Business Analyst IV

Onsite at Quincy 3 days a week

Added Information:
• Top skill sets required
o Familiarity with legacy application development and design. Leading a development team using MF technology like COBOL and JCL. Understanding SQL and able to write table queries for research. Reviewing test results, Unit through UAT, assess applications and determine best implementation strategies.
• Education requirements
 Technical experience is most important. Most will have a 4 year technical degree but it is not required.
o Years of experience needed
 At least 5, most in this area would have more than 10
o Any certifications or preferred qualifications
 None required
o Additional information that would help us identify the best candidates
 Nothing in addition to what has been provided.



Applicant should have a strong legacy mainframe background. Position requires writing of functional requirements, researching application functionality and recommending development solutions to a third-party development team. Knowledge and previous experience utilizing COBOL, Easytrieve, IMS, VSAM, JCL, SQL and DB2 is desirable. Actual development work will not be required. Position requires overseeing development activities and reviewing test results by a third-party vendor. Conducting UAT with the business and recommending implementation strategies is a significant part of the work as well.

Plans, conducts, and directs the analysis of business problems to be solved with automated systems and applications. Partners with users to identify, evaluate, and develop systems and procedures which are cost effective and meet user requirements. May plan and execute unit, integration, and acceptance testing; and creates specifications for systems to meet business requirements. Designs details of automated systems. May lead cross-functional linked teams to address business, systems, or application issues.

1. What are the primary objectives for this position in the first 6–12 months? Learn to support the existing application Merchandising portfolio. Provide support to primary SME so they can dedicate most of their time to the Retail Spine project. Understand critical processes so that issues can be addressed and recommend solutions that can be implemented by the DXC application development team.

2. How much emphasis will be placed on writing functional requirements versus overseeing development activities? Functional requirements will need to be written and recommended development solutions reviewed and approved before the DXC team can move forward with development.

3.Can you describe the level of involvement expected during UAT and implementation strategy planning? This position will be responsible for identifying business owners for UAT, monitoring their testing and sharing results back to the development team. If UAT issues arise, working with the development team to identify solutions will be critical.
Technical Environment

4. Which mainframe technologies are most critical for success in this role (COBOL, Easytrieve, IMS, VSAM, JCL, SQL, DB2)? COBOL and DB2 would be most critical. Understanding different database structures is helpful in reviewing issues.
5. Are there any specific tools or platforms used for requirement documentation and test result reviews? No, they will be shown in-house processes.
6. Will the candidate need to interact directly with the mainframe environment or only through documentation and vendor oversight? Yes, they will be provided a user ID and expected to access the MF. Being able to navigate and review different elements will be helpful.
Vendor & Stakeholder Management

7. What is the nature of the relationship with the third-party development team—how hands-on should the candidate be in guiding them? They will be very involved. There will be multiple meetings per week to discuss issues, solutions, and project progress.

8. How often will the candidate collaborate with business stakeholders during requirement gathering and UAT? We have a business team that is often responsible for creating BRD's. From meetings discussing the BRD's, FRD's will be written to share with the development team. In some instances, there will be meetings directly with business partners and work will be defined from their input.
Success Metrics & Challenges

9. What does success look like for this role, and how will performance be measured? Success will be determined by their ability to provide clear solutions for issues or specific project requirements. Being able to provide direction to the development team, gather LOE's, plan task requirements and delivery on these will be critical. Communicating when issues arise, and what are the impacts are the result of conflicting requirements, or shifting scope, is paramount to being successful.

10. Are there any known challenges or pain points in the current process that this role is expected to address? Project priorities can change, and new mandated activities occur, resulting in the team being asked to provide quick solutioning and replanning of current activities.