Lume Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Business Solutions Analyst (BSA) to support a California State government client focused on mission-critical IT operational systems and application enhancements. This role requires a hands-on analyst with strong Agile/Scrum coordination, business analysis, QA/UAT testing, and stakeholder engagement experience.
Position Overview
The Business Solutions Analyst will support business analysis, requirements management, Agile delivery coordination, testing activities, and operational system enhancements across multiple enterprise applications. The consultant will work closely with technical teams, stakeholders, and program staff to ensure successful delivery of application enhancements and operational improvements.
Key Responsibilities
- Gather, analyze, document, and validate business and technical requirements
- Create user stories, acceptance criteria, process workflows, and traceability documentation
- Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives
- Support Product Owners with backlog prioritization and sprint planning
- Develop and execute QA, functional, regression, integration, and UAT test plans/scripts
- Coordinate defect tracking, issue resolution, and release readiness activities
- Support application security validation activities including access control and permissions testing
- Prepare status reports, project documentation, and executive-level updates
- Collaborate with stakeholders, IT teams, and business units to support successful project delivery
- Participate in knowledge transfer and training activities
Required Qualifications
- Minimum five (5) consecutive years of experience in:
- Business analysis and requirements management
- QA, functional testing, regression testing, and UAT
- Agile/Scrum project support and coordination
- Stakeholder engagement and cross-functional IT collaboration
- Experience creating:
- BRDs
- User stories
- Process workflows
- Traceability matrices
- Test plans and test scripts
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery environments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- California State government project experience
- Experience supporting enterprise operational systems or enforcement management applications
- Experience using Agile and testing tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or similar platforms
- Scrum or Agile certifications preferred
- Experience with application security testing and validation activities
Location
Sacramento, CA (Hybrid – Onsite and Remote)
Contract Type
Contract – 24 Months with Possible Extension
