Business Analyst

Estes Energetics; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Estes Energetics is seeking a Business Analyst for an onsite Albany, NY engagement. You will gather requirements, validate artifacts, and collaborate with stakeholders, developers, and end users across enterprise initiatives. This role emphasizes documentation, testing support, and LMS project involvement.

The candidate should have CBAP certification and a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, with strong facilitation and lifecycle management skills for complex technology solutions.

Qualifications

• This role requires 7+ years in eliciting and validating business needs to form functional and non-functional requirements.
• Experience creating software development artifacts (BRDs, use cases, report specs, UIs).
• Facilitation of workshops (JAD) and tracking requirements through lifecycle.
• LMS projects experience is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex business needs into verified requirements for development teams.
• Support planning, testing, and UAT to ensure successful delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, developers, and end users in Albany, NY.
• Manage requirements traceability and change control throughout the project.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Requirements elicitation

Requirements validation

Business process analysis

Test planning & UAT

JAD sessions & workshops

Documentation

Education

CBAP certification

Bachelor’s degree (Business/CS/BI/InfoSci)

Tools

BRDs & Use Cases

Wireframes & diagrams

Job description

Business Analyst – Albany, NY

Allpro Staffing & Consulting is currently seeking a talented and experienced Business Analyst on behalf of our valued client in Albany, NY. We are looking for a highly analytical and detail-oriented professional with extensive experience in business requirements gathering, requirements management, stakeholder engagement, documentation, testing, and Learning Management System (LMS) projects. The ideal candidate will be responsible for translating complex business needs into clear, validated requirements and supporting successful technology solutions from planning through implementation.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst to work closely with stakeholders, development teams, and end users in a collaborative environment while contributing to the successful delivery of enterprise-level technology initiatives.

Position Details

• Position: Business Analyst
• Location: Albany, NY
• Work Arrangement: Onsite
• Interview: In-person
• Duration: 30 Months
• Hourly Rate: $55.21/hour

Required Qualifications

The Successful Candidate Must Have

• 7 years of experience eliciting and analyzing stakeholder business needs using a variety of analysis techniques and converting them into verified and validated functional and non-functional requirements for development, including: Functional requirements, Non-functional requirements, Report requirements, Business rules
• 7 years of experience creating and maintaining software development artifacts for communicating requirements, including:Business cases, Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Use cases, Report mockups, Wireframes, Flow diagrams, Context diagrams, Textual use cases, Swim lane diagrams, Report specifications, User interface specifications, Non-functional requirements specifications, End-user documentation
• 7 years of experience facilitating requirements workshops, including Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and structured walkthroughs.
• 6 years of experience managing requirements throughout the requirements management lifecycle, including: Creating and executing requirements management plans, Developing and maintaining requirements traceability matrices, Establishing requirements baselines, Managing requirements change control
• 5 years of experience creating test plans and test cases and working with users during User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• 3 years of experience eliciting requirements for Learning Management System (LMS) projects and supporting the implementation of those requirements.
• CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) certification from the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA).
• Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields: Business Intelligence, Information Science, Criminal Justice, Health Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Public Administration, Business Administration

Key Skills

The Ideal Candidate Should Demonstrate Strong Skills In

• Business and requirements analysis
• Stakeholder communication
• Requirements elicitation and validation
• Business process analysis
• Requirements documentation
• Requirements traceability and change management
• JAD sessions and requirements workshops
• Use cases and process modeling
• Wireframes and report specifications
• Test planning and UAT
• Learning Management System (LMS) projects
• Cross-functional collaboration

Work Environment

This position is fully onsite in Albany, NY, and candidates should be prepared to attend an in-person interview as part of the selection process.

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit an updated resume highlighting their Business Analysis, requirements management, LMS, and UAT experience, along with their CBAP certification.