Azure Cloud Modernization Business Analyst

Qode; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma (TRS) seeks a Business Analyst for a multi-year modernization initiative. The role focuses on process analysis, requirements gathering, and documentation across enterprise cloud migrations using Azure technologies.

You will map current and future state processes, facilitate stakeholder sessions, and ensure security, accessibility, and governance standards are met while coordinating with IT and product teams.

Qualifications

• Experience gathering and mapping business requirements during large-scale enterprise cloud migrations (Azure preferred).
• Expertise in dissecting legacy applications to extract business rules and map them to modern architectures.
• Proven ability to identify bottlenecks and transform manual processes into automated workflows.
• Experience defining requirements for document management and workflow systems to reduce fragmentation.
• Hands-on SDLC governance and project chartering in environments balancing legacy maintenance with modernization.
• Ability to lead JAD sessions, manage UAT, and ensure security and accessibility compliance.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business units to understand workflows, pain points, and opportunities for improvement.
• Interface with Development or IT staff to translate technical requirements for delivery.
• Document current state processes using process maps and swimlane diagrams; design future state processes.
• Translate business needs into functional requirements and Azure DevOps work items/user stories.
• Develop test plans and scripts for functional and UAT testing; track defects and verify fixes.
• Coordinate or lead UAT sessions with stakeholders; ensure clear communications of risks and issues.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

JAD sessions

UAT

Documentation

Process mapping

Requirements gathering

Test planning

Quality assurance

Communication

Tools

Azure DevOps

Azure SQL Managed Instances

Power BI

Job description

Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma (TRS) seeks a Business Analyst for a multi-year modernization initiative. The role focuses on process analysis, requirements gathering, and documentation across enterprise cloud migrations using Azure technologies.

You will map current and future state processes, facilitate stakeholder sessions, and ensure security, accessibility, and governance standards are met while coordinating with IT and product teams.