Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: (Hybrid) Richmond, VA
Duration: 12 Months
Client: Virginia Department of Transportation
Responsibilities:
· Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points.
· Develop expertise in the customers’ business applications
· Conduct Root Cause Analysis to identify system gaps and deficiencies that require a business, technical or blended approach for resolution
· Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows, context diagrams and data flow diagrams
· Discover and document requirements and user stories with a focus on improving both business and technical processing.
· Translate business needs into detailed user stories, use cases, process flows, and other artifacts.
· Decompose requirements into Epics and Features and create clear and concise user stories that are easy to understand and implement by technical staff
· Strong Sense of ownership and accountability
· Utilize progressive elaboration; map stories to technical design specifications to be used by internal staff to develop the system modifications
· Identify and group related user stories into Themes, document the dependencies and associated business processes
· Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
· Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog
· Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups
· Create wireframes and prototypes.
· Propose alternative solutions that balance cost and benefit and adequately test a solution’s feasibility for business and technical compatibility.
· Collaborate with staff, vendors, consultants, and contractors as they are engaged on tasks to formulate, detail and test potential and implemented solutions.
· Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test plans and test cases, and executing test cases (including regression testing)
· Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress
· Assist in validating system changes align with business requirements.
· Schedule, facilitate, and document meetings with cross-functional teams.
· Prepare agendas, capture key decisions and action items, and distribute meeting notes.
· Serve as the liaison between business users, project managers, developers, and other stakeholders.
· Provide regular updates on progress, risks, and issues.
Required Qualifications:
Technical Skills & Tools (Required):
· Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint)
· MS Visio
· Microsoft Project
· Power BI / Tableau
· Oracle SQL/ SQL Server
· Figma or Balsamiq
Required Skills & Qualifications:
Required Skills:
10 Years Extensive experience extracting requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, use cases
5 Years Agile Business Analyst, strong understanding of scrum concepts and methodology
10 Years Experience translating business and product requirements into application requirements and user stories
10 Years Strong capability in documenting and maintain acceptance standards to guide testing and ensure deliverable quality
10 Years Exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and users
5 Years Experience creating wire frames and prototypes (using Balsamiq or Figma)
10 Years Expertise with Microsoft Office products – Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project Server
5 Years Strong experience in writing complex SQL queries for data extraction, transformation and reporting
5 Years Experience building interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI Desktop.
5 Years Experience in managing projects & Sprints as a Project Coordinator
Desired Skills:
5 Years Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
5 Years Certified Scrum Master
5 Years Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or above)
Compensation for roles at Beacon Systems Inc depending on a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by applicable law, BeaconGov provides reasonable range of compensation for this role.
Beacon Systems is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment. We ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our commitment to being an equal-opportunity employer extends across all aspects of employment, from recruitment and hiring to promotions and benefits. We firmly believe in treating all employees and applicants fairly, based on their qualifications, skills, and performance.
