Remote Technical Business Analyst: Data-Driven & Agile

Cognizant; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 68,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid PTO

Educational Reimbursement

Career Development

Job summary

Cognizant, a leading digital engineering firm, is hiring a Technical Business Analyst. You will translate complex business needs into actionable requirements, work with cross-functional teams, and improve enterprise applications.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product owners, engineers, QA, and client partners to deliver high-value solutions. Remote work is offered, with potential locations across the US.

Qualifications

• 6+ years as a Business Analyst or Technical Business Analyst in an enterprise technology environment.
• Experience gathering requirements and creating user stories, acceptance criteria, process models, and functional docs.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and Jira as requirement-management tools.
• Working knowledge of data analysis using Excel and SQL, with exposure to Tableau or Power BI.
• Familiarity with enterprise applications involving Java, Spring Boot, .NET Core, or related tech.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into clear business language and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to elicit, analyze, document, and prioritize requirements.
• Translate needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, specs, and traceable docs.
• Facilitate discovery sessions and Agile ceremonies (backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, ret retros).
• Analyze data/workflows using Excel, SQL, Tableau, Power BI to identify trends and improvements.
• Collaborate with development and QA to clarify requirements and support implementation.
• Support UAT, defect resolution, release readiness, and stakeholder communications.
• Track decisions, risks, dependencies, and actions in Jira to meet timelines.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Agile & Scrum

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Excel

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Java

Spring Boot

.NET Core

Job description

Cognizant, a leading digital engineering firm, is hiring a Technical Business Analyst. You will translate complex business needs into actionable requirements, work with cross-functional teams, and improve enterprise applications.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product owners, engineers, QA, and client partners to deliver high-value solutions. Remote work is offered, with potential locations across the US.