Overview
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 6 Month(s)
Skills
sql
frd
Job Details
Role: Business Analyst Contract 6+ months Local to Oakland (3 days onsite required)
Description: The Business Analyst is responsible for reviewing computer-based solutions used by the Client and advises Business Stakeholders, Project Managers and Business Analysts on ways to change or enhance solutions to meet business requirements for projects.
Manager expectation:
SQL is a must. Not to write but understand.
Gather Business requirements
Write meeting minutes
Write functional requirements from technical design documents
Essential Functions:
- Develop detailed functional and system specifications based on business requirements, business process maps and use cases defined by Business Analyst.
- Work with the business to identify functional and performance expectations.
- Validate all implemented functions perform according to specifications.
- Promote and verify quality in all releases.
- Smoke testing of test and production environments.
- Assist in the preparation and execution of User Acceptance Testing.
- Triage and document reported defects.
- Participate in prototyping solutions to provide business users with a preliminary evaluation and/or user interface experience.
- Evaluate changes for downstream systems.
- Participate in prototyping solutions to provide the business unit a preliminary evaluation and/or user interface experience.
- Work with the business to identify minimum performance expectations and service levels.
- Prioritize and track all issues to resolution.
- Escalate issues to project leads as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with business users and IT team.
- Meet with Business Analysts, business owners and users to gather functional and system requirements.
- Work on multiple projects independently in support of organizational objectives.
- Comply with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodology.
Must have requirements:
- 5 + years of experience as a Business Analyst.
- Experience with functional applications testing.
- Experience with web applications and UI design.
- Understanding of SDLC and various methodology.
- SQL language skills.
- Advanced knowledge of the MS Office Suite products (including Excel, Outlook, Visio, and Word).
- Enjoys solving problems and has strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Project management skills.
- Understanding of various web-based technologies.