Senior Business Analyst

Role Description, Day to Day:

• Conduct project initiation activities to identify new problems and objectives related to computer applications.
• Conduct requirements elicitation and documentation for new applications or enhancements to current applications.
• Work with business and Information Systems staff to determine needs and produce an SDLC compliant Requirements Definition document.
• Ensure documented requirements are clear, concise, complete, and meet established agency guidelines and standards.
• Assist with the development of applicable processes and templates as needed.
• Attend application design and development scrum meetings to represent business needs and requirements.
• Write and execute system test plans to verify the system meets all documented requirements.
• Perform manual testing on web applications and verify successful completion of test plans.
• Create testing plans to confirm that application meets requirements and design specifications.
• Document bugs and application insufficiencies with sufficient information for developers.
• Assist with the development of user testing scripts for User Acceptance Testing.

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in business and systems analysis, requirements documentation, and agile application development methodologies.
• Ability to prepare complex documents to relay requirements to both business users and developers.
• Experience supporting application development, maintenance, implementation, systems analysis, and business process improvement.
• Experience defining and documenting business processes and mapping or developing processes in a new system.
• Experience manually performing testing on a web application.
• Experience testing complex systems to ensure business needs are met.
• Ability to write and execute test plans and scripts according to identified standards.
• Experience conducting meetings and documenting project decisions.
• Ability to identify and document bugs or insufficiencies in a web application.
• Ability to participate in a development team, foster a team environment, and communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with web application software development projects using .Net.
• Familiarity with documenting requirements in Microsoft Team Foundation Server.