Senior Business Analyst – Enterprise Modernization

About the role

North Highland is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to bridge business intent and technical delivery on multi‑track enterprise modernization programs. You will work directly with US‑based stakeholders and engineering leaders, translating discovery findings into sprint‑ready user stories and ensuring high‑quality delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Lead requirements elicitation sessions with business and technical stakeholders.
• Translate requirements and discovery findings into well‑formed user stories with clear, testable acceptance criteria.
• Own and groom the backlog in JIRA, maintaining traceability from business need to delivered story.
• Define and enforce the Definition of Ready, rejecting unclear stories before they enter sprints.
• Write functional specifications, process flows, and data‑mapping documents for integration and migration workloads.
• Conduct AS‑IS analysis and design TO‑BE target‑state models for business and integration workflows.
• Identify gaps between legacy systems and cloud‑native architecture, documenting and prioritizing remediation.
• Map B2B data flows, EDI transaction sets, and partner onboarding requirements into deliverable scope.
• Support data migration analysis, including field mapping, transformation rules, and data‑quality validation.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies, validate delivered stories against acceptance criteria, and maintain living documentation.

Required profile

• 6+ years of business analysis experience on software delivery programs.
• Proven track record writing user stories and acceptance criteria for distributed systems, integration platforms, or B2B data exchange workloads.
• Strong written and verbal English communication.
• Daily collaboration with US‑based business stakeholders and engineering teams.

Required skills

• JIRA
• Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Data mapping and data‑migration analysis
• Integration platforms and B2B data exchange
• EDI transaction sets
• Cloud‑native architecture concepts