TCI has an immediate need for a Remote IT Business Analyst in Frankfort, KY. This is NOT a Corp2Corp opportunity. This is a long-term contract opportunity with the possibility of hire. Remote work is considered for candidates residing in Eastern Time Zone only. NOTE: This position requires US Citizenship. SUMMARY The IT Business Analyst (BA) will assist the Project Manager (PM) in the management of the project work by facilitating communication with the business unit/customer, project team, and other stakeholders as necessary related to requirements and proposed solution for the project. The BA will elicit business requirements (features & user stories) for assigned project requests and manage the product backlog. For each upcoming sprint, the BA will decompose the user stories to a consumable level that is understood by the developers. The BA will lead the team in the identification of acceptance criteria for the decomposed user stories. The BA will ask business stakeholders probing questions and communicate that information to the development team to ensure they understand the requested work. The BA is expected to understand the business processes and to use that knowledge to make recommendations for business process improvements as well as improve the value to the end user. RESPONSIBILITIES Assess customers' current capabilities and needs and identify potential vendor products as solutions. Act as a liaison between project stakeholders. Identify business needs and drivers of value and success. Work with technical teams to determine and justify a solution approach that maximizes customer value through improvements to workflow, production, efficiency and/or effectiveness. Provide technical and non-technical assistance to the PMO to develop project documentation. Work with project/business stakeholders and/or users to gather, document, vet and validate solution (system and software) requirements. Work with the development team on task creation and estimating Work with project/business stakeholders and/or users to facilitate user acceptance testing. Work with customer contacts after solution delivery to understand ongoing needs and issues along with associated business drivers, and assist in triaging within the organization to engage resources to provide the appropriate response/resolution. Assist the Project Manager with management of the project by “owning” the analysis and testing components of the project. Manage user story (requirements), use case, and artifact gathering processes and clearly communicate to the business and technical team members what is needed. Understand the “as-is” and “to-be” business processes to ensure all parties are working toward the same goal. Look for gaps in data requirements between what is in place and what is needed. Create mock-ups of the new user interfaces as needed. Support the business unit and development team by discussing business and technical impacts of and dependencies related to priority decisions. Work closely with stakeholders in developing user scenarios as needed. REQUIREMENTS Bachelor's Degree with a focus in IT or equivalent combination of experience/knowledge 2-3 years of experience as an IT Business Analyst. Excellent at English writing and oral communication. Remote work is considered for candidates residing in Eastern Time Zone ONLY. This position requires US Citizenship.