Business Analyst - Pharmaceutical - Contract to Hire - Remote

BUSINESS ANALYST – PHARMACEUTICAL Contract to Hire 100% Remote US Citizenship Required Rate: $40/hr. W2. C2C is OK but must be willing to convert to FTE. ALTA IT Services has multiple, 100% remote, contract to hire openings for Sr Business Analysts to support a respected pharmaceutical client. Duties and Responsibilities: Function as a bridge between the business and development team. Analyze business requirements and create user stories for the development team, collaborating with Product Owners, engineers, quality assurance analysts. Assist the team in high-level project planning, review and ensure requirements are being met, and projects are successful. Work with development agile team members to get detailed acceptance criteria and ensure the digital asset being delivered meets that acceptance criteria for the customer. Assist the agile team with performing smoke testing. Assist with inputs and drafting of documentation needed to support deployment of web application. Qualifications: Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or related field 5+ years of experience in business analysis through Software Development Required and Desired Skills: Strong diligence and highly organized Self-driven and motivated to function but in a team and as an individual contributor. Function as a bridge between IT Product Owners (DPM) and software development teams to achieve shared understanding of business goals. Understand practical application of agile principles and practices as a part of the Software Development Life Cycle Gather and clearly document business and system requirements. Identify functional and non-functional requirements for digital applications. Create user stories and use cases with all gathered requirements. Collaborate with engineers to implement requirements. Collaborate with QA analysts to provide detailed acceptance criteria. Strong knowledge of project management principles and best practices Ability to conceptualize necessary steps to achieve business objectives through technical design documents, architecture diagrams, and/or software pseudocode. Assist Product Owners in orchestrating project plan at a high-level Assist Product Owners in tracking requirements to ensure they are met. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skill Proactive in identifying opportunities for improvement, driven to take action on those opportunities. Desired Skills/Certifications: Scrum Certification Physical Requirement(s): No Physical requirement is needed for this position. Min. Citizenship Status Required: Must be a US Citizen Location: United States (Remote) HOURLY RATE: $40/hr. range W2. C2C is OK but must be willing to convert to FTE. For consideration, please contact Melissa McNally via mmcnally@altaits.com #M1