Senior Consultant
About the role
The Senior Business Analyst (BA) serves as a crucial intermediary between business stakeholders and technology teams, focusing on digital transformation and process improvement. The role involves facilitating workshops to gather requirements, creating project documentation, analyzing workflows, managing product backlogs in Agile environments, conducting data analysis using SQL, and coordinating user acceptance testing. The position requires 6–10+ years of experience in IT/software development business analysis, a relevant degree, expertise in Agile and Waterfall methodologies, proficiency with tools like JIRA, Confluence, MS Visio, Lucidchart, Miro, Figma, and strong SQL and cloud skills. Analytical thinking and problem-solving are essential, and certifications such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, or CSPO are preferred. The role also expects foundational AI skills, including prompt engineering, understanding of LLMs, vector databases, AI-assisted coding, and Agentic AI concepts.
Must have
- Experience 6–10+ years in IT/software development business analysis.
- Education Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, IT, or a related field.
- Methodologies Expert in Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and Waterfall frameworks.
- Technical Proficiency ○ Management JIRA, Confluence. ○ Modeling MS Visio, Lucidchart, Miro, Figma. ○ Data Strong SQL skills and cloud concept fluency.
- Soft Skills Analytical thinking, problem-solving, and translating technical requirements into business value.
Nice to have
- Certifications Preferred credentials include CBAP, PMI-PBA, or CSPO.
- Prompt Engineering Ability to craft effective, iterative prompts.
- LLM & Data Basics Understanding of Large Language Models and data model integration.
- Vector Databases Foundational knowledge of vector database basics.
- AI-Assisted Coding Competency in using AI tools for development with a focus on safety and responsibility.
- Agentic AI Familiarity with Agentic AI concepts, design patterns, tools, resources, and the Model Context protocol.
Technologies
- Agentic AI
- Agile
- BPMN
- BRD
- Confluence
- Figma
- FRD
- Jira
- Kanban
- LLM
- Lucidchart
- Miro
- Prompt Engineering
- Scrum
- SQL
- Uat
- Vector Databases
- Visio
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