Business Analyst/Consultant-III ** Only Local to WI & W2 Candidates **

Role: Business Analyst/Consultant-III ** Only Local to WI & W2 Candidates **

Location: Remote - Madison, WI

Duration: 3 Months with extension possibility

Interview: MS-Teams/WebEx/Video

Notice –

Candidates that are submitted to this posting and do not meet the required qualifications, restrictions, or requirements will NOT be allowed to be resubmitted to future re-postings of the position.  False or inaccurate submissions will be reported.

Wisconsin Only Posting:

Posting Is For Wisconsin Based Candidates Only. Candidates That Are Not Located In Wisconsin Will Not Be Considered And Should Not Be Submitted. 

·      All Work Must Be Done In Wisconsin

The Agency section is looking for a result oriented and adaptable business analyst with a ‘can do attitude’ to collaborate with our IT project team and business partners on application development and business intelligence projects. These projects include business intelligence data warehousing efforts as well legacy and modernized software/application development projects for our business partners.

The business analyst is responsible for ensuring our development teams have complete and accurate business requirements, our business partners have considered their needs vs. their wants in their projects and ensuring quality control by testing web applications, reports etc. that have been developed in the Agency section with the Agency with the state of Wisconsin.

The business analyst is also expected to provide excellent customer service by driving and facilitating, JAD sessions, demos, feedback loops, and UAT testing processes with the customer. The individual coming into this role must have strong communication skills and be a team player because they will be working so closely with the entire technical project team and will be involved with business area partners.

The individual in this position will:

·      Responsible for leading and facilitating communication with IT staff, business customers and other stakeholders from a wide array of backgrounds, implementation services, and support services to assist in the development, implementation and support of business intelligence.

·      Ability to document and speak competently to business objectives, gaps, needs and problems. Once documented, can leverage the knowledge and materials to help the IT team devise product and process solutioning that can be delivered to meet the defined needs of the business users. Works closely with the business users to document business processes. Focuses on specific business user needs such as how data is to be summarized, used in day-to-day operations and formatted in reports and dashboards.

·      Assists the IT team in the creation of ad hoc documentation, including but not limited to; enhancement business requirements, charter contributions, process mapping, data flow diagrams, issue papers, options documents, report/dashboard requirements, requirement traceability matrixes, security assessments, user stories, acceptance criteria, wireframes, source to target mapping and other documents as assigned.

·      Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs feasibility studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives in support of enterprise-wide business intelligence. Manages the balance between business requirements and user expectations. Strives for a deeper understanding of our customers’ business drivers.

·      Uses extensive experience as a liaison between users and technologists to drive requirements into design.

·      Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing processes: Confers with personnel of organization unites involved to analyze current business procedures, identify issues, and learn specific business requirements, such as how data is to be summarized, and formats for reports.

·      Works with the team leader and manager to determine a detailed and prioritized list of objectives and activities for current and future projects.

·      Responsibilities include project work enhancing existing/new processes through data sharing, configuration, report writing and metrics.

·      Troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently. Identify potential technology improvements to be leveraged in support of the business. Assist in the creation and maintenance of test plans. Participate in special projects as required.

·      Demonstrates ability to manage competing priorities across multiple efforts at varying stages within the development lifecycle; keep up with fast-paced schedules; and learn new technologies quickly and effectively. Independently performs a variety of complicated tasks and relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

·      Works independently and with team members to understand database structure, business process and the correlation between the two. Comfortable in a complex data environment and understanding data structures.

·      Ability to convey work and results to a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders from both technical and non-technical backgrounds.

·      The candidate should have strong communication skills and should be a team player.

Qualification  Must Have/Nice to Have       Experience:

·      Gather/elicit business requirements - Must Have - 8 yrs.

·      Create and maintain standard artifacts (charter, BRD, RTM, fishbone diagram, testing scenario documentation, use cases etc.) - Must Have  - 8 yrs.

·      Expert SQL skills/ ability to navigate and query a relational database - Must Have - 5 yrs.

·      Experience in requirements gathering for data warehouse projects - Must Have - 7 yrs.

·      Experience in delivering end-to-end operational systems - Must Have - 5 yrs.

·      Ability to navigate and query a relational database (Oracle) to develop reports  - Must Have - 3 yrs.

·      Data Analysis and Data mapping - Must Have - 7 yrs.

·      Data Modelling Understanding  - Must Have - 5 yrs.

·      Documenting business processes and business Process Improvement - Must Have - 5 yrs.

·      Standardized processes and procedures implementation - Must Have - 7 yrs.

·      Ability to develop and implement quality assurance processes and procedures including test/use cases - Must Have - 5 yrs.

·      Develop Mock up’s, Design Specifications, functional and non-functional specs - Must Have - 3 yrs.

·      Participate in design reviews - Must Have - 4 yrs.

·      Documenting business process - Must Have - 7 yrs.

·      Testing methods/techniques including creation and execution of units, system, and user acceptance plan - Must have - 7 yrs.

·      Ability to perform testing of applications, facilitate testing by others, document results - Must have - 7 yrs.

·      Experience in usability testing or equivalent user interface test measures - Must have - 7 yrs.

·      Develop test plans and procedures - Must have - 7 yrs.

·      Regression testing - Must have - 7 yrs.

·      Writing test scripts using automation testing suites - Nice to have     

·      Informatica (knowledge on ETL mappings) - Nice to have        

·      Webi - Nice to have         

·      Tableau    - Nice to have

Top Required Skills:

·      Expert SQL skill/ability to navigate and query a relational database - Please don’t submit candidate without SQL experience (5 + years)

·      Candidate should be able to work on multiple projects per business priority

·      Looking for a strong practitioner with experience in business requirements elicitation and documentation (8 years), data mapping and data analysis (7 years), requirements verification, creating use cases, process flow diagrams, reporting and quality assurance as primary job responsibilities.

·      Creating and maintaining artifacts such as requirements traceability matrices (8 years)

·      Strong analytic and problem-solving skills

Interview Notes: Please Note:

·      A real-time screenshot photo of the candidate MUST be uploaded to candidate''s bid upon confirming the interview. Please see "the Agency Realtime Photo Requirement & Instructions" document in the Attachments section of this posting for details.

·      Interviews will be set up shortly after the posting close date.

·      MUST provide three (3) business references for the interview. (One reference must be a supervisory level.)

Important Notes:

·      Candidate MUST be physically located in the United States.  International candidates/phone numbers will not be accepted.

·      Candidate must follow ALL Agency work rules

·      Candidate must be available to perform all work during the Central Standard Time (CST) business hours 9:00 am – 3 pm (or CST hours as defined by the hiring manager)

·      Candidates will be required to provide their own equipment for this position (See job description for required specifications.)

Interview process:

·      via Zoom/Teams

Onsite, hybrid or remote:

·      No WI residency required.  Open to nationwide candidates.  This position is currently remote.  However, position status is subject to change.

·      (90% remote 10% onsite as needed) Onsite work is not likely, but candidate should be prepared to come onsite if required.

Contract Duration:

·      06/30/2026, with the potential to extend for an additional term(s)

Will this position have access to FTI (Federal Tax Information)?

·      No

On Call hours required? 

·      No

Will the position require any weekend coverage?  (IE: weekend maintenance)

·      Yes

Is this position Remote, Hybrid**, or In Person? 

·      HYBRID. 90-100% remote but can require staff to come onsite as necessary with sufficient notice.

Does this position require the candidate to provide a mobile device for use to use as part of this position (ie: iPad/iPhone/Android)?         

·      Yes

If so, please explain: This position(s) may enhance and or maintain a mobile application.

·      Mobile devices may be subject to sole use requirement for the Agency work only and will require management via an Agency mobile device management system.

Other Notes:

1.   Selected candidate will be required to provide personal equipment for remote work. Technical specifications of hardware are:

Home Internet Service: Minimum 20 Mbit down and 5 Mbit up.  Capability to plug in network (cat 5a or better) cable to the computer.

Windows Computers

-      Operating System: Any currently supported version of Windows 11

-      Memory: Minimum 8 GB, Preferred 16 GB+

-      Processor (CPU): 64-bit

-      Graphics card that supports Direct3D 11 Video

-      Installation of the latest Omnissa Horizon Client

Apple Computers

-      Operating System: MacOS: Any currently supported version of MacOS 13 or higher

-      Memory: Minimum 8 GB, preferred 16 GB+

-      Processor (CPU): Any 64-bit Intel-based Mac or ARM M-based Mac

-      Installation of the latest Omnissa Horizon Client

It is required to have full audio/video conferencing capabilities (camera and headset).

It is expected that you will update and maintain your hardware to always be compatible with the most current version of the Omnissa Horizon Client

2.   ALL candidates must be located within the United States.  ALL contact information must also be domestic. Absolutely no work outside of the US is allowed.

3.   Selected candidate will not be assigned specific workspace, however, may be required to report in person as needed with minimal notice.

4.   An in-person interview may be required before a final hire is made.  The hiring manager has discretion to allow phone or video interviews at any point during the process.

5.   Please provide three (3) business references for the interview.

6.   The selected candidate will be required to sign all onboarding documents as part of the onboarding process. Candidate will also be required to complete any security training as directed by the division, department, or agency.

7.   The selected candidate will be required to complete a criminal background check and any fingerprinting as required by the position.

8.   This position is budgeted for 1960 hours annually.  Hours will be prorated in the first year based on start date.

9.   The Agency does not sponsor work visas, either at the time of hire or at any later date

10.            Suppliers must disclose any/all levels of sub-contracting and their respective supplier’s name(s).

11.            Selected candidate must provide copies of any/all certifications as part of the hiring process.

Please note the qualifications for this position per the contract:

Business Analyst/Consultant capabilities with 8 - 10 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Independently, performs a variety of complicated tasks. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected