Consulting Manager

Cognizant; Chennai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Integration Business Analyst (BA) to analyze, document, and coordinate business and system integration requirements across applications, platforms, and processes. The role liaises with business stakeholders, integration architects, technical teams, vendors, and project management to ensure seamless data and process integration.

The Integration BA will support design, requirements management, testing, deployment, and transition activities, while ensuring compliance with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering/Business Administration or related discipline
• 6–10 years of Business Analysis experience with at least 3 years focused on system and application integrations
• Experience in large-scale transformation, migration, or implementation programmes
• Experience working with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
• Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or regulated industry experience preferred
• API integrations REST/SOA and middleware platforms knowledge
• Understanding of data mapping, interfaces, and integration requirements

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyse, validate and document business and system integration requirements
• Conduct workshops with stakeholders, architects and development teams
• Define source-to-target data flows, interface requirements and integration use cases
• Document business process impacts from integration solutions
• Prepare BRD, Functional Specifications and Integration Requirements Specifications
• Collaborate with architects in defining integration solutions and touchpoints
• Review design documents for traceability to business requirements
• Develop integration test scenarios and validation criteria
• Support release planning, deployment readiness, and cutover activities
• Maintain requirements traceability and governance reporting

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Process modelling

Gap analysis

Impact assessment

User story & use case

Requirements traceability

Stakeholder management

API integrations

REST/SO A

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology/Computer Science/Engineering/Business Administration

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Visio

Lucidchart

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description Integration Business Analyst

Job Title

Integration Business Analyst Integration BA

Job Summary

The Integration Business Analyst Integration BA is responsible for analysing documenting and coordinating business and system integration requirements across multiple applications platforms and business processes The role acts as a liaison between business stakeholders integration architects technical teams vendors and project management teams to ensure seamless data and process integ

Responsibilities

architects technical teams vendors and project management teams to ensure seamless data and process integration aligned with business objectives

The Integration BA will support integration design requirements management testing deployment and transition activities throughout the project lifecycle while ensuring compliance with regulatory and quality standards applicable to the Life Sciences domain

Key Responsibilities

Requirements Analysis Documentation

Elicit analyse validate and document business and system integration requirements

Conduct workshops with business stakeholders SMEs architects and development teams

Define sourcetotarget data flows interface requirements and integration use cases

Document business process impacts resulting from integration solutions

Prepare Business Requirements Documents BRD Functional Specifications and Integration Requirement Specifications

Integration Design Support

Collaborate with Integration Architects and Technical Leads in defining integration solutions

Support identification of integration touchpoints between applications and thirdparty systems

Assist in API middleware filebased and eventdriven integration requirement definition

Review solution design documents to ensure traceability to business requirements

Participate in integration design reviews and impact assessments

Stakeholder Management

Act as the primary businessfacing contact for integrationrelated requirements

Facilitate communication between business users technical teams vendors and project leadership

Support decisionmaking by clarifying requirements and resolving requirementrelated issues

Manage requirement approvals and stakeholder signoffs

Testing Validation Support

Develop integration test scenarios and business validation criteria

Support System Integration Testing SIT activities

Review and validate test results against business requirements

Coordinate defect triage sessions with technical and business teams

Ensure business acceptance criteria are met before deployment

Change Release Support

Assess business impact of integration changes

Support release planning and deployment readiness activities

Participate in cutover planning and execution activities

Support hypercare and postproduction validation activities

Documentation Compliance

Maintain requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle

Ensure project documentation complies with organisational standards and regulatory requirements

Support audit requests and documentation reviews as required

Contribute to governance reporting and project status updates

Required Qualifications

Education

Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering Business Administration or related discipline

Experience

610 years of Business Analysis experience with at least 3 years focused on system and application integrations

Experience in largescale transformation migration or implementation programmes

Experience working with crossfunctional and geographically distributed teams

Life Sciences Pharmaceutical Healthcare or regulated industry experience preferred

Required Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements elicitation and management

Process modelling

Gap analysis

Impact assessment

User story and use case development

Requirements traceability

Integration Knowledge

API integrations RESTSOA

Middleware platforms

Data mapping and transformation

Interface specifications

System integration concepts

Batch and realtime integrations

Documentation

BRD

FSD

Integration Specifications

Process Flows

Data Mapping Documents

RTM Requirements Traceability Matrix

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Visio

Lucidchart

Microsoft Office Suite

Preferred Skills

Veeva Vault platform knowledge

Experience with SAP ERP CRM Document Management Systems or enterprise content management integrations

Knowledge of GxP CSV and regulated system environments

Experience with migration and data transformation programmes

Understanding of cloud integration technologies and API management platforms

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.