Junior Business Analyst

Silicon Beach Solutions, LLC.; Fountain Valley (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Silicon Beach Solutions, LLC. is seeking a Junior Business Systems Analyst/Product Owner to support digital marketing web apps, mobile apps, and APIs.

This on-site role in Fountain Valley, CA, operates during Pacific Time business hours, with potential for longer engagements based on fit and performance. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in technical business analysis and product ownership within agile environments, with experience in API integrations and collaboration with marketing and IT

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience as Technical Business Systems Analyst/Product Owner.

Responsibilities

• Draft and update functional and technical specs (BRDs, Gap Analyses, Process/Workflow diagrams).
• Create Epics and User Stories using JIRA/Confluence forDev teams.
• Interface with project managers; coordinate API/SDK integrations with vendor partners.
• Plan and support UAT, testing, and approvals during releases.
• Coordinate launches and post-launch stabilization with stakeholders.

Skills

Technical business analysis

JIRA

Confluence

Scrum

SDLC

UAT support

Requirements writing

Product Owner

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Software Development

Product Owner/Scrum certifications

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

This is a Consulting/Contractor role structured as a CORP-to-CORP engagement, not a W-2 position. As such, contractors are responsible for their own state and federal taxes, deductions, and benefits. The role is billed and paid on an hourly basis, based on a standard 8-hour workday (week, year).

There is potential for this engagement to develop into a longer-term contract based on overall fit and performance. Contracts are usually 1-year terms with the likely possibility of renewal on an annual basis for extended terms based on overall fit and performance. Annual renewals will likely include performance-based rate increases.

The position follows regular Pacific Time business hours, with occasional additional hours as needed.

We are seeking a Junior Business Systems Analyst/Product Owner to support the Digital Interactive Business Marketing Team for web apps, mobile apps, and APIs, as well as other Dev projects. Having experience working on AI-specific applications and projects is also a plus. This BSA will support a Sr. Manager of the Interactive Marketing team and will be an on-site position supporting our teams in our Fountain Valley, California, location during normal Pacific Time business hours. Applicants should be LOCAL to the Orange County, California area. Must have experience working in large organizations, supporting Agile and Waterfall SDLCs, and have a strong understanding of Application Development as a BSA/Product Owner.

A day in the life includes Experience with app development would be helpful. This position has both creative development and development integration between our sites/services/apps and those of our vendor/partners, and integration of their white-label apps into our own apps. We need someone to product manage and draft and update requirements documentation, but also interface with the project managers. This will require a lot of follow-up with our technology partners for the API integrations and SDK integrations into our Apps.

Requirements, experience, degrees, etc.

• Technical Business analysis, especially in enterprise Application Development and integrations of APIs such as Postman
• Creating Functional and technical spec documentation (BRDs, Gap Analysis, Process Flow Diagrams, Workflow Diagrams)
• Documenting user flows, in collaboration with vendor partners
• Creating Epics and User Stories using JIRA and CONFLUENCE for the Dev Teams
• Cross-functional: Managing the Release management process with all parties (Business, Vendors, Tech Teams, etc)
• Quality management, including creating test cases and executing test cases if necessary
• Limited UX/UI, creative design review,w and review coordination
• UAT support
• Facilitate testing, reviews, and approvals for UAT, integration testing, and end-to-end testing
• Support launch and post-launch stabilization
• Collaborate and coordinate communications with stakeholder departments including Marketing, Information Technology, and Vendor Partners
• Interpret and communicate Business Requirements into actionable specs for development teams
• Provide your Weekly task and status reports
• Minimum 3-5 years as a Technical Business Systems Analyst/Product Owner in a fast-paced work environment
• Experience in Scrum with extensive knowledge of software application development, or related experience
• Expert knowledge and experience with the software development life cycle
• App Development experience preferred but not mandatory
• Marketing and Website or .com project experience preferred
• Automotive/e-commerce industry background is a huge plus
• AI experience, especially in digital marketing solutions, is a huge plus
• Bachelor’s degree (Software Development or IT) preferred; Product Owner/PMP/Scrum certification a plus

Soft skills:

• Be a strategic thinker, self-starter, and a remarkable problem-solver - No babysitting
• Must be able to anticipate potential impediments and provide thoughtful mitigation options
• Requires strong written and verbal communication skills
• Requires multi-tasking ability, self-organization, prioritization, and time-management
• Ability to strongly perceive and analyze not only projects but situations and people
• Must be detail-oriented
• Requires interpersonal skills to interact with various organizational levels and in a multicultural environment
• Requires a positive and proactive attitude
• Requires the ability to work well under pressure, a tight timeline, anda fast paced
• Requires flexibility to work in a dynamic environment