IA-DOM-IWD-BA6-Technical BA-UI Modernization - Abacus Service Corporation
Des Moines, IA 50319
About the Job
Engagement Type: Contract
Short Description:
Technical Business Analyst skilled at consulting with business stakeholders and technical resources to define requirements and validate conversion for a large-scale data migration effort for Unemployment Insurance Modernization.
Complete Description:
This position requires that someone is available to work onsite 2 days per week, so
the priority will be given to local resources.
Complete Description: Iowa Workforce Development
has an immediate need for a Technical Business Analyst skilled at consulting
with business stakeholders and technical resources to define requirements and
validate conversion for a
large-scale data migration effort for Unemployment Insurance Modernization.
Specifically, this role will be dedicated to gathering necessary documentation,
participating in technical requirement discussions, and performing validations.
- This
individual will participate in testing and group sessions to define and
validate requirements, identify gaps and analyze process needs.
- This
individual will participate in vendor-hosted data conversion sessions,
articulating and/or documenting needs clearly and accurately to vendor
teams.
- This
individual will perform data validation for a large-scale data migration
effort, as legacy data is migrated to a modernized system, working in
partnership with IWD IT resources and vendor project team to prepare test
cases as necessary, document test results and articulate needs.
Iowa Workforce Development is a state agency with a
remarkable amount of modernization taking place. These projects will transform
agency business operations, eliminate technical debt, improve user experience
and return significant cost savings.
The UI Benefit Modernization will move a 40-year-old legacy mainframe system to
a contemporary web-based solution. The new system will be a
modified/configurable off-the-shelf product, developed and hosted by a
third-party vendor.
This position will work closely with the UI Benefits Modernization project
manager and data conversion workstream lead, as well as IWD technical resource
and UI SMEs, while interacting daily with the vendor's project management and
business analyst teams.
Skill Requirements
- Involvement in prior medium to
large-scale data conversions
- Demonstrated ability to
elicit, document and understand business and technical requirements
- Experience preparing data flow diagrams,
system architecture mapping, business process flow documentation
- Demonstrated strong
communication skills across technical teams and business stakeholders
- Proficient understanding
of the software development lifecycle and related methodologies
- Experience testing systems
against test cases and technical specifications, analyzing and documenting
results
- Experience preparing test
cases and technical specifications
- Proficient in the use of
MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, Jira (or equivalent)
- Demonstrated ability to
facilitate productive meetings with technical teams and business
stakeholders
- Working knowledge using
SQL Intermediate level or higher
- Involvement in
milestone/stage gate sign off and approval, ensuring technical and
business readiness
- Experience partnering with
vendor project teams and managing relationships
We are seeking a Business Analyst with data migration experience to analyze and triage data migration testing results. The testing phase is complete, and all scripts for the data migration have been written. The original data mapping and requirements have also been finalized. We need a Business Analyst who can review the script results, identify discrepancies, and determine necessary changes to the data mapping requirements. This role involves working closely with both the business side to refine requirements and the technical team managing the data warehouse. While prior testing experience is not required, as the scripts are already in place, the ideal candidate should be able to understand why discrepancies exist and revise the requirements accordingly.
Required / Desired Skills
| Skill | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience |
| " Involvement in prior medium to large-scale data conversions | Required | 7 | Years |
| " Demonstrated ability to elicit, document and understand business and technical requirements | Required | 7 | Years |
| " Experience preparing data flow diagrams, system architecture mapping, business process flow documentation | Required | 7 | Years |
| " Demonstrated strong communication skills across technical teams and business stakeholders | Required | 7 | Years |
| " Proficient understanding of the software development lifecycle and related methodologies | Required | 7 | Years |
| " Experience testing systems against test cases and technical specifications, analyzing and documenting results | Required | 7 | Years |
| " Experience preparing test cases and technical specifications | Required | 7 | Years |
| " Proficient in the use of MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, Jira (or equivalent) | Required | 7 | Years |
| " Demonstrated ability to facilitate productive meetings with technical teams and business stakeholders | Required | 7 | Years |
| " Working knowledge using SQL Intermediate level or higher | Required | 7 | Years |
| " Involvement in milestone/stage gate sign off and approval, ensuring technical and business readiness | Required | 7 | Years |
| " Experience partnering with vendor project teams and managing relationships | Required | 7 | Years |
Source : Abacus Service Corporation