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Senior Business Analyst

Posted 10 Days Ago
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
Senior level
The Senior Business Analyst leads business analysis for strategic initiatives, ensuring clear requirements and documentation while collaborating with technology teams.
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At Sparq, we help companies solve the right problems—not just build more technology.


We’re a modern product engineering partner blending strategy, craftsmanship, and speed to help organizations modernize confidently in the age of AI. From data ecosystems to digital products and AI acceleration, we turn complexity into clarity and ideas into impact.


If you’re driven to build what’s next, lead with empathy, and deliver excellence without ego, you’ll feel right at home at Sparq.

C2C is not available

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Why you will enjoy Mondays again:

  • Opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of colleagues in a fun, creative environment
  • Progressive career journey and opportunity for advancement
  • Continuous development through training, mentorship and certification programs
  • Exposure to modern technologies across various industries in an agile environment
  • Flexibility to work remotely, onsite or a hybrid of both as desired in certain locations
  • Competitive salary + bonus opportunities
  • Robust benefits package, matching 401(k) plan, and substantial PTO
  • Tuition reimbursement

A Day in the Life:

  • Lead business analysis activities for large-scale strategic initiatives, ensuring program-level objectives are clearly defined and translated into actionable solution requirements.
  • Translate high-level program goals into detailed, solution-level requirements that enable engineering and product teams to design and implement effective technical solutions.
  • Develop and maintain program playbooks, documentation, and requirement artifacts to support alignment across business, product, and technology teams.
  • Create technical workflow diagrams, process flows, and system interaction visuals that illustrate integrations, dependencies, and data movement across applications.
  • Perform data mapping and capability analysis to understand how new features and enhancements impact existing systems and downstream processes.
  • Analyze complex initiative structures that may include multiple themes, epics, and feature sets spanning numerous capabilities and interconnected applications.
  • Collaborate closely with stakeholders across business and technical teams to clarify requirements, identify dependencies, and ensure successful delivery of complex initiatives.
  • Utilize tools such as JIRA and Confluence to manage documentation, maintain traceability, and support transparency across delivery teams.
  • Evaluate cross-system impacts and dependencies within large application ecosystems to support informed technical and product decisions.
  • Demonstrate initiative, curiosity, and ownership in driving clarity across ambiguous or evolving program requirements.

What it takes:

  • Availability to work Central Standard Time (CST) hours to support collaboration with distributed teams.
  • Experience supporting large-scale strategic technology initiatives involving multiple themes, epics, and feature sets across complex application environments.
  • Ability to understand program-level requirements and translate them into detailed solution-level documentation that supports delivery teams.
  • Proficient to expert knowledge of RESTful APIs and experience using tools such as Postman to review, test, and understand service interactions.
  • Advanced experience using JIRA and Confluence for requirement management, documentation, and cross-team collaboration.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to connect business needs to technical impacts across multiple systems and integrations.
  • Experience creating workflow diagrams, system interaction diagrams, and other visual artifacts to support technical and business understanding.
  • Highly organized with the ability to create and maintain structured documentation, program playbooks, and requirement repositories.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to write moderately complex SQL queries to support analysis and data validation is a plus.

Regardless of your specific role, we seek individuals who are excited to explore, adopt, and evangelize AI tools and methodologies. If you have experience in AI or a proven track record of rapidly learning and mentoring others on emerging tech, you’ll fit right in.


Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Sparq is proud to offer equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.


We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and believe in an inclusive workplace. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by contacting [email protected]




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Top Skills

Confluence
JIRA
Postman
Restful Apis
SQL

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