LAUSD - 202524 - Business Analyst for Information Systems - Kaygen Inc.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
About the Job
Title: Business Analyst for Information Systems
Agency: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
Role: Business Analyst
Labor Classification: Business Analyst - Level I
Number of Resources: The proposed work order will require at least one (1) resource. Provide no more than two (2) carefully selected candidates and resumes that meet the criteria as outlined in this solicitation.
Candidate References: Provide a minimum of three (3) candidate references including project scope, size, complexity, reference point of contact and project duration.
Period of Performance: Through June 30, 2025 (Initial Period) Upon full execution of work order.
Location (on-site): LAUSD Administrative Headquarters, 333 S. Beaudry Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Qualifications and Duties
- Ensure effective communication through verbal and written means with all stakeholders, including business customers, vendors, and internal resources. This is essential for facilitating team communication and achieving our mission.
- Utilize strong critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and problem solving skills to gather, analyze, define, and document requirements. Communicate these requirements to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Translate information from elicitation sessions into business and functional requirements, use cases, user stories, and software requirements specifications documents. Use standard templates and simple, unambiguous, and concise natural language.
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of the ETL process (Extract, Transform, and Load) and proficiency in writing SQL to analyze and decompose problem statements into clearly defined requirements.
- Thoroughly validate data and test applications for business requirements, functionality, and usability with strong attention to detail.
- Possess a strong understanding of networks, databases, and other technologies such as Snowflake and Power BI dashboards. Responsible for carrying out complex analysis of datasets and conducting appropriate data validation across multiple data sources.
- Present analytic results to business and functional leaders using visualizations to effectively communicate data and metrics.
- Assist with user acceptance testing and demonstrate active listening skills.
- Ability to work on multiple projects in parallel and collaborate constructively as part of a team or teams to analyze system characteristics.
- Contribute to project coordination by assisting in project planning, scheduling, and monitoring activities. Track project milestones, deliverables, and dependencies to ensure timely completion and adherence to project scope.
Work Schedule: The resource(s) shall be available to begin work upon full execution of the agreement. Standard work hours will be Monday thru Friday between 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, unless other arrangements are mutually agreed upon. The actual schedule may be adjusted based on project needs by the sponsor.
Others: For the duration of the project, the proposed firm and/or resource are expected to bring their own laptop computer equipped with appropriate tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint, etc. A performance review will be conducted by the District to ensure services are performed satisfactorily by the Contractor and its resource. Contractor will be notified by the District of their performance. If the review is unsatisfactory, the contractor will be required to submit a corrective action plan to address the deficiencies. If the performance is not improved, the contract will not be renewed, and the option years will not be exercised.
Others: For the duration of the project, the proposed firm and/or resource are expected to bring their own laptop computer equipped with appropriate tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint, etc. A performance review will be conducted by the District to ensure services are performed satisfactorily by the Contractor and its resource. Contractor will be notified by the District of their performance. If the review is unsatisfactory, the contractor will be required to submit a corrective action plan to address the deficiencies. If the performance is not improved, the contract will not be renewed, and the option years will not be exercised.
Source : Kaygen Inc.
