About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Sr. IT Business Analyst (Agriculture) based in United States.
Responsibilities
- Gather, analyze, and document business requirements and user stories, ensuring that business needs are clearly translated into actionable technology requirements.
- Analyze existing business processes, identify improvement opportunities, and recommend technology solutions that enhance efficiency and business outcomes.
- Support and maintain assigned business applications, while tracking and resolving system issues, service requests, and enhancement opportunities.
- Coordinate small application enhancements and development efforts, helping manage priorities, dependencies, and delivery activities.
- Support system integration, digital architecture, and master data teams in initiatives related to digital farm management systems and associated data integrations.
- Develop and execute functional testing and support user acceptance testing to validate that solutions meet business and technical requirements.
- Coordinate application changes through production deployment and help ensure smooth implementation of approved enhancements.
- Contribute to business case development by supporting cost-benefit assessments, risk analysis, and evaluation of proposed technology initiatives.
- Provide end-user training and application support as needed, helping users effectively adopt and operate supported solutions.
- Participate in an on-call support rotation when required to help maintain application availability and respond to business needs.
Requirements
- 2+ years of Business Systems Analysis experience, including requirements gathering, business process analysis, and application support.
- Mandatory experience in Agricultural Retail or Agribusiness, with a demonstrated understanding of the industry's business processes and operational environment.
- High School Diploma or equivalent required; a Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field is preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand business needs, evaluate processes, and develop practical technology recommendations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both business stakeholders and technical teams.
- Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams.
- Experience with sophisticated system and data integrations is preferred.
- Project management experience or a relevant certification is preferred.
- Willingness and availability to participate in an on-call support rotation as needed.
Conditions
- 10-month contract opportunity.
- 100% remote position within the United States.
- Opportunity to work within a Digital Farm Management environment at the intersection of agriculture and technology.
- Exposure to business applications, system integrations, digital architecture, master data, and data-driven agricultural solutions.
- Broad involvement across requirements, process improvement, testing, deployment, application support, and end-user enablement.
- Opportunity to collaborate with business stakeholders and technology teams on solutions that directly support agricultural operations.
- Professional experience in a role combining business analysis, technology delivery, and agribusiness expertise.