Senior IT Business Analyst – Utilities

Senior IT Business Analyst – Utilities / Asset & Work Management

📍 Location: Oakland, CA (Hybrid – onsite as needed)

🕒 Duration: 6 months (Contract)

💲 Rate: $65–85/hr (W2)

💻 Equipment: Client laptop provided for local candidates; non-locals must provide own equipment

⏰ Work Hours: PST (mandatory for non-local candidates)

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior IT Business Analyst to support complex business and technology initiatives within a leading utility organization. This role will focus heavily on Asset Work Management and Electric Generation Interconnection (EGI) programs, working closely with stakeholders across Electric Distribution, Transmission, Substation, and Power Generation domains.

The ideal candidate will bring strong utility industry experience, deep SAP knowledge, and the ability to translate complex business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead business requirements elicitation, analysis, validation, and prioritization for medium to large IT initiatives
• Partner with business stakeholders and project teams to define scope, success metrics, and delivery outcomes
• Conduct workshops, interviews, surveys, site visits, and workflow analysis to gather requirements
• Translate business needs into clear functional and technical requirements for development teams
• Develop process models, workflows, diagrams, and documentation using standard templates
• Ensure requirements are complete, feasible, consistent, and aligned with organizational standards
• Manage requirements throughout the project lifecycle, including change control and traceability
• Communicate requirement updates and impacts to project managers, sponsors, and stakeholders
• Participate in solution evaluation, selection, and quality assurance of purchased applications
• Support testing activities, including test strategy input and test script creation
• Collaborate across Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall project environments

Required Experience & Skills

• 5+ years of experience as an IT Business Analyst or equivalent role
• Strong experience in Asset Work Management within utility environments
• Hands-on experience with SAP Work and Asset Management
• Electric Distribution
• Transmission
• Substation
• Experience working with utilities similar
• Solid understanding of utility work management processes, from customer request through electric grid interconnection
• Experience working with enterprise systems such as:
• SAP
• Customer Web Portals
• CC&B
• GIS
• Documentum
• Proficiency with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership
• Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills
• Working knowledge of SQL
• Proficiency with MS Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint

Highly Desired / Nice to Have

• Experience supporting the Electric Generation Interconnection (EGI) Program
• Power Generation asset experience (Hydro, Electric, or similar)
• SAP Field Service Management (FSM) module experience
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Business Administration
• Proven ability to lead large-scale technology or business process transformation initiatives end-to-end

Why Join?

• Work on high-impact initiatives supporting grid modernization and electric interconnection
• Collaborate with cross-functional utility, IT, and business teams
• Gain exposure to complex asset and work management systems at scale
• Hybrid flexibility with a strong, mission-driven organization