Business Analyst

IO Datasphere, Inc. has been providing project management, software development and IT staff augmentation services to our clients in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. since 1996. We are an approved vendor on contract to provide software development and IT staff augmentation services for the States of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. We also provide these services to businesses, as well as local and county governments, in the Midwest and nationwide.

Our client seeks a Business Analyst to be responsible for growing and operating the Information Technology Solution Delivery program. This position serves as an expert resource and relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Essential duties include:

• Reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating business systems and user needs
• Formulating systems to align with business strategies
• Business process reengineering and identification of new applications of technology to business problems to make business more efficient and effective
• Business process mapping
• Preparing solution options, risk identification, financial analysis; development of requests for proposal
• Performing testing, validation, and quality assurance of information technology
• Maintaining a high degree of professionalism including during interactions with executive leadership
• Creating and implementing IT policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
• Familiar with a wide variety of IT concepts, practices, and technologies.
  
  

Tasks

• Lead and participate in teams representing the business needs to technical staff and technology system capabilities to business staff.
• Facilitate discussions among all appropriate technical and business staff to clarify business rules, define system output, facilitate the design of business and technology system processes, and negotiate project timeline changes.
• Analyze and document business rules, business and technical requirements, and system operations and procedures.
• Review existing and proposed rules, policies, and procedures for impact on current and proposed business processes. When necessary, adjust proposed processes or propose rule, policy or procedure changes to maintain compliance with all applicable constraints.
• Coordinate department business program specialist and technical staff efforts to clarify, revise, develop, and implement process descriptions and functional programming specifications.
• Create documentation of process and system development changes, and assist business and technical staff to draft new procedures and publications.
• Track system problems and their resolution using client s help desk ticketing system, bug-tracking system and other IT request systems. Investigate and analyze system problems and design solutions.
• Coordination, planning and execution of efforts around Quality Assurance of business systems and processes, reliability testing for the agency s products and/or development processes.
• Develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures. Record test progress and results.
• Follow software development life cycle methodologies and practices around system testing and quality assurance processes.
• Develop software-testing plans and conduct software tests from components to entire systems.
• Identify and analyze issues, bugs, defects, and other problems, particularly when problems recur in multiple products; recommend and facilitate solutions to these issues.
• Document user-acceptance test criteria and conduct user/system acceptance testing.
• Provide thorough feedback to business and technical staff regarding needed enhancements.
• Analyze business data integrity throughout the project.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Highly self-motivated with the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks with strong attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  
  

NOTE: Candidates must be CURRENT WI residents. No relocation allowed. This position will be working a hybrid schedule with at least 2 days in office per week. The selected hire is expected to cover parking costs. There is some free street parking in the vicinity, or else onsite parking at a monthly rate of approximately $70/month.

Location: Madison, WI (Hybrid)

Contract: 1 year

Skills Required:

• 7 years - Advanced knowledge of business analysis: business process documentation, business process design, requirements gathering, functional design.
• 7 years - Advanced knowledge of quality assurance and software testing methodologies.
• 7 years - Knowledge of project management principles, methods, and practices.
• 7 years - Effective and professional communication and interpersonal skills when dealing with a variety of customers including executives.
  
  

Skills Desired A plus to have:

• ITIL 4 Foundation certification or similar
• CompTIA A certification or similar
• PMP certification or similar
• Rate depends on experience
• Candidates authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We can accept H1b, , TN, and other valid work visas for IT. However, we cannot accept OPT or CPT visas at this time.
• Companies submitting candidates should only submit direct W2 employees for this position.
  
  

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