Do you want to make an impact on the world around you? The work we do at Kyra Solutions directly impacts government entities and the citizens they serve. In Transportation, our solutions are designed to save lives on the roadways and in our Regulatory practice, we are designing solutions to make government digital for your accessibility. Kyra works hard to offer long-term growth potential, competitive wages, and continuous professional development for our employees.

Join Our Team

If you are interested in furthering your career with Kyra and help us improve the way governments serve their citizens, please send your resume to jobs@kyrasolutions.com. Be sure to include salary expectation, availability, and contact information. You do not want to miss this opportunity!

Title

Business Analyst

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

* Minimum of 3 years of technical or business work experience.
* Minimum of 5 years of experience with rapid prototyping business flows.
* Minimum of 5 years of experience with documenting requirements / traceability using a holistic requirements management tool.
* Minimum of 5 years of system documentation experience.
* Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Senior Digital Business Analyst, project management, or similar role.
* Strong understanding of the problem space from the business perspective.
* Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office Suite programs including, but not limited to Excel, MS Access, PowerPoint, Word, Project, and Visio.
* Strong collaboration skills with the ability to lead, direct, and manage more junior staff.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical skills.
* Strong documentation skills for creating End-to-End business scenarios for the development of test cases and execution of those test cases.
* Strong industry relevant product management skills and a strong understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into operational requirements.
* Ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
* Strong knowledge of web applications, client server applications, legacy applications, and database concepts.
* Strong project management skills including conceptualization, analysis, driving Alignment, planning resources, and managing milestones.
* Experience with Agile / SCRUM, specifically in Story / Acceptance criteria development.
* Knowledge of the interdependencies of key business processes, functions, and risks.
* Experience using TFS to plan and organize tasks, workflows, and reports for the Agile Team members.
* Extensive knowledge of the business domain, processes, and flow of the projects.
* Deep technical knowledge and understanding of the business requirements.
* Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field or equivalent work experience.

Primary Responsibilities

* Developing and reviewing Agile stories, utilizing an Agile SCRUM approach.
* Executing business process improvements, assisting with gathering requirements from decision-makers, and ensuring best practices in quality assurance testing.
* Documenting requirements and traceability in tools using Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Team Foundation Server (TFS).
* Identifying the business process problems along with solutions for them.
* Demonstrating innovations and improvements to business stakeholders, using these toolkits.
* Quickly course correcting, re-prioritizing, and eliciting new information based on customer feedback.
* Collaborating with and building a better understanding between development teams and clients.
* Producing business-critical requirements through observation and trial and error methods.
* Critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts, distilling high-level information into details, summarizing low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguishing user requests from the underlying true needs.
* Serving as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team through which requirements flow.
* Developing requirement specifications according to standard templates, using plain language.
* Making recommendations about products and features that would support positive, secure, and efficient customer experiences.
* Working with other team members to help outline team roadmaps and communicating these to internal stakeholders.
* Providing assistance wherever needed.
* Assisting with the business case planning, monitoring, eliciting, translation, and simplification of requirements to drive the design or review of test cases and / or processing change requests.
* Assisting with the projects scope, acceptance, installation, and deployment.
* Working with developers, Subject Matter Experts, and other users to refine and deliver requirements in a timely manner.

Location

Tallahassee, FL

Duration

Long Term

Why Kyra?

Founded in 1997, Kyra Solutions is a national leader of transportation technology and regulatory solutions in government. We specialize in the art and science of digital transformation in government. Our commitment to providing the highest level of service and tailored solutions has supported our consistent double-digit growth for over a decade. We are headquartered in the greater Tampa Bay area with other offices across Florida and an innovation center in Silicon Valley, CA.

Because of our dedication to our employees, we have won one of the Best Companies to Work for in Florida 2 years in a row by Florida Trend magazine. Kyra has won other numerous awards including the coveted INC magazine’s one of America’s Fastest Growing Companies several years in a row. Kyra’s commitment to our employees, to best practices in project management and business analysis, and to solution development has led to our achievement in becoming the first Project Management Institute certified company in Florida. Our proven successful track record has resulted in several prestigious awards including the State of Florida's Diversity Business of the Year Award. We are proud to be a sponsor for the TaxWatch Productivity Awards and partner to Florida TaxWatch. Visit our website for more information.

Background & References

Verifiable professional references will be required along with the resume; however, references will be checked/contacted after the interview and before the project starts. Level two background check will be done on the selected candidate for employment, criminal (State & Federal), education, and others as mandated by the client. Please make sure your resume and all other information provided are accurate. Any misrepresentation will mean permanent disqualification by the client. Equal employment opportunity employer.