinking
• Communication & Presentation
• Customer Handling
• Agile/Scrum
• Collaboration & Teamwork
• Attention to Detail
• Ability to manage stress and work effectively under pressure
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines
• Adaptability and ability to handle changing requirements

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology,Electronics Instrumentation
• MBA/PGDM or relevant Business Analysis certification is an added advantage.

Key Performance Expectations

The Candidate Should Be Able To

• Independently gather and analyze requirements.
• Convert business needs into well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work effectively with customers, UX, development, QA, and project management teams.
• Identify requirement gaps and proactively resolve ambiguities.
• Support the team from requirement definition through UAT and release.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to improving product quality, customer satisfaction, and delivery efficiency.