Business Analyst III (Contract Contingent)

Business Analyst III (Contract Contingent)

ProSidian seeks a Business Analyst III located in Arlington, VA (or surrounding area) to support an engagement for Business Analysis and Management Support Services (BAMSS) on behalf of a Federal Government Agency. The ProSidian Engagement includes providing competent leadership, and highly specialized support and technical guidance for the planning, development and execution of the entire Technology development and Business Analysis and Management Support lifecycle. Serve as a technical expert for Business Analysis and Management Support Team related activities with specialized experience in current Business Analysis and Management Support benchmarks, practices and testing methods. The Business Analyst III leads the effort for highly complex projects and moderate to highly complex programs.

Formulates and defines strategy, business process, and systems scope and objectives for programs and projects through research and factfinding activities combined with an expert understanding of business process analysis, requirements management, business modeling, and business architecture practices and principles. Recommends and applies strategic thinking, process improvement, and re-engineering methodologies and principles to conduct process improvement programs and projects by proposing, completing, and analyzing business models, data models, and hybrid enterprise models, identifying best practices, documenting and assessing performance measurements, and identifying business and technology solutions to streamline processes. Leads/Provides group facilitation, interviewing, training, and provides additional knowledge transfer to appropriate stakeholders. Provides direction and strategic vision to business analysis framework improvement programs by assessing and providing recommendations to all business analysis related disciplines. Conducts the elicitation and management of business and systems level requirements for projects and employs industry standard tools to manage and test requirements, CM, and modeling to support requirements management and/or business modeling activities. Conducts the knowledge transfer of strategic plans, scope, requirements, and other analysis information to program and project teams to ensure successful implementation of solutions to client areas. Applies portfolio management concepts including business-IT alignment, prioritization, business cases and market surveys, and project costing techniques for moderately to highly complex projects. Develop cost estimates for highly complex project/programs. Validate solution(s) delivered meet business needs for programs, projects, and sub-projects as assigned. Possesses analytical skills through educational background and work experience and has the ability to apply those skills to client engagements. Demonstrated mastery in independently applying business analysis on moderately to highly complex projects; strategic thinking, scoping, requirements elicitation, business modeling, requirements management, and feasibility and cost benefit analysis. Ability leading highly complex business analysis efforts. Ability to mature business analysis disciplines as a whole. Exhibits strong communication skills; facilitation, interview, formal document writing and presentation skills. Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office tools to support the development and maintenance of MS Excel spreadsheets, MS PowerPoint slide presentations and MS Word documents. Possesses the ability to assess and apply multiple organizational, and management improvement techniques in a government environment. Ensures all work products are complete, accurate and conform to The Federal Government Agency standard. Has the ability to create, assess performance measurements and maintains a comprehensive knowledge of the IT industry, business processes and procedures. Has extensive experience in project management and other disciplines as described in an actual TA proposal. Has the ability to conduct process mapping sessions and identify key control points to be tested. Must be a Certified Information Technology Professional (CTP) and/or a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and/or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

A Bachelor's Degree and/or Master's Degree in either Management, Business Administration, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related discipline with five years of experience in management of enterprise projects similar in scope or Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline with eight years of experience in the management of similar projects or programs. Good understanding of Business Analysis and Management Support frameworks including Six Sigma, PMMP, ITGC, COSO, COBIT, ITIL, NIST, FISMA, A123, ISO 27000, SOX 404 and CFOA. Must have proficiency in the most current Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and Power Point) software versions. Must have strong communication skills, both oral and written. Must have experience dealing with senior level internal and/or client personnel. Business Analyst III shall have the ability to provide guidance and direction for multiple enterprise programs in implementing business process development, business re-engineering, and strategic business projects. Business Analyst III shall have the capability to manage programs of high complexity and to direct the completion of multiple projects within estimated timeframes and resource constraints. Versatile team leader and team player with good communication, program/project management, Business Analysis and Management Support and Software Development Life Cycle, process/procedure, documentation and interpersonal skills. Ability to identify best practices, effect re-engineering, change management, business management techniques, continuous process improvement, root cause analysis, IT-planning, develop/recommend IT performance-based metrics, and organizational development activity. Possesses the ability to assess and apply multiple organizational, and management improvement techniques in a government environment. Ensures all work products are complete, accurate and conform to Federal Government Agency standard. KEY PERSONNEL: The Business Analyst III should possess the professional ability to serve as a key personnel engagement team member. Personnel specified as Key Personnel are considered to be essential to the work ProSidian performs. Prior to diverting any key personnel to other programs, ProSidian makes special efforts to notify Engagement Team Leads and Client Representatives reasonably in advance with appropriate justification, including proposed substitutions or replacements, in sufficient detail to permit The Client to evaluate the impact on the work ProSidian is obligated to perform.

CORE COMPETENCIES * Teamwork ability to foster teamwork collaboratively as a participant, and effectively as a team leader * Leadership ability to guide and lead colleagues on projects and initiatives * Business Acumen understanding and insight into how organizations perform, including business processes, data, systems, and people * Communication ability to effectively communicate to stakeholders of all levels orally and in writing * Motivation persistent in pursuit of quality and optimal client and company solutions * Agility ability to quickly understand and transition between different projects, concepts, initiatives, or work streams * Judgment exercises prudence and insight in decision-making process while mindful of other stakeholders and long-term ramifications * Organization ability to manage projects and activity, and prioritize tasks ------------ ------------ ------------ OTHER REQUIREMENTS * Business Tools understanding and proficiency with business tools and technology, including Microsoft Office. The ideal candidate is advanced with Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word, and proficient with Adobe Acrobat, data analytic tools, and Visio with the ability to quickly learn other tools as necessary * Commitment - to work with smart, interesting people with diverse backgrounds to solve the biggest challenges across private, public and social sectors * Curiosity the ideal candidate exhibits an inquisitive nature and the ability to question the status quo among a community of people they enjoy and teams that work well together * Humility exhibits grace in success and failure while doing meaningful work where skills have impact and make a difference * Willingness - to constantly learn, share, and grow and to view the world as their classroom