Senior IT Business Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior IT Business Analyst in Oakland, CA.

Project Description:
The Senior IT Business Analyst acts as the business expert filling a liaison role between the IT development group and business units for development, enhancement, and implementation of new and/or existing systems. Additionally, this position provides data and reporting solutions to satisfy informational and performance metrics needs for one or more business functions.

Duties/Day to Day Overview:
* Works with stakeholders and project team to elicit, analyze, validate and prioritize the business needs/requirements
* Conducts interviews to gather customer requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods
* Identifies and establishes scope and parameters of requirements analysis on a project-by-project basis to define project impact, outcome criteria, and metrics
* Analyzes and verifies requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards
* Develops and utilizes standard templates to accurately and concisely write requirements specifications
* Translates conceptual customer requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers/project team
* Creates process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and/or the project team
* Assists with the interpretation of customer requirements into feasible options, and communicating these back to the business stakeholders
* Manages, enforce and redefine (as necessary) the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle
* Communicates changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements - verbally or through written documentation - to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood

REQUIREMENTS:
* 5+ years of related experience or equivalent as a Business Analyst
* Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, and methodology development
* Experience from utility industry
* Experience in Waterfall, Agile and Scrum methodology
* Experience with MS Visio, Excel and PowerPoint
* Working knowledge of SQL
* Asset Work Management, Electric Generation Interconnection (EGI)
* SAP Work and Asset Management focusing on Electric Distribution, Transmission, Substation

Desired:
* BA/BS in Computer Science/ Information Systems, Business, Engineering, etc. or equivalent work experience desired
* Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Business Administration
* Experience working with Electric Generation Interconnection program
* Experience working with Electric Distribution/Transmission/Substation work and asset management processes
* Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver on significant technology solutions/business process improvements from concept to implementation

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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