Senior Business Analyst – Application Modernization

Asterism IT Solutions LLC; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Asterism IT Solutions LLC seeks an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support a large-scale enterprise modernization for State Government programs in Pennsylvania. You will lead requirements gathering, document processes, and craft user stories with acceptance criteria, ensuring compliance with accessibility, security, and regulatory standards.

Work closely with Product Owners, developers, data modelers, and stakeholders; coordinate UAT and Agile delivery.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Business Analyst experience including 3+ years in a Senior BA role.
• State Government experience is mandatory.
• Experience with legacy application modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong requirements elicitation, documentation, user stories, and acceptance criteria skills.
• Hands-on Agile/Scrum and tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps; proven UAT leadership.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze legacy applications and document existing business requirements, workflows, and system functionality.
• Gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
• Develop user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Product Managers, developers, data modelers, and business stakeholders.
• Identify process gaps and recommend workflow improvements.
• Lead and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, test cases, defect tracking, and business validation.
• Support Agile/Scrum delivery, application modernization, and legacy system migration.
• Track project risks, issues, dependencies, and requirements traceability.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accessibility, security, privacy, and regulatory standards.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Agile delivery

Software testing

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support a large-scale enterprise application modernization initiative. The ideal candidate will have strong business analysis, requirements gathering, Agile delivery, and software testing experience, preferably within State Government projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze legacy applications and document existing business requirements, workflows, and system functionality.
• Gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
• Develop user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Product Managers, developers, data modelers, and business stakeholders.
• Identify process gaps and recommend workflow improvements.
• Lead and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, test cases, defect tracking, and business validation.
• Support Agile/Scrum delivery, application modernization, and legacy system migration.
• Track project risks, issues, dependencies, and requirements traceability.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accessibility, security, privacy, and regulatory standards.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 7+ years of Business Analyst experience, including 3+ years in a Senior BA role.
• Previous State Government experience is mandatory.
• Experience with legacy application modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong requirements elicitation, documentation, user stories, and acceptance criteria skills.
• Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum and tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Proven experience leading and coordinating UAT and large-scale software testing.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.

Additional Requirements:

• Must be local to Pennsylvania and available to work onsite 2 days per week, including Wednesday.
• In-person interview required.
• Video screening with a valid local driver's license required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pennsylvania Commonwealth agency experience.
• Enterprise application migration and modernization experience.
• Business process improvement and workflow optimization.
• Familiarity with WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards.

Interested candidates:

Please share your updated resume, current location, contact details, and availability.

Note:

Only local Pennsylvania candidates with State Government experience will be considered.