IT Business Analyst

Kforce is looking for an IT Business Analyst for a contract opportunity in Topeka, KS. The IT Business Analyst (BA) partners with business stakeholders and IT teams to gather, analyze, and translate requirements into actionable solutions. This role plays a critical part in driving successful delivery across the software development lifecycle while ensuring alignment between business needs and technical capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document functional and technical requirements
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria for development teams
• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions, workshops, and stakeholder meeting
• Collaborate with development and product teams to ensure requirements are understood and delivered accurately
• Support testing efforts, including test case validation and ensuring alignment with business requirements
• Act as a liaison between business and IT to resolve issues, clarify requirements, and manage expectations
• Analyze and interpret data to support business decisions and identify process improvements
• Assist in triaging production issues and working with technical teams to resolve defects
• Continuously evaluate business processes and recommend enhancements or optimization opportunities
• Ensure documentation is maintained and aligned with enterprise standards
• Actively support testing and validation efforts, including test case review and alignment to business requirements (hybrid BA/QA role)* Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in an IT or software development environment
• Strong experience gathering and documenting business and system requirements
• Proven ability to work across cross-functional teams (business + IT)
• Hands-on SQL experience (required):
• Experience writing queries to extract, analyze, and validate data
• Ability to troubleshoot data issues and support reporting needs
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Experience working in Agile or hybrid SDLC environment
• Experience working in a hybrid Business Analyst / QA capacity, including test planning, test case review, and defect support

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar
• Exposure to data visualization/reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Experience with process modeling or workflow documentation
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts or data integration
• Prior experience working with enterprise applications or complex systems