Business analyst expert
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Contract
2 weeks ago
$50 - $55 USD
Key skills
AWSAzurePerformance OptimizationLeadership
About this role
The primary focus will be identifying, analyzing, and documenting business, functional, and non-functional requirements. Acting as a liaison between IT, management, and end-users to ensure the new POS technical solution meet DMV business goals.
**Candidates need to live in the Raleigh/Durham areas, no more than 60 miles outside of Raleigh, NC
**Candidates need to live in the Raleigh/Durham areas, no more than 60 miles outside of Raleigh, NC
We are seeking an expertlevel Project Business Analyst to support a statewide Cloud POS Modernization initiative. This role is ideal for a senior analyst with deep experience in cloudhosted payment solutions, enterprise integrations, and complex modernization projects. You will partner with business leaders, technical teams, and vendors to drive requirements, testing, and deployment of a new cloudbased pointofsale platform supporting DMV operations across North Carolina.
The analyst partners with leadership, field operations, engineering teams, AWS/cloud architects, and vendors to ensure the solution meets modernization objectives, improves reliability, restores NFC/contactless acceptance, and integrates cleanly with DMV enterprise systems.
Lead elicitation and validation of business, functional, nonfunctional, and compliance requirements for cloudhosted cashiering, payment processing, device management, and financial reporting.
Translate modernization drivers such as PCI DSS compliance risks, device management constraints, and reconciliation issues (duplicate charges, refund delays) into actionable requirements.
Develop user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, dataflow diagrams, and integration specifications for an integrated AWShosted point-of-sale solution.
Support UAT cycles, validating performance, stability, customerexperience improvements, and compliance outcomes.
Evaluate sync processes between cloud POS, DMV backend systems, and enterprise financial platforms.
Support phased statewide rollout preparation, including pilot plans, training coordination, device estate planning, and operational readiness.
This role requires 4+ years of professional cloud experience, preferably across AWS and Azure, including:
Secure APIbased payment integrations and data synchronization
Scalable architecture analysis for highvolume transaction processing
Performance optimization and monitoring of cloudhosted transactional systems
Understanding of PCI DSS v4.0, P2PE, encryption, and tokenization workflows, consistent with the modernization strategy
Skills Table:
Experience supporting and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for complex enterprise solutions
Required
7 Years
Expert-level experience with cloud-hosted point-of-sale (POS) and payment processing solutions
Required
7
Years
Strong background in enterprise systems integration and modernization initiatives
Required
7
Years
Familiarity with AWS or similar cloud architectures supporting POS and payment systems
Required
7
Years
Ability to translate modernization drivers (e.g., PCI DSS risks, device constraints, reconciliation issues) into actionable requirements
Required
7
Years
Strong understanding of payment device management, NFC/contactless acceptance, and cashiering processes
Required
7
Years
Ability to assess performance, stability, customer-experience outcomes, and compliance alignment during testing and deployment
Required
7
Years
Proficiency in eliciting, analyzing, and validating business, functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements
Required
7
Years