Senior BA - Hybrid Modernization Specialist

Smart IMS Inc; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart IMS Inc is seeking a Sr. Business Analyst for a 9-month contract in Harrisburg, PA, with hybrid work options.

You will gather and document current and future-state requirements, validate existing functionality, and partner with stakeholders to drive process improvements and system enhancements. The role requires strong experience in requirements elicitation, user story creation, and SDLC/agile methods, with emphasis on collaboration with product, development, and QA teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Business Analyst supporting complex application development or modernization projects.
• Strong expertise in requirements gathering, business process analysis, and documentation.
• Proven experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, and functional specifications.
• Strong background in business process improvement and identifying opportunities for operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and document current and future-state business requirements.
• Validate and document existing application functionality to support modernization efforts.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify process improvements and recommend system enhancements.
• Translate business requirements into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Assist in evaluating technical approaches, integrations, and solution designs.
• Work closely with product, development, and data teams to ensure requirements are clearly understood.
• Support testing activities, including validation of functionality and business requirements.
• Ensure solutions align with security, accessibility, privacy, and compliance standards.
• Identify project risks, dependencies, and potential impediments and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Provide status updates, business recommendations, and stakeholder communications throughout the project lifecycle.

Job description

Smart IMS Inc is seeking a Sr. Business Analyst for a 9-month contract in Harrisburg, PA, with hybrid work options.

You will gather and document current and future-state requirements, validate existing functionality, and partner with stakeholders to drive process improvements and system enhancements. The role requires strong experience in requirements elicitation, user story creation, and SDLC/agile methods, with emphasis on collaboration with product, development, and QA teams to ensure