Join Our Team
Do you want to make an impact on the world around you? The work we do at Kyra Solutions directly impacts government entities and the citizens they serve. In Transportation practice, our solutions are designed to save lives on the roadways and in our Regulatory practice, we are designing solutions to make government digital for your accessibility. Kyra works hard to offer long-term growth potential, competitive wages, and continuous professional development for our employees.
Title: Business Analyst (Hybrid)
Location: Tallahassee, FL 32311 || Duration: Long-Term
Required Skills and Experience
* Candidate must have a minimum of 6 years of experience in business analysis, requirements engineering and quality assurance documentation.
* This experience must also be in a professional environment, preferably workflow automation, human resources systems, or state government applications.
* Candidate will be expected to describe multiple past experiences with business analysis tools and methodologies, and how they were deployed for a successful outcome that met customers objectives.
Preferred Skills and Experience
* Experience with state government human resources systems, payroll systems, or position management applications.
* Skill in data analysis techniques, data validation approaches and validating data relationships.
Primary Responsibilities
* Coordinate the development of project schedules, implementation plans, and documentation for HR automation releases and present to management, customers, and technical staff.
* Apply subject matter expertise, industry methodologies, and best practices to analyze current business processes, performing As-Is process analysis to document and evaluate business needs in coordination with the HR Office and project team; redesign business processes and develop To-Be process documentation to automate HR workflow processes.
* Translate high level business requirements into detailed business documents and/or functional specifications.
* Facilitate work sessions with HR subject-matter experts to elicit and prioritize business and functional requirements including the data and integration requirements.
* Perform data analysis to understand existing and future data needs and document data requirements.
* Evaluate existing integrations with internal and external application, perform the impact analysis, and propose the integrations supporting future business needs.
* Work with functional and enterprise system support staff during technical assessments of the Departments internal HR-related systems and integrations as needed.
* Manage user stories, project backlog, sprint backlogs, participate in Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and sprint retrospectives, within Azure DevOps.
* Develop Design Specification documentation and mockups based on the business and functional requirements confirmed by the HR office.
* Development of testing strategies, data scenarios, and test plans to ensure functional requirements are addressed.
* Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycles with HR Office and impacted internal and external stakeholders; document the findings, coordinate with the project team to remediate issues, document the enhancements and obtain user acceptance on the deliverables.
* Evaluate critical information gathered from multiple resources. Summarize detailed data into executive-level formats and break down aggregate information into meaningful components.
* Develop standardized desk procedures that include the purpose, prerequisites, process flows and narratives of business processes.
* Produce deliverables including, but not limited to, project schedules, implementation plans, business requirements, functional specifications, business process documentation, Design specifications, Quality Assurance Test plans, Test Cases, and User Acceptance Testing artifacts.
Education
* Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Systems, or financial related field and 6 years professional work experience. Work experience can substitute on a year for year basis for the degree.
Certification
* Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) (Preferred)
* International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) certification (Preferred)
* similar business analysis and quality assurance certifications (Preferred)
If you are interested in furthering your career with Kyra and help us improve the way governments serve their citizens, please send your resume, and make sure to include salary expectation, availability, and contact information. You do not want to miss this opportunity!
Why Kyra?
Founded in 1997, Kyra Solutions is a national leader of transportation technology and regulatory solutions in government. We specialize in the art and science of digital transformation in government. Our commitment to providing the highest level of service and tailored solutions has supported our consistent double-digit growth for over a decade. We are headquartered in the greater Tampa Bay area with other offices across Florida and an innovation center in Silicon Valley, CA.
Because of our dedication to our employees, we have won one of the Best Companies to Work for in Florida 3 years in a row by Florida Trend magazine. Kyra has won numerous other awards including the coveted INC magazine's recognition as one of America's Fastest Growing Companies several years in a row. Kyra's commitment to our employees, to best practices in project management and business analysis, and to solution development has led to our achievement in becoming the first Project Management Institute certified company in Florida. Our proven successful track record has resulted in several prestigious awards including the State of Florida's Diversity Business of the Year Award. We are proud to be a sponsor for the TaxWatch Productivity Awards and partner to Florida TaxWatch.
Background & References
Verifiable professional references will be required along with the resume; however, references will be checked/contacted after the interview and before the project starts. Level two background check will be done on the selected candidate for employment, criminal (State & Federal), education, and others as mandated by the client. Please make sure your resume and all other information provided are accurate. Any misrepresentation will mean permanent disqualification by the client. Equal employment opportunity employer.
