Business Analyst --Local to IA

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and 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.
• Experience with requirement gathering software such as Azure DevOps, TFS, Jira, or RTC.
• Ability to analyze business strategies and user needs

Required Skills:

• Experience working on large, complex IT systems (8 years)
• Experience eliciting requirements, writing user stories and design documents, defining acceptance criteria, testing outcomes, and facilitating communication between business stakeholders, developers, and project teams. (8 years)
• Experience with SDLC procedures and system development methodologies. (8 years)
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities. (8 years)
• Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates, and reporting). (8 years)
• Excellent task management skills. Ability to balance and manage multiple tasks, with changing priorities, in a cross-functional environment. (8 years)
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects, and project activities, simultaneously, while meeting established deadlines. (8 years)
• Experience with Microsoft development platforms and software. (8 years)
• Experience in an Agile environment. (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). (5 years)
• Working experience with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio or other relational database software. (5 years)
• Familiarity with advanced information management practices, data modeling standards, and/or architecture design and analysis. (3 years)
• Bachelor s degree in management information systems, Business, or related field, and/or relevant experience (8 years)