Senior Business Analyst

Sparq

8h • Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves partnering with DevTools engineers and technical stakeholders to capture, clarify, and maintain requirements across CI/CD Recovery, Repository Governance, and Curation initiatives. The Senior Business Analyst will translate technical discussions into clear requirements, process documentation, workflows, decisions, and actionable project deliverables. This position requires documenting recovery procedures, governance standards, operational processes, and technical dependencies. The role also involves tracking scope, milestones, risks, timelines, and cross-initiative dependencies, while proactively identifying gaps or blockers. A working understanding of CI/CD concepts and tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Artifactory is necessary for documenting current-state and future-state processes. Support for repository governance and DevSecOps-related efforts, including documentation of standards, controls, ownership, and open-source governance processes, is also a key responsibility. The role actively uses AI tools, including Claude through the Anthropic partnership, to streamline tasks, improve work quality, and share best practices. Assistance with readiness and discovery activities for a potential GitHub and GitHub Actions migration is expected. The Senior Business Analyst will facilitate alignment between engineers and DevTools stakeholders by documenting decisions, action items, open questions, and changes in scope. Maintaining organized and up-to-date project documentation is crucial for providing technical teams clear visibility into requirements, processes, decisions, and delivery status. Availability to work Central Time Zone hours is required to support daily collaboration with the DevTools team and project stakeholders.

Requirements

• 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
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
• Individuals who are excited to explore, adopt, and evangelize AI tools and methodologies.
• Experience in AI or a proven track record of rapidly learning and mentoring others on emerging tech.

Nice To Haves

• Claude Certified Developer or Architect highly preferred; possible opportunity to obtain as a Sparq colleague

Responsibilities

• Partner with DevTools engineers and technical stakeholders to capture, clarify, and maintain requirements across CI/CD Recovery, Repository Governance, and Curation initiatives.
• Translate technical discussions into clear requirements, process documentation, workflows, decisions, and actionable project deliverables.
• Document recovery procedures, governance standards, operational processes, and technical dependencies to support consistency and long-term maintainability.
• Track scope, milestones, risks, timelines, and cross-initiative dependencies, proactively identifying gaps or blockers that could impact delivery.
• Apply a working understanding of CI/CD concepts and tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Artifactory when documenting current-state and future-state processes.
• Support repository governance and DevSecOps-related efforts, including documentation of standards, controls, ownership, and open-source governance processes.
• 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.
• Assist with readiness and discovery activities for a potential GitHub and GitHub Actions migration, including requirements, dependencies, process impacts, and documentation needs.
• Facilitate alignment between engineers and DevTools stakeholders by documenting decisions, action items, open questions, and changes in scope.
• Maintain organized and up-to-date project documentation that gives technical teams clear visibility into requirements, processes, decisions, and delivery status.
• Availability to work Central Time Zone hours to support daily collaboration with the DevTools team and project stakeholders.

Benefits

• Ongoing investment in your growth through training, mentorship, and industry certifications
• Hands-on exposure to cutting-edge technologies across multiple industries
• Recognition programs and employee awards within an inclusive culture that celebrates great work, including our AI Innovators Program
• Remote or hybrid work options
• Competitive salary
• Robust benefits package
• matching 401(k) plan
• substantial PTO
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed