IT Business Analyst

IT Business Analyst

JOB-10042857

Anticipated Start Date

12/8/2025 

Location

Houston, TX

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client is an American natural gas and crude oil pipeline company with headquarters in Houston, Texas. It is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced IT Business Analyst to partner with business stakeholders in gathering, analyzing, and documenting requirements for internal application development. This role is responsible for translating business needs into technical requirements while ensuring alignment, collaboration, and continuous improvement across development teams. The analyst will also manage the product backlog and prioritize deliverables to maximize value for stakeholders.

Job Description

• Business requirements gathering
• Business design and backlog creation
• Collaborating with Dev/QA team and business stakeholders
• Work with business stakeholders to understand, document, and review the business requirements.
• Develop business design documents based on business requirements.
• Develop user stories to communicate business requirements to development/QA teams.
• Work with development/QA teams to help translate the business design into technical design and test approach.
• Collaborate with development teams during design, development, and testing to make sure deliverables match business requirements.
• Work with business teams to coordinate user acceptance testing and organize trainings prior to release as needed.
• Collaborate with other BA team members in defining our product roadmap and release plans.

Skills Required

• 5+ years of IT Business Analyst experience working with various business teams and IT development teams.
• Excellent knowledge of user-centered design principles.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in managing application backlog using tools like ADO TFS or Jira.
• Experience working in an Agile organization using Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), or other scaling model.

Education/Training/Certifications

• A High School Degree or GED
• One or more of the following certifications is a plus
  • PBA from PMI institute
  • CBAP certification from IIBA

“We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.”