Senior Technical Business Analyst

Sparq is a modern product engineering partner that helps organizations solve complex business and technology problems through strategy, digital products, data ecosystems, and AI acceleration. The Senior Technical Business Analyst will gather and document application requirements, analyze APIs and SQL, collaborate with engineering and QA teams, support user acceptance testing, and promote effective AI-assisted workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Partner directly with product owners and business users to uncover, clarify, and document application requirements for digital modernization initiatives
• Translate business needs and technical findings into clear user stories, workflow diagrams, acceptance criteria, and backlog documentation for software engineering teams
• Analyze API-driven integrations, including request and response flows, to understand how backend services support application functionality
• Review SQL queries to identify inputs, data relationships, and expected outputs, writing basic queries when needed to support requirements analysis
• Independently research existing functionality across Jira, Confluence, Figma, GitHub, and the live product to build context and surface informed questions
• Collaborate directly with developers to resolve technical ambiguity and update tickets with actionable requirements and clearly defined acceptance criteria
• Actively use AI tools, including Claude through our Anthropic partnership, to streamline tasks, improve the quality of your work, and share best practices with teammates while continuously seeking new ways to integrate AI into your everyday workflows
• Partner with QA testers to establish functional test success criteria and guide business users through User Acceptance Testing
• Help establish consistent working conventions for requirements, tickets, and documentation while navigating an evolving environment without fully defined processes
• Work collaboratively with multiple Business Analysts, adapting to different approaches while maintaining alignment across shared application areas
• Apply experience from regulated or high-compliance environments to support thoughtful documentation, traceability, and delivery practices

Requirements:

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
• Availability to work Central Time hours to support collaboration with client and delivery teams
• Consultative approach and problem solving skills to successfully align digital solutions with long-term business goals of the client
• Hands-on experience using AI tools to enhance daily work, or a strong desire to do so, including a willingness to experiment, learn, and champion AI adoption within your role
• Commitment to understanding and exceeding client expectations
• Ability to perform project oversight and execution of deliverables
• Flexibility to adapt within a high-growth organization
• Ability to lead, mentor and motivate those around them
• Hunger for continuous learning and professional development
• Intellectual curiosity to provide creative solutions
• Full understanding of the software development life cycle
• Ability to positively impact fellow colleagues through effective leadership, presentations, coaching, etc
• Desire to work in a team environment
• Good interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Claude Certified Developer or Architect highly preferred; possible opportunity to obtain as a Sparq colleague