Senior Technical Business Analyst – Cloud Architecture Modernization

## Position Overview We are seeking a **Senior Technical Business Analyst** to support the modernization of a large public-sector web application and related systems. The consultant will partner with the Solution Architect, project leadership, IT teams, business stakeholders, security, and compliance teams to develop and evaluate two cloud-based solution options. The role requires strong experience in architecture-focused analysis, requirements management, process improvement, stakeholder facilitation, data governance, and technical documentation. ## Key Responsibilities - Partner with the Solution Architect to develop and compare two cloud modernization options. - Gather, analyze, prioritize, and document business, functional, technical, security, integration, data, accessibility, and compliance requirements. - Translate business requirements into technical and non-functional requirements. - Assess current applications, integrations, workflows, supporting systems, documentation, and operational constraints. - Document current-state and target-state processes and identify business, operational, training, and change-management impacts. - Develop and maintain a Requirements Traceability Matrix for both solution options. - Facilitate requirements workshops, stakeholder interviews, architecture discussions, process reviews, and solution-comparison sessions. - Prepare meeting minutes, presentations, decision logs, action items, risks, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies. - Translate complex architecture, security, integration, and operational concepts into clear business language. - Compare solution options based on performance, scalability, security, availability, supportability, cost, risk, and business alignment. - Support data-governance, records-management, compliance, and high-level data-migration planning. - Assist with project planning, deliverable reviews, milestone tracking, knowledge transfer, and project closeout. - Produce accurate and accessible documentation for business, technical, and executive audiences. ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience supporting government or public-sector modernization projects. - Experience with public-facing transactional or regulatory applications. - Experience evaluating cloud architecture options and total cost of ownership. - Knowledge of legacy-system modernization, data migration, accessibility, and AI use cases. - Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Visio, Lucidchart, Jama, or similar tools. - Certification such as CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, PMP, SAFe, Azure Fundamentals, or equivalent. ## Location Requirement Candidates must currently reside in **Washington State**, preferably in Olympia or the greater Seattle area, and be available for in-person meetings as required.