**IT Business Analyst III** **Charlotte, NC** **Type:** Contract **Category:** Business Analysis **Industry:** Energy **Reference ID:** JN -012025-92312 **Date Posted:** 01/13/2025 **Shortcut:** http://careers.eliassen.com/mSHi1E + Description + Recommended Jobs **Description:** Hybrid role in Charlotte NC. Fortune 150 client seeking highly customer-focused and team-oriented Business Analyst III to join their dynamic team. This role involves working closely with Product Owners, team members, area Leads, and IT Leadership to drive the success of our customer mobile application. The ideal candidate will be a multitasking leader with a strong IT background and a passion for learning and hands-on collaboration. _Due to client requirement, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance._ Rate: $50 - $60 / hr. w2 **Responsibilities:** + **IT Collaboration and Leadership:** + Serve as a key IT representative, ensuring high-quality work, dedication, and engagement. + Provide technical knowledge to support efficient design, development, implementation, and system interfaces. + Participate in testing and evaluation of new IT solutions. + **Problem Management:** + Manage, consult, oversee, and resolve issues to drive the team forward across various areas. + **Analytical and Critical Thinking:** + Demonstrate strong analytical skills, asking challenging questions throughout the product life cycle, including dependency planning, PI planning, and backlog refinement. + **Release Management:** + Collaborate with Product Owners and developers to understand release needs and expectations. + Work closely with the Release Manager to plan and prepare for bi-weekly releases and key rotations. + Engage in Go/No Go preparation, including discussions on phased rollouts, forced updates, and support readiness. + Attend evening releases as team representation, validating changes with developers and testers. + **Agile Facilitation:** + Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as Daily Stand-Ups, Sprint Planning, End-of-Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives. + Maintain the team JIRA board, ensuring planning, backlog, and artifact quality in partnership with the team and Product Owner. + Drive the team forward using the Agile framework, acting as an Agilist/Scrum Master. + Facilitate team decision-making and enable close cooperation across all roles and functions. + Ensure the team is fully functional and productive, shielding them from external interfaces. **Experience Requirements:** + 5-10 years of experience in IT with a demonstrated interest in learning and hands-on team collaboration. + Ability to work onsite/hybrid 3 out of 5 days a week at the Duke Plaza location in Charlotte. + Strong understanding of the relationship between technical parties and business partners, balancing deliverable dates with minimizing technical debt. + Scrum Master certification and prior experience in an Agilist/Scrum Master role. + Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills. _Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range._ _W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality._ _Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com._ _About Eliassen Group:_ _Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate._ _Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status._ _Don’t miss out on our referral program! If we hire a candidate that you refer us to then you can be eligible for a $1,000 referral check!_