Business and Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

Preferred knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Expert knowledge of public assistance programs

Projects successfully managed & completed using industry standard project management principles and practices

Management of the systems development lifecycle (SDLC) and methodologies

Industry standards and practices for gathering and developing business, user, functional, and non-functional system requirements

Plan, analyze and develop business, functional and non-functional system requirements for new application development and enhancements.

Using your expert knowledge of the systems, gather and extract details about the core business processes, the data needed for those processes, the business rules, and the external entities that interface with the systems Analyze systems functionality to determine the current operational environment

Analyze requested changes compared to the stated business objectives

Develop requirements for mission critical systems such as ACES based on business needs

Promote alternative solutions and making recommendations

Facilitate the system requirements and system design approval process

Support, maintain and enhance existing organization wide, high risk and impact, mission critical applications Lead and direct business meetings

Act as a liaison to other organizational offices on behalf of Division of Information Technology (DIT); represents the needs and concerns, on behalf of DIT in such areas as cash, food and medical program policy, automation, and planning

Lead work sessions with users, business partners, programmers, system architects, system test staff, and customer support staff to solve complex problems

As a Business Analyst, you will support the accurate and timely delivery of the software requirement specification artifacts that document new or modified system requirements including business, user, functional and non-functional requirements.

You will support and provide problem resolution for the Automated Client Eligibility System (ACES) and its associated applications, databases, and projects.

As a new Business Analyst, you will use your knowledge of the ACES system functionality, business analysis, the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), IT project management and State and Federal statutes, policies, and regulations for cash, food, and medical public assistance programs.

You will provide quality assurance, troubleshooting, and problem resolution for the applications supported. You will also lead efforts to facilitate automated solutions for complex business needs and problems and apply your project management skills and leadership for large-scale projects..