Business Analyst

Responsibilities

Business Analyst focusing on breaking down product backlog to create user stories for infrastructure automation project in an agile environment. Ability to bridge the gap between IT and business operations, translating complex technical requirements into clear, actionable user stories.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and decompose the existing product backlog for infrastructure automation initiatives
• Create detailed, well-structured user stories that align with agile methodologies
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including DevOps teams, IT managers, and business units to gather and refine requirements
• Facilitate backlog grooming sessions and assist in sprint planning
• Ensure user stories are properly prioritized based on business value and technical dependencies
• Develop acceptance criteria for each user story to ensure clear definition of done
• Work closely with the Scrum Master and Product Owner to maintain an efficient and effective backlog
• Assist in creating and maintaining documentation related to infrastructure automation processes
• Participate in daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation within the infrastructure landscape
• Manage feature and story maps to help facilitate product strategy decisions, release planning, and prioritization of work
• Uncover and document business rules, business logic, and process flows to fully incorporate the business into the solution
• Illustrate system flows to identify dependencies and opportunities for improvements
• Define what business value means to the client and how each feature and story contributes to maximize the value the team delivers.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of infrastructure automation concepts and tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Docker)
• Proficiency in creating user stories and managing product backlogs
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, Trello, Azure DevOps)

Required Skills

• Agile methodologies and practices
• User story writing and backlog management
• Requirements gathering and analysis
• Infrastructure automation concepts
• Stakeholder management and communication
• Technical documentation
• Basic understanding of scripting and programming concepts
• Practical experience working with stakeholders to identify, clarify, and articulate product vision, goals, end user problems, product roadmaps, and product strategy
• Exhibit an outcome-based mindset
• Ability to uncover hidden requirements and non-functional requirements
• Illustrate techniques for researching and documenting/illustrating business rules and logic
• Conduct and document gap analysis
• Create process maps, map existing workflows and system flows, and identify areas for process improvement
• Meeting facilitation and consulting skills
• Excels at leading through ambiguity