Technical Business Analyst

Technical Business Analyst

Phoenix, AZ

Hybrid

Job Duties:

• Understand what business units (internal customers) do, how goals are accomplished, and key process dependencies that may exist; participate in the QA process by understanding the implementation and helping to define test cases based on user requirements; support development teams in obtaining clarification of requirements/features from business units in a timely manner to avoid delays in the development cycle
• Identify, document, and communicate complex requirements across systems and business domains using ADE IT specified formats to ensure continuity of requirement documents across projects
• Prepare business process maps, high-level workflows, use cases, functional specifications, wireframes, process flow diagrams, identify/suggest feature requirements, develop user stories, and report mock-ups; identify business processes for redesign; determine how to improve existing business process; identify modifications to automated processes
• Develop Agile Product Backlog items for presentation to development teams and business owners including appropriate assumptions, acceptance criteria, user/system details, and non-functional requirements, as well as facilitate backlog grooming and sprint planning
• Understand the integration of processes across domains, scope, charter, and plans
• Other duties as assigned as related to the position

Skills Required

Knowledge in:

• Strong knowledge, skill, and experience associated with analysis of business processes of IT system applications, including system design and implementation in a full life cycle project development arena
• Work with complex requirements across systems and business domains using specified formats to ensure continuity of requirement documents across projects
• Proficiency in facilitating backlog grooming and sprint planning
• Experience working on an Agile/Scrum team
• Experience gathering requirements for API rules
• How to read and / or write basic SQL statements
• Relational databases and database structures
• Develop Agile Product Backlog items for presentation to development teams and business owners including appropriate assumptions, acceptance criteria, user/system details, and non-functional requirements
• Develop and maintain Agile Product Backlogs
• Experience generating requirements from business units and using business requirement documents
• Process improvement, workflow, benchmarking, and/or evaluation of business processes required
• Strong experience in eliciting, detailing, documenting, and validating requirements
• Strong understanding of lean methodologies like Agile, Scrum as well as Waterfall

Skills Preferred

Preference will be given to those applicants with:

• Application development in IT departments in government or the private sector
• Education industry and working knowledge of Microsoft Team Foundation Server
• Knowledge of current Microsoft .NET technologies including SQL and SharePoint
• Scrum certification and IIBA certification
• Knowledge of current Microsoft .NET technologies including C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net, and SharePoint highly preferred
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Team Foundation Services preferred

Experience Required

• Minimum of 4 years practical experience in technical business analysis required
• Applicants must have a minimum of three years experience in scrum/agile environments
• How to read and / or write basic SQL statements