Technical Business Analyst (735766)

ALM, TFS is a MUST

06/17/2024 to 06/30/2025

200 E Grand Avenue | Des Moines, IA 50309

Either Webcam or In Person Interview

Remote - IA location only

$50 per hour W2

Responsibilities:

Integration:

· Help in the coordination of IT integration efforts including systems, applications, and infrastructure.

· Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements, identify integration challenges, and develop strategies to address them.

· Analyze existing IT systems and processes in both merging departments, identify overlaps, redundancies, and gaps, and propose integration solutions.

· Facilitate discussions and negotiations between departmental representatives to reach consensus on integrated processes, systems, and data management.

· Conduct impact assessments to identify risks, issues, and dependencies associated with IT integration activities and propose mitigation strategies.

· Manage communication and change management activities related to IT integration, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement and user adoption.

• Platform Migration from Google Services to Office 365:

· Facilitate discovery sessions with merging agencies to understand their current state use of Google Suite

· Conduct comprehensive assessments of current Google services usage, dependencies, and integration points to inform the migration strategy.

· Collaborate with stakeholders to define migration objectives, timelines, and success criteria.

· Coordinate with project manager, technical teams, and vendors to design and implement the migration plan, ensuring minimal disruption to end-users and maintaining data integrity.

· Develop project documentation to facilitate user adoption and familiarity with the new Office 365 platform.

· Monitor and troubleshoot migration-related issues, working with teams to promptly resolve them and minimize downtime and user impact.

· Document migration processes, lessons learned, and best practices to guide future migrations and ensure knowledge transfer within the organization.

• Requirements Gathering and Analysis:

· Engage with business users, subject matter experts, and stakeholders to gather and document business and functional requirements.

· Conduct in-depth analysis of existing IT systems, processes, and data flows to identify opportunities for improvement and optimization.

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to help translate business requirements into actionable technical specifications.

· Ensure that IT solutions align with organizational goals, compliance requirements, and industry best practices.

• Project Management and Documentation:

· Develop and manage service requests, including scope, schedule, and budget estimates.

· Monitor project progress, identify and document risks, and proactively communicate updates to stakeholders.

· Prepare comprehensive project documentation, including requirements specifications, test plans, and user materials.

· Facilitate user acceptance testing and ensure that deliverables meet quality standards and user expectations.

· Collaborate with IT Dev teams to ensure successful implementation and post-implementation support.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, and/or a combination of education/certification and work experience.
• A minimum 6 years of experience as a Business Analyst and/or Project Manager, with a preferred focus on SDLC and Agile methodologies.
• Ability to analyze business strategies and user needs, document specifications, and translate business objectives into proper system requirements and specifications.
• Working knowledge of Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban, and familiarity with Agile project management tools like Azure DevOps or JIRA.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
• Experience with developing end user documentation and process flows.
• Guide stakeholders through business case development for new applications/functionality, including cost benefit analysis, risks and issues, and impact analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to balance multiple priorities and manage time effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with state government operations and processes is a large plus.

Required: 7 Years

· Experience working on medium to large scale, complex IT systems

· Experience eliciting requirements, writing user stories and design documents, defining acceptance criteria, testing outcomes, and facilitating

· communication between business stakeholders, developers, and project teams.

· Experience with SDLC procedures and system development methodologies.

· Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities.

· Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates, and reporting).

· Excellent task management skills. Ability to balance and manage multiple tasks, with changing priorities, in a cross-functional environment.

· Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects, and project activities, simultaneously, while meeting established deadlines.

· Experience with software migration across differing platforms.

· Experience in an Agile environment.

· Experience with Application Lifecycle Management [ALM] tools; Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server (TFS), Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS),

· Azure DevOps (ADO), Atlassian’s Jira, IBM’s Rational Team Suite (RTC).

· Working experience with Google office products (Google Workspace, G Suite, etc.)

· Bachelor’s degree in Management of Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field, and/or relevant certifications and work experience.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $45.53 - $50.83 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance

Compensation package:

• 1099 contract
• Hourly pay

Experience level:

• 7 years
• 8 years
• 9 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person