Job Title : Cognos Business Analyst – Legacy Application Modernization
Primary Skill : Process Mapping, Business Analysis, Agile
Experience : 8 years
Job Description :
Job Requirements: Cognos Business Analyst – Legacy Application Modernization
Location: Richardson, TX (Hybrid) – Only locals
Employment Type: Contract (6 Months)
Experience Level: Senior (8+ Years)
Role Overview:
- We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to drive requirements gathering, business process mapping, and functional analysis for a high-priority enterprise modernization initiative.
- In this role, you will analyze legacy VB.NET application workflows and translate them into future-state functional requirements for a modern Java Spring Boot, ReactJS, and IBM Cognos Analytics platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Requirements Management: Gather, articulate, document, and manage business, functional, non-functional, and reporting requirements throughout the migration lifecycle.
- Workflow & Process Mapping: Analyze existing legacy VB.NET application logic and business processes, translating them into clear future-state workflows and technical specifications.
- Agile Delivery Support: Author comprehensive user stories, business process flows, detailed use cases, and clear acceptance criteria for engineering teams.
- Reporting Modernization: Collaborate with business stakeholders and BI developers to map the migration of legacy Crystal Reports to modern IBM Cognos BI dashboards and reports.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Facilitate requirements workshops, review sessions, and alignment meetings with business stakeholders, developers, software architects, and QA teams.
- Testing & UAT: Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) planning, coordinate execution, document feedback, and assist in resolving functional defects.
Required Qualifications Experience:
- 8+ years of Business Analyst experience leading requirements engineering for complex enterprise software applications.
- Modernization Background: Proven track record working on application modernization, system migration, or legacy refactoring initiatives.
- Elicitation & Process Modeling: Mastery of requirements gathering methodologies, process mapping, and translating complex business rules into actionable developer specifications.
- Domain & Technical Acumen: Ability to bridge communication between business leaders and technical teams delivering microservices, modern frontends, and embedded BI tools.
- Core Competencies & Desired Skills Requirements
- Elicitation & Management Agile / Scrum Methodologies & User Story Writing Business Process Mapping & Workflow Analysis User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Strategy & Execution Legacy System Analysis (VB.NET, Crystal Reports)Stakeholder Workshop Facilitation
- Technical Environment Summary Legacy Stack: VB.NET, Crystal Reports Target Architecture: Java Spring Boot, ReactJS, IBM Cognos Analytics / Cognos BI