IEDA Business Analyst

• The Client is seeking a candidate for documenting home-grown systems for future modernization.
• The Client provides adaptable, secure, and cost-effective technology services and solutions . It manages executive branch IT assets, projects, and resources, as well as provides technology and expertise to support citizens and families. The Client consistently delivers top-tier performance and value as a trusted partner and service provider.
• The Client is committed to the pursuit of creative and innovative solutions that enable its agency to help individuals achieve healthy, safe, stable, and self-sufficient lives through the programs and services provided. The Client strives for an IT culture that identifies the newest, most effective solutions through discovery, open discussion, and collaboration. The Client promotes a supportive and collaborative environment, continuously optimizing processes, refining solutions, and improving for the benefit of those served.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BUSINESS ANALYST ROLE INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

• Working directly with business leadership, SMEs, and technical partners on system-aligned teams, to gather and document requirements for various applications and systems.
• Creating, presenting, and maintaining user stories, acceptance criteria, and design documents in The Client defined systems to be used by team members at all levels.
• Directly responsible for documenting, tracing, maintaining, prioritizing, and assessing changes to business practices, workflows, and associated system processes.
• May act in the role of project manager / quality assurance analyst for smaller efforts.
• Conducting research to query data, analyze problems, and determine solutions, such as installing alternate methods and procedures, implementing changes in processing methods, or redesigning products or services.
• Consistently updating project information, statuses, risks, issues, and timelines for reporting purposes.
• Working within an agile methodology framework with a focus on delivering value while adjusting rapidly to produce the most effective outcome.
• May be called upon to participate in database and forms analysis.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience with Data Mapping and Data Modeling 
• Experience working on large, complex IT systems 
• Experience eliciting requirements, writing user stories and design documents, defining acceptance criteria, testing outcomes, and facilitating Required
• communication between business stakeholders, developers, and project teams. 
• Experience with SDLC procedures and system development methodologies. 
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities. 
• Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates, and reporting). 
• Excellent task management skills. Ability to balance and manage multiple tasks, with changing priorities, in a cross-functional environment. 
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects, and project activities, simultaneously, while meeting established deadlines. 
• Experience with Microsoft development platforms and software. Required 8 Years
• Experience in an Agile environment. Required 6 Years
• Experience with Application Lifecycle Management [ALM] tools; Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server (TFS), Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS),
• Azure DevOps (ADO), Atlassian’s Jira, IBM’s Rational Team Suite (RTC). 
• Working experience with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio or other relational database software. Required 5 Years
• Familiarity with advanced information management practices, data modeling standards, and/or architecture design and analysis. 
• Bachelor’s degree in management information systems, Business, or related field, and/or relevant experience 
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to interact with a diverse group of team members, including executives, managers, IT professionals, and subject matter experts.
• Experience in process mapping, group facilitation, data gathering and analysis, and all phases of a project life cycle (requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, training, and measuring effectiveness).
• Experience delivering software as part of an Agile delivery team.
• Strong ability to work effectively and autonomously against deadlines and potential priority shifts.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio.
• Ability to analyze business strategies and user needs, document specifications, and translate business objectives into proper system requirements and specifications.
• Guide stakeholders through business case development for new applications/functionality, including cost benefit analysis, risks and issues, and impact analysis.
• Ability to recognize value through benefit realization, avoidance of cost, new opportunities, and organizational modernization.
• Experience with continuous process improvement via underlying technologies and system support.