Business Analyst - 748993 - Tech Brand Staffing LLC

Skills:
Delivering business and systems analysis artifacts such as Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) Required 10 Years
Agile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology Required 5 Years
Experience translating business and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories Required 10 Years
Proficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process with development Required 10 Years
Experience creating wireframes and prototypes (using applications such as Balsamiq) Required 10 Years
Experience with large, multi-module systems Required 5 Years
Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server) Required 10 Years
Experience with Application Lifecycle management (ALM) Required 5 Years
Exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers Required 10 Years
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certification Desired
Experience using Team Foundation Server for agile software development and work item tracking Desired
Experience with automated testing tools such as TestComplete Desired
Expertise with Power platform Desired 2 Years

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Information Technology Division (ITD) is seeking a Business Analyst to work as a key member of Business Analytics and Testing Support Team for IT projects. This analyst will support teams working in Agile (Sprint) as well as traditional Waterfall methodologies for Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
Responsibilities include analyzing problems; documenting business processes; developing requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria; and managing requirements traceability and testing. VDOT is a fast-paced organization with very high standards for work quality and efficiency. This position is expected to handle multiple projects, and remain flexible and productive, despite changing priorities and processes. Ongoing improvement and efficiency is a part of our culture and each team member is expected to proactively contribute to process improvements.

Responsibilities:
Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points
Develop expertise in the customers' business applications
Conduct Root Cause Analysis to identify system gaps and deficiencies that require a business, technical or blended approach for resolution
Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows, context diagrams and data flow diagrams
Discover and document requirements and user stories with a focus on improving both business and technical processing
Decompose requirements into Epics and Features and create clear and concise user stories that are easy to understand and implement by technical staff
Utilize progressive elaboration; map stories to technical design specifications to be used by internal staff to develop the system modifications
Identify and group related user stories into Themes, document the dependencies and associated business processes
Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog
Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups
Propose alternative solutions that balance cost and benefit, and adequately test a solution's feasibility for business and technical compatibility
Collaborate with staff, vendors, consultants, and contractors as they are engaged on tasks to formulate, detail and test potential and implemented solutions.
Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test plans and test cases, and executing test cases (including regression testing)
Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress