Senior Business Analyst

Mega Cloud Lab; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mega Cloud Lab in New York City, NY is seeking a Senior Lead Business Analyst to operate in a hybrid Agile framework. You will analyze legacy mainframe functionality, extract business rules, and drive modernization for large-scale Health & Human Services initiatives.

You will create high-quality user stories, facilitate agile ceremonies, support UX/UI prototyping, and collaborate with Product Owners and enterprise architects to define future-state roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 7+ years on complex projects with at least 2 years in a leadership role as a Business Analyst.
• 10+ years identifying, documenting, creating user stories, and validating functional and system requirements across multiple projects in Agile/Hybrid Agile environments (min 7 years in Agile).
• 1+ year experience in Health & Human Services settings across Eligibility, Financial Management, or Child Support.

Responsibilities

• Legacy modernization analysis: extract, document and map legacy mainframe functionality and business rules.
• Agile requirements & backlog management: author user stories, build backlogs, refine requirements.
• Agile facilitation: lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, and roadmap development.
• Cross-functional collaboration: partner with architects and UX/UI designers on prototyping.
• Risk & gap analysis: perform independent and team-based analyses across complex domains.

Skills

Leadership

User stories

Backlog management

Requirements

Tools

Jira

Blueprint

Job description

Senior Lead Business Analyst -- Public Sector Modernization

Location: New York City, NY (Hybrid)

Experience: 10 Years

Job Summary

Senior Business Analyst operating within a hybrid Agile framework to analyze legacy system functionality, extract business rules, and drive mainframe modernization for large-scale Health & Human Services initiatives. Responsible for creating high-quality user stories, facilitating agile practices, supporting UX/UI prototyping, and collaborating with Product Owners and enterprise architects to define future-state roadmaps.

Key Responsibilities

• Legacy Modernization & Analysis: Extract, transform, and document legacy mainframe functionality, system logic, and business rules to map modern functional solutions.
• Agile Requirements & Backlog Management: Author detailed user stories, build extensive product backlogs, and refine requirements based on product roadmaps.
• Agile Facilitation: Drive agile practices and ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and product roadmap development.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with architects to evaluate architecture diagrams and system dependencies, and collaborate with UX/UI designers on prototyping.
• Risk & Gap Analysis: Perform independent and team-based gap analyses, identify system dependencies, and conduct risk assessments across complex functional domains.

Mandatory Qualifications

• 7 Years: Experience on complex projects, with at least 2 years in a leadership role as a Business Analyst.
• 10 Years: Identifying, documenting, creating user stories, and validating functional and system requirements across multiple projects (with a minimum of 7 years in Agile or Hybrid Agile environments).
• 1 Year: Experience within a Health & Human Services setting across workstreams such as Eligibility, Financial Management, or Child Support.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• 5 Years: Analyzing, extracting, transforming, and documenting legacy system logic and business rules.
• 4 Years: Identifying and validating system requirements on mainframe modernization projects spanning complex functional domains.
• 5 Years: Writing user stories, collaborating with UX/UI designers, and participating in agile ceremonies.
• 5 Years: Leading full, end-to-end analysis on projects independently.
• 4--7 Years: Utilizing requirements management tools (e.g., Jira, Blueprint).