Business AnalystEuless, TX Duration: 6 months Rate: DOE US Citizen, Green Card, TN, EAD, only No Third-party agencies. Required Experience:Minimum 4 years' experience as a Business Analyst in an information technology environmentExperience writing stories in an agile development environment, with development sprints and daily stand-ups; Scrum Master experience a plusExperience with web-facing application development in an agile environmentExperience with UI/UX specificationsFundamental SQL query skillsProficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and Microsoft Visio; Microsoft Project experience a plusProject management and/or software application testing experience a plusAPI experience a plusSoft Skills Needed:The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, organized, and be able to work independently and as part of a team in an agile environment. Additional skills needed:Excellent verbal and written communication skills, to communicate information effectively to customers and technical staffStrong interviewing skills, to meet with individuals and groups about their needs, ask the right questions, understand what is said and identify gapsAnalytical skills, to critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, decompose high-level information into details, and distinguish requirements from ideasFacilitation skills, to lead requirements elicitation sessionsOrganizational skills, to order the information gathered during elicitation and analysis and to cope with rapidly changing informationInterpersonal skills, to negotiate priorities and to resolve issues among project stakeholders