Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Location: Richmond, VA (Hybrid)

Duration: 12+ months

Job Description

On-site is preferred hiring manager is requesting the candidate be within a three-hour drive (not flight) of the DBHDS office for occasional in case an onsite meeting is required. Any parking costs will be incurred by the candidate. This project will replace/modernize core functionality of the DBHDS Incident Management System.

We are seeking a Sr Business Analyst with a technical background to support software development IT Projects at DBHDS using a mix of Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid Methodologies.

Requirements

• Perform all tasks related to business analysis, including problem/opportunity identification, elicitation of requirements, and management of stakeholders to meet business and project objectives.
• Analyze and verify requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards.
• Create process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and/or the project team.
• Develop and conduct peer reviews of the business requirements to ensure that requirement specifications are correctly interpreted.
• Manage and track the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle; enforce and redefine as necessary.
• Communicate 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.
• Facilitate collaboration and knowledge transfer between stakeholders and the development team Work with other BSAs, Data Analysts, Business Architect, Development, and Data Governance teams to ensure the needs of these partners are incorporated into project requirements.
• Develop user acceptance tests and facilitate their execution and business validation discussions and meetings.

Qualifications

• Exceptional interpersonal skills for leading, collaborating, and building strong team relationships with diverse teams on large projects
• Extensive experience leading business and IT resources through the discovery and documentation of business and technical requirements
• Ability to lead others to implement new approaches, systems, structures, and methods
• Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementation projects.
• Experience with automated requirements/development management tools
• Ability to analyze and document system processes.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify and communicate complex issues and technical concepts to multiple audiences.
• Knowledge of both Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid project management practices and when to apply each according to organizational and project needs
• Ability to build & provide meaningful project health information and insights to business & IT Leadership.
• Ability to accurately and effectively represent the project team in multiple forums and to all levels of leadership.
• Ability to exercise and act on independent judgment
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt
• Highly motivated and self-directed
• Skilled in the use of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Technical background.
• Experience in healthcare projects.
• Experience with Data Modernization & Enterprise Data Warehouse.
• PMP Certification through PMI or Qualified under Commonwealth of Virginia

Qualification Standards

• Experience with VITA's Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) system and ECOS process
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Location

• On-site is preferred but not mandatory. However, hiring manager is requesting the candidate be within a three-hour drive of the DBHDS office in case an onsite meeting is required. Parking costs will be incurred by the candidate.

Required Skills

• Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementation projects.
• Knowledge of both Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid project management practices and when to apply each according to organizational and project needs
• Skilled in the use of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio
• Experience with automated requirements/development management tools
• Technical background.
• Experience in healthcare projects
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Proficient in writing user stories
• Knowledge of JIRA or Azure Dev Ops Tools