Business Analyst/Product Owner

Role Summary

Techstra Solutions LLC, headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, has a Business Analyst/Product Owner position responsible for supporting Techstra Solutions LLC’s product vision in the creation of front-end and back-end features for data lake platforms. This is a Pittsburgh-based hybrid position with a requirement of 2 days per week in the Pittsburgh office.

Key Responsibilities - Specific duties include:

1. Serving as a crucial member of the “Agile Pod”, or Scrum Team, including by explicitly communicating product goals with engineering and product teams to deliver capabilities that meet business objective. 

1. Supporting the scrum ceremonies, including requirements gathering, creating epics, supporting the design, working with the developers, writing test scenarios, and documenting acceptance criteria.

1. Serving as a member of the client team and making changes to the interface based on new compliance requirements and other change drivers, such as audit findings and privacy compliance.

1. Creating user story maps and user stories.

1. Prioritizing the product backlog.

1. Facilitating daily stand-ups and weekly/bi-weekly sprints to ensure that teams are on-track.

1. Working with stakeholders to define and document functional and technical requirements.

1. Writing effective SQL queries for data conditioning.

1. Employing best-practices and standards with security and privacy in mind.

1. Acting as the voice of the customer and ensuring stakeholder expectations are met; and

1. Working with the engineering team to ensure they have a thorough understanding of the backlog and Scrum processes.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Experience:

• Three (3) years of experience in a business analysis or technical testing position (including 6 months in the financial industry).

• Experience must include 3 years with the following:

1. Leading front end/UI projects.

1. Leading project design on data-focused projects.

1. Writing queries against multiple relational databases.

1. Creating project dashboards on JIRA.

1. Executing ETL / Data Lake projects.

1. Developing REST API calls.

1. Creating MIRO storyboards and workflows; and

1. Designing acceptance criteria for functional and technical requirements of software applications.

• Experience can be concurrent.

Location: Pittsburgh-based hybrid position with a requirement of 2 days per week in the Pittsburgh office.

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At Techstra Solutions, we help top companies and brands achieve the business value of Digital and Talent Transformation. We believe there are three components in successful business transformation: Business Strategy, Technology and Talent. It is the coming together of these three disciplines that enables companies to take full advantage of opportunities. It differentiates us. Our approach is holistic and all-encompassing. We consider the full picture as we guide our clients on this journey. We are experts in transformation, business strategy, technology, innovation, and human capital management. We deliver our expertise through client consulting, innovative staffing solutions and software development. From strategy through implementation, we are dedicated to bringing our clients world-class business and talent solutions that fit strategic requirements and most importantly, deliver results.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Techstra Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. The Company makes its decisions on merit, and its policy of equal opportunity prohibits discrimination in all phases of the employment process, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, promotion, selection, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment. The policy of equal opportunity applies without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender,, sexual orientation, gender identification, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability that can reasonably be accommodated without undue hardship, military status, veteran status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, alienage or citizenship, domestic partnership status, arrest or conviction record, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other protected categories under federal, state, or local law. The Company also prohibits discrimination or harassment based upon the perception that a person has, or is associated with a person who has, any of these characteristics.