Business Analyst

Olik Global; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Olik Global is seeking a Business Analyst to lead a State of Oklahoma modernization effort in Oklahoma City, with some travel to the office and no travel reimbursement. The role targets enterprise-scale analysis, requirements, and documentation for a modern stack (Angular, REST APIs, Azure SQL, Azure Functions, Power BI).

The ideal candidate will gather business needs, map processes, write user stories, and drive testing and UAT while ensuring security and accessibility compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience gathering and mapping business requirements during large-scale enterprise cloud migrations (Azure preferred).
• Experience dissecting legacy applications to extract business rules and map to modern architectures.
• Proven ability to identify bottlenecks and automate workflows for improved turnaround times.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business units to understand workflows, pain points, and improvement opportunities.
• Interface with IT staff to translate technical requirements.
• Document current state processes with process maps, swimlanes, and workflow charts.
• Facilitate discussions to define future state processes aligned with goals.
• Translate business needs into functional requirements and Azure DevOps work items/user stories.
• Ensure requirements are complete, consistent, testable, and prioritized.
• Collaborate with product owners, developers, and stakeholders to refine requirements.
• Develop test plans, scripts, and instructions for functional and UAT testing.
• Execute functional testing and coordinate defect tracking and fixes.
• Coordinate or lead UAT sessions with business stakeholders.
• Serve as liaison between business and technical teams, communicating updates, risks, and issues.
• Support change management with training materials and user guidance.

Skills

System & Cloud Modernization

Legacy System Analysis

Process Re-engineering

Document Management Solutions

Governance & SDLC Mastery

Stakeholder & Security Focus

Tools

Azure DevOps

Azure SQL

Power BI

Angular

REST APIs

Azure Functions

Job description

Pay: $50/Hr

Location: Oklahoma City, OK or nearby given there will be some travel to office with no expense reimbursement

Work Authorization: USC and GC ONLY

Client: State of OK

Position: Business Analyst

Term: 5-7 Year Contract

Pay: $50/Hr

Location: Oklahoma City, OK or nearby given there will be some travel to office with no expense reimbursement

Work Authorization: USC and GC ONLY

Scope:

The Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma (TRS) is undertaking a comprehensive, multi-year modernization initiative to replace aging legacy systems. The modernization responds to longstanding challenges such as fragmented workflows, manual processes, limited scalability, and stability issues in legacy technologies. The initiative introduces a modern stack—Angular, REST APIs, Azure SQL Managed Instances, Azure Function Apps, Power BI, a document management and process automation solution to support scalable, secure, and efficient operations.

Experience:

• System & Cloud Modernization: Proven experience gathering and mapping business requirements during large-scale enterprise cloud migrations (Azure preferred) and core platform modernizations
• Legacy System Analysis: Expertise in dissecting complex legacy applications to extract business rules and map them to modern target architectures
• Process Re-engineering: Demonstrated track record of identifying manual bottlenecks and legacy workarounds, transforming them into automated, low-error workflows that improve turnaround times and user satisfaction
• Document Management Solutions: Experience defining requirements for modern, enterprise-wide document storage, capture, and workflow management systems to reduce fragmentation
• Governance & SDLC Mastery: Hands-on experience working within structured SDLC frameworks and defined Project Charters in environments where resources balance legacy maintenance with concurrent modern builds
• Stakeholder & Security Focus: Ability to lead Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions, manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and ensure solutions align with strict security, accessibility, and operational resilience standards

Responsibilities:

Process Analysis and Documentation

• Engage with business units to understand operational workflows, pain points, and improvement opportunities
• Interface with technical resources, such as Development or IT staff to understand and translate technical requirements
• Document current state processes using clear, structured methods such as process maps, swimlane diagrams, and workflow charts
• Facilitate discussions to define future state processes aligned with organizational goals

Requirements Gathering and User Story Development

• Translate business needs into detailed functional requirements, acceptance criteria, and Azure DevOps work items/user stories
• Ensure requirements are complete, consistent, testable, and aligned with business priorities
• Collaborate with product owners, developers, and stakeholders to refine and validate requirements

Testing and Quality Assurance

• Develop test plans, test scripts, and step-by-step testing instructions for functional and user acceptance testing
• Execute functional testing of user stories in Development and Test environments to validate solution accuracy and readiness
• Document defects, track resolution progress, and verify fixes
• Coordinate, support, or lead user acceptance testing (UAT) sessions with business stakeholders

Stakeholder Collaboration and Communication

• Serve as a liaison between business units and technical teams to ensure shared understanding and alignment
• Communicate project updates, risks, and issues clearly and proactively
• Support change management activities by contributing to training materials, documentation, and user guidance