Senior Business Analyst

DataStaff Inc. is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients located in Richmond, VA.

*This position is onsite.

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst with a technical background to support software development IT Projects at the client using a mix of Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid Methodologies.

Responsibilities:

• Perform all tasks related to business analysis, including problem/opportunity identification, elicitation of requirements, and management of stakeholders to meet business and project objectives.
• Analyze and verify requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards.
• Create process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and/or the project team.
• Develop and conduct peer reviews of the business requirements to ensure that requirement specifications are correctly interpreted.
• Manage and track the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle; enforce and redefine as necessary.
• Communicate changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements — verbally or through written documentation — to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood.
• Facilitate collaboration and knowledge transfer between stakeholders and the development team
• Work with other BSAs, Data Analysts, Business Architect, Development, and Data Governance teams to ensure the needs of these partners are incorporated into project requirements.
• Develop user acceptance tests and facilitate their execution and business validation discussions and meetings.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills for leading, collaborating, and building strong team relationships with diverse teams on large projects
• Extensive experience leading business and IT resources through the discovery and documentation of business and technical requirements
• Ability to lead others to implement new approaches, systems, structures, and methods
• Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud-hosted SaaS implementation projects.
• Experience with automated requirements/development management tools
• Ability to analyze and document system processes.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify and communicate complex issues and technical concepts to multiple audiences.
• Knowledge of both Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid project management practices and when to apply each according to organizational and project needs
• Ability to build & provide meaningful project health information and insights to business & IT Leadership.
• Ability to accurately and effectively represent the project team in multiple forums and to all levels of leadership.
• Ability to exercise and act on independent judgment
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt
• Highly motivated and self-directed
• Skilled in the use of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio
• Experience with Data Modernization & Enterprise Data Warehouse. (Preferred)
• PMP Certification through PMI or Qualified under Commonwealth of Virginia Qualification Standards (Preferred)
• Experience with VITA’s Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) system and ECOS process (Preferred)
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (Preferred)

Required Skills:

• 4 Years - Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud-hosted SaaS implementation projects
• 5 Years - Knowledge of both Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid project management practices and when to apply each according to organizational and project needs.
• 5 Years - Skilled in the use of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio.
• 4 Years - Experience with automated requirements/development management tools.
• 4 Years - Proficient in writing user stories.

Desired Skills:

• 3 Years - Technical background
• 3 Years - Experience in healthcare projects
• 2 Years - AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• 3 Years - Knowledge of JIRA or Azure DevOps tools

This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.