Senior IT Business Analyst - Agile, Vendor & Governance

Apex Systems; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 96,000 - 101,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

ESPP (employee stock purchase)

401K with company match

HSA health plan

EAP with counseling

Professional development & training

Job summary

Everforth Apex is seeking an experienced Information Technology Business Analyst to join an Agile development team in Chicago. You will analyze business needs, gather requirements, and design custom applications while coordinating with vendors and project managers.

You will support sprint planning, write acceptance criteria, and maintain governance artifacts. This onsite role requires deep SDLC knowledge, strong analytical skills, and prior leadership experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline required.
• Ten years of IT industry experience required; agile experience and leadership experience (2+ years) preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; experience with end-to-end delivery and vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary liaison between business partners, engineering teams, vendors, and project managers.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews to document business, functional, and data requirements.
• Translate requirements into use cases, diagrams, and impact analyses.
• Support sprint planning, backlog creation, and refinement of user stories in ADO.
• Maintain IT Service Management artifacts and governance tasks; manage DR planning and EOL items.
• Prepare weekly summaries and reports on project activity, service performance, and budgets.

Skills

SQL queries

XML

FIX

SWIFT

Agile

JIRA

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Flextrade

Fidessa

PCF

Python 2.7+

Oracle

SQL Server

JIRA

Job description

Everforth Apex is seeking an experienced Information Technology Business Analyst to join an Agile development team in Chicago. You will analyze business needs, gather requirements, and design custom applications while coordinating with vendors and project managers.

You will support sprint planning, write acceptance criteria, and maintain governance artifacts. This onsite role requires deep SDLC knowledge, strong analytical skills, and prior leadership experience.