Business Analyst

Onward SEARCH needs a Business Analyst for a global media company.

You’ll join the Media Workflow team toto be responsible for researching, examining, and documenting existing operational and technical processes / workflows.

The discovery documentation will inform and define the feature and development roadmap across the Media Platforms portfolio.

This is a 12 month remote EST contract opportunity.

To learn more about this Business Analyst opportunity, apply now and chat with a recruiter today!

As a Business Analyst you’ll :

• Organize and conduct meetings with key business stakeholders, SME’s, engineering, and operational teams to research, define, and create documents that effectively capture the business needs and convey that understanding to technical staff.
• Collate existing process / workflow documentation and distill the relevant information into a consistent and readily accessible format.
• Investigate and surface existing process metrics and volumes to set benchmark expectations for future state workflows.
• Define, prioritize, and categorize workflow requirements by collaborating with project leaders to understand use cases, features, business, and technical goals
• Own and maintain discovery and roadmap documentatio

Skills & Experience needed :

• 2-4 years of working across departments to surface and organize project specific information and requirements in a fast-paced environment
• Strong understanding of media supply chain processes and terminology.
• Experience of working to an Agile project management framework and associated tools
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
• Experience in the media & entertainment industry relating to one or more of the following areas metadata management, digital video and audio, asset management systems / platforms, multimedia formats, and international localization.

Good knowledge of media file standards, content supply chain workflows, video standards and cloud architecture. Familiarity with media processing software systems is highly desirable.

• Knowledge of client and server software, cloud services and corporate information systems infrastructure is desirable.
• Interpret usage data, develop reports and presentations based on that data

Nice to haves :

• Experience working in a distributed global technology environment is a plus
• Understanding of media technology (broadcast, multiplatform), lifecycles, and workflows a plus
• Experience with post-production processes and workflows
• Knowledge of cloud technology including Amazon AWS
• Experience with XML, JSON, Web Services, video formats and protocols for VOD and live streaming

To learn more about this Business Analyst opportunity, apply now and chat with a recruiter today!

What’s in our benefits packages :

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401k Program
• Commuter Benefit
• eLearning
• Education Reimbursement
• Ongoing Training & Development
• To qualify for our benefits package, you must work over 30 hours per week and the length of assignment must be a minimum of 10 weeks.

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