IT Business Analyst III from INSPYR Solutions

Houston, TX 77002

About the Job

Title: IT Business Analyst – Data & AI
Location: Houston, TX
Duration: 12+ month contract
Work Requirements: US Citizens, GC Holders, or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

Qualified candidates may send a copy of their resume (Word Format) to Slater Davidson at

Job Description:
INSPYR Solutions is seeking an experienced IT Business Analyst for one of its energy clients in the Houston area. This role will focus on Data & AI and will be a key influencer within the team, driving ideation through to the delivery and implementation of solutions. You will be expected to work closely with business stakeholders ensuring decisions are fact-based, that the team appropriately defines the vision, empathizes with the customer, ensures customer value is prioritized, and will groom the backlog to ensure fit for purpose and ready for development.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand key business objectives and ideas to help define and transform them into a scoped and sized business change including the definition of minimal value product (MVP).
Establish a requirements management strategy that describes the elicitation process, documentation standards and format, tools, meeting cadence, backlog grooming process, review and approval process, change process, and communications process.
Elicit business requirements and document in the form of a vision statement, visual models/process flows, business objectives, goals, and success criteria.
Elicit functional and non-functional requirements and documents in the form of epics, stories, wireframes, business rules, and acceptance criteria.
Build, organize help prioritize, and maintain the project backlog over the course of the project, often serving as a partner and mentor for the Business Lead/Product Owner.
Facilitate the ongoing backlog grooming process, supporting the Business Lead/Product Owner to define value, and priority, and select scope for upcoming releases and sprints.
Collaborate with the Product Owner, Business Users, and Technical Team to write and elaborate user stories to include acceptance criteria and business rules per the team's "Definition of Done”
Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies such as stand-ups, demos, and sprint retrospectives.
Facilitate the review of stories with the team during sprint planning to ensure the team has a common understanding of the user story and acceptance criteria.
Analyze new requests from stakeholders and determine if the request is a defect, a new story, a modification to an existing story, or already covered in an existing story. Update the backlog and stories as appropriate.
Maintain an overall view and perspective on the "big picture” and understand how the parts of the project fit together to provide the overall solution.
Perform functional testing during development sprints and review testing issues to determine if the issue is a bug or behaving as expected
Write user acceptance test (UAT) scripts and facilitate user acceptance testing

Knowledge and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or 5+ years' experience as a Business Analyst
Proficient in Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid methodologies
2-3 years experience in Agile/Scrum, supporting Agile efforts
Experience with ADO a plus
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with diverse groups, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
Experienced in various business analysis techniques including data modeling, feature decomposition, context diagrams, stakeholder analysis, state diagrams, wireframes, functional requirements, non-functional requirements, use cases, business process definition, user stories, and backlog management.
Scrum Master or Product Owner certification a plus
IIBA or CBAP Business Analyst certification a plus
Ability to act as the champion for the customer
Experience working in the utility industry would be beneficial

About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our client's business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, projects, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.