Business Analyst

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC in Chicago, IL is seeking a Business Analyst to gather and document business requirements, translate them into user stories, and support data-driven decision-making through dashboards and reports.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, developers, and QA, create BRD/FRD/SRS artifacts, and participate in UAT, release support, and process improvements to ensure alignment with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Proven experience gathering and documenting business requirements.
• Experience creating BRD, FRD, and SRS artifacts.
• Ability to translate requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with data analysis and SQL to validate data.
• Strong collaboration with stakeholders, developers, and QA.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document business requirements with stakeholders.
• Create BRD, FRD, and SRS artifacts.
• Translate requirements into functional specs and user stories.
• Design workflow diagrams using Visio or Lucidchart.
• Coordinate UAT and validate application functionality.
• Support releases and manage change requests.
• Provide dashboards and data visualizations with Power BI/Tableau.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Business analysis

SQL queries

Data analysis

Power BI

Tableau

Jira/Confluence

UAT testing

Tools

MS Visio

Lucidchart

MS Project

Jira

Confluence

Power BI

Tableau

SQL Server

Oracle

MySQL

Job description

Job Description

Job Overview

Job ID: J53346

Job Title: Business Analyst

Location: Chicago, IL

Duration: 6 Months + Extension

Domain Exposure: Telecom

Work Authorization: US Citizen,Green Card,OPT-EAD,CPT,H-1B,H4-EAD,L2-EAD,GC-EAD

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Employment Type: W-2, 1099, C2C

Key Responsibilities

• Gathered, analyzed, and documented business requirements by collaborating with stakeholders, clients, and technical teams.
• Prepared Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), and Software Requirement Specifications (SRS).
• Conducted requirement gathering sessions, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and business process analysis.
• Translated business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Created workflow diagrams, process flows, use cases, and data flow diagrams using MS Visio and Lucidchart.
• Worked closely with development and QA teams to ensure business requirements were properly implemented.
• Performed gap analysis, impact analysis, root cause analysis, and process improvement activities.
• Used SQL queries to analyze, validate, and retrieve business data from relational databases.
• Created reports, dashboards, and data visualizations using Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and Tableau.
• Managed requirements, user stories, sprint activities, and project documentation using Jira and Confluence.
• Participated in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Coordinated User Acceptance Testing (UAT), prepared test scenarios, and validated application functionality.
• Identified business risks, dependencies, and process inefficiencies and recommended appropriate solutions.
• Facilitated communication between business stakeholders, developers, QA engineers, and project managers.
• Supported production releases, requirement changes, defect tracking, and post-implementation activities.
• Ensured project deliverables aligned with business objectives, timelines, and quality standards.

Key Technical Skills

• Business Analysis: Requirement Gathering, Requirement Elicitation, Gap Analysis, Impact Analysis
• Documentation: BRD, FRD, SRS, User Stories, Use Cases, Acceptance Criteria
• Data Analysis: SQL, Advanced Excel, Data Validation
• Reporting Tools: Power BI, Tableau, Excel
• Project Management: Jira, Confluence, MS Project
• Process Modeling: MS Visio, Lucidchart, UML, BPMN
• Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, SDLC
• Testing: UAT, Functional Testing, Test Scenarios, Defect Management
• Database: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL
• API Knowledge: REST APIs, JSON, Postman
• Communication: Stakeholder Management, Client Coordination, Presentation Skills

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.