Engagement Type
Contract
Short Description
VDOT - Asset Management Team is looking to fill a Business Analyst position with a candidate.
Complete Description
- 12-to-18-month contract
- Hybrid:3 days per week required at 1401 East Broad Street
- In-person interview
- 5+ years of BA Experience in IT project. IT software/application project experience required
5+years of BA Experience in IT projects. Must have strong oral and written communication skills. IT software/application project experience required.
VDOT - Asset Management Team is looking to fill a Business Analyst position with a candidate with the following skills and Experience
5+years of BA Experience in IT projects. Must have strong oral and written communication skills. IT software/application project experience required. Looking for a candidate with the specific skills/experience listed below
- Analytical Thinking
- Review, Analyze complex process and systems and break
them down into manageable parts.
- Has strong problem-solving skills - finds root
causes, and not just symptoms.
- Technical Proficiency
- Familiarity with enterprise software - like, Oracle,
SQL Server.
- Understanding of databases (SQL), APIs, Data Flow
Diagrams.
- Not necessarily a developer but should have a
strong understanding of how IT systems work.
- Requirements Gathering Proficiency
- Strong experience in conducting stakeholder
interviews and workshops.
- Skilled at writing clear, testable, functional, and
non-functional requirements.
- Strong familiarity and previous experience with using
Azure DevOPS (TFS) for creating and managing agile items - Product
backlog, Epics, Features, User Stories, Tasks AND Test Plans and
Test Cases.
- Prepare diagrams explaining the modifications so that
both technical staff and executive management can visualize and
understand what must be done. Experience creating wireframes or visualization examples (Visio) from requirements.
- Agile/Waterfall Knowledge
- Should be previous experience in working with
Agile/Scrum (including SAFe) AND Waterfall projects.
- Other Required and demonstrated work skills
- Can translate from tech talk (Developers) to business users and
business talk (Stakeholders) to developers.
- Writes clear documents and delivers strong
presentations.
- Can handle pushback, negotiate priorities, and
resolve conflict diplomatically.
- Experience with Business Process Modelling -
using/documenting Swim Lane and Flow Chart Diagrams.
- Experience in rolling out new systems/processes and
managing user adoption.
- In addition to performing system integration testing
(IT Testing), assists with User Acceptance Testing.
Required/Desired Skills
| Skill | Required/Desired | Amount | of Experience |
| Agile Business Analyst; Stong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodologies | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Well versed with Scrum and Agile, Scaled Agile and Kanban methodologies | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Technical experience in organizing and maintaining sprint and product backlogs | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Technical experience translating client and product strategy requirement into application requirements and user stories. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Documenting high level Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases and execution of test cases. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Ability to analyze and document business and system processes. | Required | 5.0 | Years |
| Prior State of VA IT Business Analyst Experience Strongly preferred | Highly desired | | |
| Have a strong understanding of multi tiered applications | Required | 5.0 | Years |