Senior IT Business Systems Analyst - Drive Process Excellence

Carnegie-Mellon-University; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 68,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition benefits

Paid time off

Pittsburgh transit pass

Family concierge

Fitness center access

Life insurance

Job summary

Carnegie Mellon University is seeking a Business Analyst to work with business partners and cross-functional teams to understand processes and translate them into software requirements and solutions. You will elicit, document, and validate requirements, lead testing, and use data analysis to support decisions.

You will develop system documentation, maintain traceability, and collaborate across enterprise applications like the RAS suite and Inteum Minuet, ensuring alignment with standards and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a business or systems analyst supporting complex enterprise applications.
• Experience eliciting and documenting requirements, and coordinating testing.
• Ability to translate business needs into epics, features, and user stories.
• Strong collaboration with stakeholders and technical teams.
• Familiarity with Huron Research Suite and Inteum Minuet.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document complex business and system requirements, facilitating discussions with diverse stakeholders and translating business needs into epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain requirements traceability throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Analyze business processes and design system solutions that improve operational effectiveness and align with standards.
• Perform technical analysis and validation of application solutions, including data and integration analysis, testing, and coordination with teams.
• Develop and lead system and functional testing, including planning, scripts, execution, and defect triage.
• Develop SQL queries, reports, and data analyses to support validation and decision-making.
• Manage intake and analysis of application requests across the systems portfolio and support planning.
• Develop functional knowledge of research administration processes and systems.
• Develop expertise across the RAS portfolio, including related applications and integrations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements elicitation

Documentation

Testing coordination

Stakeholder communication

Data analysis

Education

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree - Preferred

Tools

Huron Research Suite

Inteum Minuet

Job description

Carnegie Mellon University is seeking a Business Analyst to work with business partners and cross-functional teams to understand processes and translate them into software requirements and solutions. You will elicit, document, and validate requirements, lead testing, and use data analysis to support decisions.

You will develop system documentation, maintain traceability, and collaborate across enterprise applications like the RAS suite and Inteum Minuet, ensuring alignment with standards and