52/hr - 58/hr Hiring Business Analyst - Exceptional Staffing Solutions

• Resources shall, as needed and in cooperation with other business analysts, IT project managers, and other staff, facilitate and/or participate in the IT project review process.
• Resources shall, as needed, develop project feasibility and cost-benefit analysis reports to assist an IT Steering Committee in determining whether a project should proceed.
• Resources shall work with the assigned Project Manager to transition a Service Request from concept through preliminary planning to formal approval. This includes identifying the benefits of the Request, potential project team members, deliverables, and project performance metrics.
• Resources shall participate on project teams for new systems. Participation can include but is not limited to the following:
  • Be familiar with and communicate information on the requirements development and management process to the project team.
  • Assist Project Managers with requirement identification and scope definition.
  • Comprehend basic to complex business issues translating business needs into understandable requirements.
  • ​Facilitate requirements elicitation session(s) with stakeholders.
  • Review and document existing (as-is) business processes.
  • Develop and document future (to-be) business processes.
  • Differentiate between modeling techniques to determine which is appropriate for a project (e.g., use cases, workflow, swim lanes, context diagrams).
  • Develop and maintain or assist in the development and maintenance of project documentation such as a Functional Requirements Document (FRD).
  • Conduct a quality review walkthrough of business requirements documentation.
  • Participate in the planning and execution of system testing including development of test plans, test cases, and requirements traceability matrices.
  • Participate in the planning and development of system documentation and training materials.
  • Participate in training sessions.
  • Develop artifacts in compliance with the State SDLC
• Resource shall, as needed, operate as a liaison for the assigned Branch during interactions with agency staff and contractors to determine appropriate computer-related solutions to business problems. This can include but is not limited to:
  • Examine a business activity to help decide whether new IT solutions will improve productivity.
  • Discuss existing business models and the flows of data in the business with those involved.
  • Write, review and edit specifications, RFPs, business processes and provide recommendations related to the proposed solution.
  • Understand the role of the system in the organizational business area’s overall business process and provide ideas and recommendations regarding the evolution of the system and any project interdependencies to consider.
  • Using a variety of technical and presentation tools, produce high level outline designs of new IT systems, and perform a cost benefit analysis and/or a buy/build/reuse analysis.

• The candidate must have at least eight (8) years of computer experience working independently or under general direction on complex application problems involving all phases of systems analysis.
• Experience in working with Microsoft Office Suite, including Visio and Project.

• At least five (5) years of experience in analysis and design of business applications for complex large-scale or mid-tier computer systems, or LAN-based systems, to include experience in Database Management Systems (DBMS), and use of programming languages.
• Knowledge of current storage and retrieval methods and demonstrated ability to formulate specifications for computer programmers to use in coding, testing, and debugging of computer programs.

• Demonstrated knowledge of IT software requirements elicitation, documentation, and management.
• Experience with financial, document, and human resources management, or procurement management software.
• Prior senior level experience preparing business cases or other types of requests for IT software development. Prior senior level experience writing project deliverables such as a functional requirement document or a requirements traceability matrix.
• Demonstrated knowledge of business process/workflow automation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of performing gap analyses.
• Prior experience planning and conducting IT software quality assurance testing including writing test cases.
• Prior experience preparing and delivering informative, well-organized presentations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Breadth of knowledge in the Business Analyst Body of Knowledge (BABOK).

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