Sr. Technical Business Analyst (Hybrid)

Sr. Technical Business Analyst (Hybrid)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Sr. Technical Business Analyst for their Portland, OR location. This position will provide support and assistance to the Project Management Office within the Information Technology organization. This position will support technology initiatives the IT PMO manages, identifying and delivering strategic business solutions that enhance overall IT portfolio and maximize value to the agency. Participate in business process and technology initiatives to improve business performance; define portfolios of dependent services and technical needs; and develop business process models and draft the associated documentation. Will be involved with projects that may vary in scope and size, from smaller short-term type of projects such as software upgrades, to larger capital projects and programs that may span several years and have budgets frequently more than $1 million.

This hybrid position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If this opportunity is well-aligned with your experience and goals, we would love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities for a Sr. Technical Business Analyst:

• Elicit, document, and track requirements to support the implementation of IT systems.
• Identify and plan business analysis work needed to meet project needs.
• Recommend the artifacts and level of detail for the business analysis effort.
• Recommend the business analysis approach to satisfy the analysis objective, including the specific tasks and deliverables.
• Plan the requirements gathering strategy and elicit customer requirements.
• Review regulations and policies to understand relevant compliance requirements.
• Recommend desired resource levels to accomplish work in accordance with the project schedule and budget.
• Draft high quality, repeatable, reusable artifacts and approaches that other Analysts can use on future projects.
• Plan and conduct user/stakeholder interviews, potentially including job shadowing and “day in the life” exercises.
• Analyze the gathered information to present the business problem and the proposed solution.
• Analyze business processes and create current-state and future-state models, including gap analyses.
• Identify the product quality requirements needed to satisfy the customer needs, i.e., performance and availability.
• Establish and maintain bidirectional traceability from goals and objectives to detailed functional requirements.
• Evaluate and assess business process change impacts to inform Change Management activities.
• Translate customer needs into product requirements in sufficient detail for technical teams to implement.
• Document detailed descriptions and specifications of user needs, business rules, functionality, and steps required.
• Draft requirements documentation/artifacts, e.g., user stories, context diagrams, swim lane diagrams, non-functional requirements as needed to define the solution.
• Support the development of test plans and acceptance criteria, traced to business and functional requirements.
• Conduct detailed reviews of requirements and obtain approval from appropriate parties.
• Facilitate the requirements documentation throughout the entire lifecycle of the project.
• Update requirements as they evolve throughout the system implementation.
• Track scope delivery and how delivered products provide business value.
• Follow established processes and best practices for managing scope change requests.
• Facilitate a shared understanding of the customer needs and technical solution between business users and project teams.
• Conduct collaborative exercises, e.g., user story mapping, to align users and technical teams on requirements.
• Present information effectively in a variety of formats, including MS Office applications and Visio flowcharts.
• Support business lines in developing a business case to justify an IT investment.
• Take high-level information about a business problem and synthesize it into a clear, concise scope statement.
• Provide technical teams the information needed to select the most effective approach.
• Support an objective, rigorous assessment of vendor offerings to inform decision-makers selecting an option.
• Facilitate an impartial evaluation of identified offerings, using professional judgment to score products where applicable.
• Collaborate with business lines, project teams, and vendors to identify the analysis work needed to implement a solution.

Requirements/Qualifications for a Sr. Technical Business Analyst:

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in information/computer technology, Business Systems, computer technology or a related technical field is preferred.
  • 8 years of experience is required with a bachelor’s degree in applicable fields.
  • 10 years of experience is required with an associate’s degree in applicable fields.
  • 12 years of experience is required without a degree or an applicable degree.
• Experience should be consistent with the specific requirements of Business Systems Analysis and information technology and progressively more technical in nature.
• Experience with custom development and commercial package implementation projects.
• Proficiency with all Microsoft Office Suite products, including Word, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
• Demonstrated technical interviewing skills to facilitate user groups through process design and requirements gathering sessions.
• Strong technical writing skills and the ability to present information in various forms, including visually

**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**

About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

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