Sr. Business Analyst

This is 100% onsite work position based in Tallahassee , FL. Apply only if you are willing to relocate.

Education: Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other Information Technology major, or equivalent work experience

Certifications: Certification(s) from the IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis), based on the BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge).

Required Experience:

• 12+ years experience with business and technical requirements analysis, business process modeling/mapping, methodology development, and data modeling.
• 8+ years experience overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software and hardware solutions, systems, or products.
• Experience in the operation and analysis of database and application software, standards, and data retrieval methodologies.
• Experience with importing data for use in report software, spreadsheets, graphs, and flowcharts.
• Experience working within a structured Project Management environment.
• Knowledge of Information Systems Development Methodology (ISDM).
• Ability to work on multiple projects as a project team member, occasionally as a project leader.
• Ability to be creative, to use sound judgment, and to display foresight to identify potential problems and design/specifications.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to determine work priorities and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality.
• Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Skills and Abilities:

• Experience with Oracle PL/SQL and/or PHP.
• Experience with database query tools such as TOAD and/or SQL Developer.
• Experience with Microsoft productivity software.
• Experience with UML (Unified Modelling Language).
• Experience with environmental regulatory business processes and practices.
• Familiarity with Agile development, specifically Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP) and Kanban.
• Knowledge and understanding of Department's technical environment.
• Knowledge of various facilitation techniques to elicit business requirements and drive customer communications.

Responsibilities:

• Meet with decision makers, systems owners, and end users to define business, financial, and operations requirements and systems goals.
• Research, review, and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing processes and develop strategies for enhancing or further leveraging these processes.
• Prototype new procedures for the purpose of enhancing business processes, operations, and information process flow.
• Prepare and deliver reports, recommendations, or alternatives for improving processes in operating systems across the organization.
• Develop, standardize, and maintain new or improved processes based on findings and analysis.
• Communicate process changes, enhancements, and modifications verbally or through written documentation to management, peers, staff, and other employees so that issues and solutions are understood.
• Liaise with various business, and IT, groups in the organization to facilitate implementation of new or improved business processes.
• Provide guidance and/or instruction to junior staff members.
• Understand business change needs, assessing the business impact of those changes, capturing, analyzing, and documenting requirements and supporting the communication and delivery of requirements with relevant stakeholders.
• Lead requirements definitions meetings with department customers.
• Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
• Gather, analyze, document & validate user requirements.
• Create Visio process maps, requirements traceability matrices, use cases and other business analysis documentation appropriate to the specifically assigned project needs.
• Facilitate the negotiation of requirements amongst multiple stakeholders.
• Create, analyze, and validate detailed functional specifications.
• Facilitate design sessions with the implementation team to define the solution.
• Deliver elements of systems design, including data migration rules, business rules, wireframes, or other detailed deliverables.
• Identify any new type of data entry components required. For each new component identified, create and update analysis documentation to include wireframes, process maps, business data definitions and business rules.
• Translate high level business requirements into functional specifications and manage changes to such specifications.
• Work closely with customers, users, and team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions

No phone calls please. Apply only via e-mail. No visa sponsorship provided at this time.