Business Analyst

Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group:

Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

April 13, 2026

Business Unit:

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role 

 

Shell is seeking a Business Analyst who is responsible for identifying and documenting the business needs of their clients and stakeholders and helping to determine feasible solutions to meet business needs or resolve business problems.    

 

Accountabilities: 

• Precisely capture business problems, value drivers, and functional/non-functional requirements, including health, safety, security, usability, data, and supportability considerations 

• Translate business requirements into functionality and assess the risks, feasibility, opportunities, and business impacts of various solution options 

• Assess and model processes, data flows, and technology to understand the current value and issues, and identify opportunities for improvement 

• Create clear documentation to communicate requirements and related information; keep updated to align with the solution over the project lifecycle 

• Ensure traceability of requirements from business needs and requirements, through testing and scope changes, to final solution 

• Interact with software suppliers, designers and developers to understand software limitations, deliver elements of system and database design, and ensure that business requirements and use cases are handled 

• Configure and document software and processes, using agreed standards and tools  

• Create acceptance criteria and validate that solutions meet business needs through defining and coordinating testing   

• Seek guidance from more experienced BAs and be open to learning on-the-job 

   

Special Challenges: 

• Guide business stakeholders to gain acceptance / sign-off.  Manage requirements to the smallest set that will provide the biggest impact in advancing business objectives and end-user buy-in 

• Describe technology in terms easily understood by business customers and set realistic customer expectations for the project outcome.  Adjust customer expectations in accordance with changes in scope 

• Generate innovative approaches to existing problems or new opportunities 

• Work closely with stakeholders to build trust and understand their goals, motivations, constraints, risks, and operating environment 

 

What you bring  

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience 

• 3+ years of corporate IT experience 

• Understanding of systems engineering concepts 

• Agile project experience is an asset 

• Good understanding and experience of the vari