Business Analyst - Aviation Industry

The Company

Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 340,000 employees as of January 2024. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

Cognizant Consulting

At Cognizant, our consultants orchestrate the capabilities to truly change the game across strategy, design, technology and industry/functional knowledge to deliver insight at speed and solutions at scale. Our consulting services elevate the unique abilities and business aspirations of customers and employees and build relationships based on trust and value.

As a member of one of Cognizant’s fastest-growing consulting practices, the successful candidate must be able to integrate well and develop their leadership within a global matrixed organisation, working collaboratively in agile environments with subject matter experts and technologists to develop sound enterprise architectures, technology strategies and solutions.

Description

The Lead Business Analyst will drive the discovery, documentation, and management of business and technical requirements for enterprise integration projects. The BA will serve as a bridge between stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure that solution development meets strategic and operational needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering sessions and stakeholder interviews to capture business needs.
• Analyze existing processes and systems to identify integration opportunities and constraints.
• Create detailed business requirement documents (BRDs), functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop process maps, interface data mappings, and workflow diagrams.
• Work closely with architects and developers to ensure clarity and feasibility of requirements.
• Define and support the development of test scenarios and participate in UAT planning.
• Track and manage requirement traceability, change control, and issue resolution..
  
  

Required Skills And Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in complex IT projects.
• Proven ability to document functional, non-functional, and system integration requirements.
• Proficiency in tools like Azure ADO, Visio, BPMN, and requirements modeling techniques.
• Strong understanding of API-driven integrations and data transformation concepts.
• Excellent stakeholder management, presentation, and communication skills.
  
  

Nice to have

• Experience in aviation, airline operations, or IFE system integrations.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, Swagger/OpenAPI, and enterprise data models.