IT Project and Business Analyst

Tungsten Automation Corporation; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tungsten Automation Corporation is seeking an IT Project and Business Analyst to collaborate with cross-functional teams in Irvine, CA. The role focuses on delivering quality project outcomes, advancing business analysis capabilities, and implementing effective solutions across small to medium initiatives.

Responsibilities include leading projects, coordinating across teams, analyzing data, and partnering with vendors to deliver software solutions.

Qualifications

• Five+ years IT experience including at least three years BA/PM work.
• College degree preferred (CS/MIS/BA/Finance) or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Agile environments with iterative processes.
• Strong ability to write business requirements, process maps, use cases, and user stories.
• Excellent communication and collaboration; influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Elicit requirements via interviews, workshops, and surveys to describe business processes, requirements, use cases, and user stories.
• Collaborate with developers, admins, QA to align technical vision with usability and performance.
• Analyze potential solutions against business requirements and financial impact.
• Lead projects and coordinate across teams; manage scope and timelines.
• Support QA through test plans and validation with internal customers.
• Facilitate UAT with clients/vendors using defined acceptance criteria.
• Engage stakeholders to ensure clear communication and partner satisfaction.
• Drive decisions, remove barriers, and lead project teams.
• Plan, execute, and finalize IT projects on time and within budget.
• Define scope and deliverables aligned with senior management.
• Coordinate resources including contractors and consultants.
• Manage changes and contingency plans proactively.
• Develop status reports, proposals, and presentations.
• Leverage AI and automation to enhance processes and decision making.

Skills

BA/PM experience

Agile experience

BR writing

Process mapping

Use cases

User stories

Communication skills

Collaboration

Time management

Problem solving

Critical thinking

AI data analysis

Prompt design

AI workflow design

AI output testing

Data governance

Ethics

Education

B.S. in CS

MIS

Business Admin

Finance

Tools

AI tools

Job description

IT Project and Business Analyst

Job Location

Discovery Business Center 15211 Laguna Canyon Road, Irvine, California, United States

Job Level

Not Applicable

Category

Information Technology / Information Systems

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular

Job Summary

IT Project and Business Analysts collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality project outcomes. They support internal clients by advancing business analysis capabilities and implementing effective solutions. The role includes managing small to medium business initiatives, working closely with developers, quality analysts, system administrators, and product managers. Responsibilities also encompass leading projects, coordinating across teams, resolving support issues, analyzing data, and partnering with vendors to deliver software solutions.

Responsibilities also encompass leading projects, coordinating across teams, resolving support issues, analyzing data, and partnering with vendors to deliver software solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently elicit requirements using interviews, workflow analysis, requirements workshops, and surveys to provide business process descriptions, business requirements, use cases, and user stories.
• Collaborate with project team members (developers, admins, QA) to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
• Perform analysis of potential solutions against business requirements and financial impact to identify the best solution for the business.
• Actively engages with internal customers throughout all stages of the project lifecycle.
• Responsible for current state/future state process mapping on a project, feature, user story, etc.
• Supports quality assurance through test plan and/or script creation, QA team collaboration, and project team validation.
• Act as a facilitator for UAT (User Acceptance Testing) with the client, third party vendors or other testers that use the product, leveraging acceptance criteria defined with internal customers.
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and business partner satisfaction.
• Drives decisions, removes barriers, and leads the team and the project.
• Plan, execute, and finalize IT projects according to strict deadlines and within budget.
• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Coordinate and manage project resources, including team members, third-party contractors, and consultants.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
• Develop and deliver project status reports, proposals, and presentations.
• Leverages generative AI and automation tools to enhance business processes, analyze trends, support decision-making, and improve employee or customer experiences.

• Base pay range: For this role, based in the USA, the base pay range is $105,000-150,000, set using objective, gender-neutral and otherwise non-discriminatory job evaluation criteria applied consistently to all employees performing this role or work of equal value.
• Total compensation: This range reflects base pay only. Tungsten Automation may also offer bonuses, commissions, equity, and benefits, described separately where applicable or required by local law.
• How your pay is determined: Your base pay within this range will be based on objective, non-discriminatory factors — such as location, skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and education or training. It will not be reduced based on prior salary, and will not fall below the disclosed range or below what colleagues performing equal work or work of equal value receive.
• Salary history: Tungsten Automation does not ask candidates about current or past pay, and you are not required to disclose it, except where local law expressly permits or requires this.
• Your right to discuss pay: Nothing in this notice limits your right to discuss your own pay, to negotiate, or your entitlement to equal pay for equal work or work of equal value. Tungsten Automation does not retaliate against employees or candidates for discussing compensation.
• Questions: If you have questions about this notice or how pay was determined for this role, contact [e-mail]

While the job description describes what is anticipated as the requirements of the position, the job requirements are subject to change based upon any changing needs and requirements of the business.

Required Experience

Qualifications

• A minimum of five (5) years of prior IT experience, including at least three (3) years related BA and PM experience.
• A college degree, ideally a B.S. in Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration, or Finance is preferred, but equivalent experience is considered too.
• Demonstrated experience and success working in an Agile environment, with a high level of comfort adapting to iterative processes
• Strong experience with writing business requirements, process flow mapping, use cases and user stories
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, ability to influence without authority.
• Detail oriented and possess exceptional organizational, time management, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Experience using AI tools to analyze data, design workflows, optimize processes, or support strategic initiatives; ability to evaluate AI outputs for accuracy and bias.
• Ability to design prompts and workflows for AI tools
• Experience testing, validating, and refining AI-generated outputs
• Understanding of responsible AI use, ethics, and data governance

Tungsten Automation Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Vets