Business Analyst

Northern Base; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Base is seeking a Technical Analyst to bridge business and technical teams across middleware, integrations, and development. You will translate requirements into technical specs, map data interfaces, and track end-to-end delivery in a fast-paced environment.

Key duties include documenting BRDs/TRDs, supporting QA/UAT, and guiding agile ceremonies. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential for coordinating stakeholders and ensuring successful integrations.

Qualifications

• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and integration designs.
• Capture and document functional requirements for cross-team delivery.
• Create BRDs, TRDs, and interface specifications for projects.
• Support QA/UAT with clear acceptance criteria and traceability.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies to refine backlogs and plan sprints.

Responsibilities

• Requirements gathering: Collect, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
• Technical translation: Convert business needs into clear technical and integration specifications.
• Cross-team coordination: Liaise with business stakeholders, architects, developers, QA, and middleware teams.
• Documentation: Create BRDs, TRDs, design documents, and interface specifications.
• Developer support: Clarify requirements, functional behavior, and mapping details.
• Interface mapping: Support source-to-target mappings, transformations, and data flow definitions.
• Design review: Review technical and integration designs to ensure alignment with requirements.
• Dependency analysis: Document upstream and downstream flows, as well as end-to-end system interactions.
• Agile participation: Contribute to refinement sessions, planning, grooming, stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives.
• QA/UAT support: Clarify requirements, expected behavior, and integration scenarios.
• Defect triage: Identify whether issues originate from requirements, mappings, development, or external systems.
• Delivery tracking: Monitor dependencies, risks, and timelines across teams.
• Production support: Provide requirement and integration flow clarification during production issues.
• Gap analysis: Identify missing or inconsistent requirements before development begins.

Skills

Requirements Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Technical Documentation

Middleware/Integrations

Interface Mapping

Data Mapping

Technical Design Review

Data Flow Analysis

Dependency Analysis

Development Coordination

QA/UAT Support

Agile/Scrum

JIRA/Confluence

Strong Communication

Tools

JIRA/Confluence

Job description

Technical Analyst

Job Description:

• The Technical Analyst acts as a bridge between business stakeholders, middleware/application teams, and development teams.
• This role focuses on understanding LOB requirements, defining integration needs, translating business requirements into technical specifications, and coordinating delivery across teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering: Collect, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
• Technical translation: Convert business needs into clear technical and integration specifications.
• Cross-team coordination: Liaise with business stakeholders, architects, developers, QA, and middleware teams.
• Documentation: Create BRDs, TRDs, design documents, and interface specifications.
• Developer support: Clarify requirements, functional behavior, and mapping details.
• Interface mapping: Support source-to-target mappings, transformations, and data flow definitions.
• Design review: Review technical and integration designs to ensure alignment with requirements.
• Dependency analysis: Document upstream and downstream flows, as well as end-to-end system interactions.
• Agile participation: Contribute to refinement sessions, planning, grooming, stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives.
• QA/UAT support: Clarify requirements, expected behavior, and integration scenarios.
• Defect triage: Identify whether issues originate from requirements, mappings, development, or external systems.
• Delivery tracking: Monitor dependencies, risks, and timelines across teams.
• Production support: Provide requirement and integration flow clarification during production issues.
• Gap analysis: Identify missing or inconsistent requirements before development begins.

Core Skills:

• Requirements Analysis
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical Documentation
• Middleware/Application Integrations
• Interface & Data Mapping
• Source-to-Target Mapping
• Technical Design Review
• Data Flow Analysis
• Dependency Analysis
• Development Coordination
• QA/UAT Support
• Defect Triage
• Agile/Scrum
• JIRA/Confluence
• Strong Communication and Analytical Skills