Business Analyst

Skills

· Five (5) years’ experience following system development lifecycles (SDLCs) to identify evaluate and recommend business or technical requirements applied to the design and development of systems and networks. · Five (5) years’ experience working directly with end users in a production support environment. · Five (5) years’ facilitating collaborating and negotiating with all levels of stakeholders up to and including executive level decision makers. · Three (3) years’ expertise with complex process and systems requirement documentation standards such as requirement traceability matrixes as-is and to-be diagrams Use Case modeling User Story creations and narrative description. · Three (3) years’ experience working independently and as part of a team meeting deadlines and demonstrating problem-solving skills. · Two (2) years’ experience with process analysis; systems analysis; process architectures and systems analysis methodologies; and project management methodologies including both Waterfall and Agile.

Description

· Public Sector experience

· Five (5) years’ experience performing a variety of business analyst functions such as each of the following:

Assessment of analysis scope and tasks

Planning business analysis tasks

Elicitation, definitions and documentation of various business, user, and system requirements

Writing functional design specifications

Requirements traceability matrices

Perform analysis for business process improvement, application design and workflow automation

Documenting as-is and to-be processes

Modeling and documenting functional designs and process workflows

Developing test scripts

Transition plans and/or implementation requirements

Managing/updating configuration

Implementing best practice solutions

Providing ongoing support as required

Leading and working within cross-functional teams that include business subject matter experts (SMEs), architects, developers, and testers.

Responsibilities

• Two (2) years’ experience using SQL or other query tools to perform analysis.
• Three (3) years’ experience using requirements management industry best practices.
• Three (3) years’ experience developing training plans and training end users of all levels.
• Two (2) years’ experience refining solutions for requirements management methodology.
• Two (2) years’ experience facilitating joint application design (JAD) and/or collaborative design sessions.
• Two (2) years’ experience mentoring less experienced business analysts to develop their skills.
• Two (2) years’ experience working with State of California government Environmental Information Technology (IT) offices.