Senior Business Analyst - Digital Engineering Solutions

CDM Smith; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join the Digital Engineering Solutions Development group. You will translate business needs into actionable strategies, optimize processes, and guide projects with strategic decisions. The role emphasizes requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, and delivering measurable results.

The position supports research and new product incubation, with opportunities to impact AEC practices and cross-disciplinary teams across the company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 5 years of related experience.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating closely with higher management and stakeholders to collect both functional and non-functional requirements.
• Engage in gathering and evaluating information from multiple sources
• Identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, or redundancies in the streamlining of workflows by mapping out current business processes using flowcharts or diagrams to visualize how tasks are conducted.
• Ensure that functional requirements capture and are in line with business needs by bridging the gap between Development and Business teams.
• Technical expertise and strong interpersonal skills are necessary for roles involving stakeholder management and communication.
• creating training materials and user manuals to assist employees in adapting to new procedures or systems, as well as holding training sessions guarantees that staff members are competent and ready to use the new solution.
• identifying areas for development and assisting the project team in anticipating potential challenges, thereby allowing them to respond proactively.
• Proactively addressing potential problems helps businesses to implement changes more smoothly.
• Helps prevent scope creep, where unplanned features are added without proper evaluation, potentially derailing the project timeline and budget.
• Establishing a culture of continuous improvement motivates businesses to adjust to shifting consumer demands and market realities.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder communication

Data visualization

Problem solving

SQL

Documentation

Adaptability

IT systems knowledge

Research skills

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

SQL

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join the Digital Engineering Solutions Development group. You will translate business needs into actionable strategies, optimize processes, and guide projects with strategic decisions. The role emphasizes requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, and delivering measurable results.

The position supports research and new product incubation, with opportunities to impact AEC practices and cross-disciplinary teams across the company.