Title: Business Analyst

Harrisburg, PA

Description

The incumbent must have advanced business analytical skills, leadership abilities, and be able to perform the following activities:

• Perform Business Process Reengineering (BPR) including assessment of existing business processes (As-Is Assessment), determination of future state (To-Be Assessment and Requirements), and Gap Analysis
• Facilitate Joint Application Development (JAD) or Detail Design Sessions (DDS) facilitation
• Document business process requirements and process diagram flows, review business policy and procedure documentation, create/update documentation as needed and review with business partner and IT administrator resources
• Engage as Liaison between business partner agency and information technology (IT) staff including Project Manager and internal/vendor development staff. Possess the ability to interact with various staff levels including senior executive managers.
• Collect, analyze, and document business requirements, business rules, processes, and legislation and generate functional and system requirements documentation required for system development.
• Plan and coordinate overall testing efforts to include test plan, creation, and execution of test scenarios for system integration testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Orchestra coordination and execution of Training Plan including development of training materials, quick reference guides, and standard operating procedures manuals.
• Use specialized software (Team Foundation Server) for creation and management of system application documentation, tracking system changes, tracking reported bugs, creation of Test Plans, Test Suites, Test Cases
• Ensure compliance with all applicable Commonwealth information technology policies and EBR-DC guidelines, security, and related standards.
• Analyze legislation or other business documentation to determine any necessary IT system or business process changes that are required.
• Ensures proper escalation to appropriate management of issues and potential project risks including compliance risks or limitations of available information technology services risks impacting development completion or impacts to schedules
• Other related Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) activities related to the Business Analyst functions

Required Skills

Experience with Microsoft Visio and Project software and Team Foundation server (Dev Ops version)

Experience with Agile methodology

4-year college degree or equivalent

Experience with testing efforts to include test plan, test scenarios for SIT and UAT and organizing users to Facilitate effective tests

Experience developing Requirements Traceability Matrix

Experience developing Training and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) materials

Experience developing business, functional, and non-functional requirements