Senior Technical Business Analyst - Web - Contract- US

Candidate applying for the role

Thorium Digital is a growing digital agency that has provided services to clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies. We are comprised of self-motivated, professionally sharp and team work oriented individuals. We are looking to expand our team in East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. You will be working in a collaborative and flat structured working environment where there are plenty of opportunities to learn and grow with us. We also offer flexible summer hours year-round.

The Senior Technical Business Analyst is responsible for coordinating with the development team to deliver projects on-time and on-budget.  This individual needs to be driven, willing to learn and is not afraid of taking responsibilities.

This is a remote contract position. The individual will have first-hand opportunity to learn and grow together with the firm.  Must be able to work independently.  You may be required to come into the office on a needed basis.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Manages the execution of multiple digital projects in tandem from start to finish.
• Be comfortable leading projects across a variety of services, including website design & development, web content management, social media, eCommerce, and digital strategy.
• Collaborates and coordinates on required testing/validation of system modifications, including creating test cases as needed.
• Ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported, analyzed and resolved in a timely manner, and determines if escalation is required while retaining ownership throughout.
• Complete documentation for project development efforts (including use cases, requirements, test plans, and process maps) and work closely with development team and business teams to ensure successful implementation.
• Decompose high-level information into details and abstract up from low-level information to resolve solution vs. requirements conflicts.
• Supports the project lead to identify best practices for project requirements, estimations, and timelines.
• Able to provide guidance to junior employees.
• Understand our technology stack and ensure that it aligns to our clients’ needs.
• Research new technology.

Minimum qualifications

• 3+ years of Technology Analyst / Business Systems Analyst experience.
• 3+ years of SDLC experience.
• 2+ years of web experience.
• 1+ years of experience in project management, at a consulting firm or digital agency.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science.
• Excellent communication, technical, analytical and problem-solving skills with a sense of urgency and commitment to accuracy and the ability to handle ambiguity.
• Strong work ethic, positive attitude, and a desire to work in a challenging position.
• Detail oriented.
• The ability to learn quickly, self-start and ask key questions ahead of deadlines.
• Proficient in digital experience platforms and the underlying technology for the purpose web sites, social media, and eCommerce.
• Skilled in MS Office and project management/collaboration tools (e.g. Jira, Slack/Teams, Git, MS Project, etc.).
• Must be able to work in a hybrid working model (remote and on-site).
• Able to come on site in New Jersey on need basis.
• Authorized to work in US without sponsorship.
• Sponsorship is not available.
• Not a data analyst position.

Preferred qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months of web coding experience on a project.
• Have a passion for technology.
• Experience with Jira, CMS, React, PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, website manual/automated testing, and web/mobile related technologies preferred.
• Knowledge of front-end frameworks (i.e. Bootstrap) and experience working with responsive and adaptive designs.
• Big Consulting, Vercel, and Contentful experience is a plus.