Systems analyst Jobs in Costa Mesa, CA

Job Description

Job Description

The IT Business Systems Analyst (BSA) serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and product and web technology teams in a SaaS environment. This role is responsible for analyzing complex business problems, designing scalable system solutions, and ensuring the successful delivery of technology initiatives aligned with Stanbridge University’s strategic goals.

The BSA plays a critical role in high-volume user story creation, acceptance criteria development, backlog management, and sprint readiness , translating business objectives into clear, actionable, and testable requirements that enable efficient development and quality delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Essential Functions :

• Lead end-to-end analysis of business processes, system capabilities, and user needs to define functional and technical requirements.
• Own and maintain large, continuously evolving product backlogs , producing a high volume of well-structured user stories with clear, complete, and testable acceptance criteria .
• Translate business objectives into sprint-ready user stories that include detailed functional, non-functional, and edge-case acceptance criteria.
• Define acceptance criteria using industry best practices (e.g., Given / When / Then, behavior-driven development concepts) to ensure stories are unambiguous and verifiable .
• Decompose complex requirements into appropriately sized stories using effective story slicing, dependency management, and prioritization techniques .
• Facilitate backlog refinement, grooming, and sprint planning sessions to ensure stories meet Definition of Ready (DoR) standards, including well-defined acceptance criteria .
• Act as the primary liaison between business units, Product Management, Developers, and QA teams to align on scope, priorities, and acceptance expectations.
• Partner closely with QA teams to ensure acceptance criteria support efficient test case creation, validation, and regression testing.
• Identify system gaps and recommend enhancements through feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses, and risk assessments.
• Ensure solutions adhere to standards for security, compliance, accessibility, and data governance.
• Maintain traceability between business objectives, user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivered functionality while supporting continuous improvement.

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Stanbridge University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.