Senior Business Analyst

Job Posting

Pay Range: $68hr - $72hr

Responsibilities

• Deliver precise functional specifications including functional hierarchy, workflow, business rules, interface design and definitions, outstanding issues, data analysis, and data mapping to clients and development staff.
• Translate customer requirements into comprehensive User Stories, acceptance criteria, and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Build and document specifications for development.
• Update and maintain Requirements Traceability Matrix.
• Support gap analysis between application and stated customer requirements and collaborate with Architects and Developers to estimate project impact.
• Work with Development, QA, and Production Support teams to communicate, verify, and test the desired functionality changes.
• Demonstrate changes to clients to ensure all relevant business needs are addressed.
• Develop training materials and provide training in one-on-one or classroom environments.
• Candidateage multiple competing priorities through effective organization and communication.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Attend meetings with clients and internal teams.
• Coordinate Delivery Team tasks and assignments; monitor team/task progress.
• Create, review, and facilitate discussions related to requirements.
• Support system testing, regression testing, and smoke testing.
• Review Candidatelp Desk tickets and responses as needed.
• Support planning and conduct of end user training sessions; prepare training materials.
• Prepare and review outreach emails and review outreach user lists; track outreach activities.
• Write and review process and procedure documentation; monitor use of SOPs.
• Support weekly Agile Release Train Status Meetings to provide updates on team/sprint status.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• Solid hands-on experience with User Stories and building User Stories with the customer and their workflows.
• Bachelors Degree or higher in a technology-related field or relevant experience in implementing software.
• 8 or more years of experience as an Analyst.
• Understanding of business analysis principles, processes, techniques, and workflows.
• Ability to develop and prepare use cases, functional specifications, and technical requirements.
• Ability to understand and represent the needs of end users in a software development environment.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong consultative and advisory skills.

Equivalencies

• An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Local government experience is preferred, but not required.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.