Business Analyst

About this Position:

Job Title: Business Analyst

Must Have/Required Skills:

• 5 years' experience with government IT projects as a business analyst or in related roles.

• 5 years' experience in eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business rules, processes, and requirements.

• Skilled in interviewing stakeholders and mining policy documents for requirement gathering.

• Superb written and verbal communication skills with ability to craft clear requirements and status reports.

• Fluent in English with the ability to communicate across executive, project, and technical teams.

• Proficient in business modeling and graphical process flow techniques.

• Hands-on experience with the system development life cycle (SDLC).

• Ability to analyze and organize complex technical data logically and efficiently.

• Skilled in translating business needs into functional and technical specifications.

• Expertise in developing and executing test scenarios for system validation.

• Experience in process analysis, re-engineering, and simulation.

• Proven problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Effective collaborator with users, direct clients, and IT personnel.

• Experience planning, directing, and reviewing work of technical teams and staff.

• Ability to search and understand the framework of SQL database.

Preferred/Nice to Have Skills:

• International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Certifications such as CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) or Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA).

• Certification such as PMI-PBA (Professional in Business Analysis).

• Leadership experience in technical teams.

• Familiarity with business feasibility assessments and recommending IT solutions.

• Experience managing system modifications and coordinating with business units.

• Subject matter expertise in complex content, processes, and procedures.

• Ability to lead special projects and direct outcomes.

• Experience in estimating analysis and development effort with developers.

• Consultant should be self-starters and creative problem solvers and have the flexibility to learn new products and technologies quickly.

• Experience using JIRA and Microsoft Office products.

• Basic understanding of mainframe systems.

Required Education and/or Certifications:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related area and experience in computer system development and modification.

• Relevant experience may substitute for the bachelor's degree on a year- for-year basis.