Business Systems Analyst - Blackstone Talent Group

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Business Systems Analyst to join our Client's team.

Business Systems Analyst

  

POSITION SUMMARY

We are looking for a Business Systems Analyst that can help us on the current SN Asset Inventory / Rapid7 integration project as well as the upcoming Asset Management project (Phase 2). We are looking for an experienced Business Systems Analyst with experience in Asset Management and not a developer.

 

This is a six-month contract with potential consideration position for a staff position if the candidate is in CA and has a green card or is a US citizen.

 

Responsibilities

• Performs complex analysis of business and user needs - Evaluate business and user needs to translate into system and process requirements - Considers implications of applying technology and process changes - Investigate system and process defects to understand root cause
• Lead cross-functional teams to analyze issues or evaluate changes - Complete risk analysis for requested system and process changes and enhancements - Facilitate mitigation of risks and remediation
• Documentation: - Document business and user requirements - Create technical system and process specifications - Generate process flow diagrams of system and business processes - Document defects, issues, and risks for systems and processes - Complete necessary documentation for change management process
• Design and Change: - Develop process changes to meet business and user requirements - Create integration plans for changes and enhancements - Generate acceptance testing plans and scenarios
• Create or modify procedures to support business and system processes - Implement system changes to applications and processes - Adhere to change management procedures
• Soliciting Information and Communication: - Interview business partners for requirements, challenges, and requests - Interact with vendors to manage integrations, changes, and issues - Facilitate meetings with other UCOP departments to gather requirements, troubleshoot issues, and implement changes - Participate in strategy sessions to alter or create policies, processes, and procedures

 

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of advanced knowledge/experience of business and process analysis functions.
• Experience and skills managing data cleanups, tagging (AWS tags, potentially in ServiceNow) and begin mapping servers to applications.
• Experience defining the data cleanup process, etc. 
• While we use/prefer SNOW, the process can be tool agnostic. This contactor should have familiarity with Inventory/Asset Management, preferably in SN.
• Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization.
• Interpersonal and communications skills to work with both technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization.
• Self-motivated and works independently and as part of a team. Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines. Demonstrates problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience with process analysis, systems analysis, process architectures and systems analysis methodologies.
• Understanding and skill in complex process and systems requirement documentation standards, such as Use Case modeling, User Story creations, and narrative description.
• Experience interviewing people to gain information for systems and processes. Demonstrated ability to work with others from diverse backgrounds
• Advanced skills and methodologies associated with process and software design, modification, and implementation.
• Experience in the Higher Education sector is preferred.
• Experience working in Agile, Agile SCRUM, and traditional Waterfall environments.

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Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.

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