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Job Title: Business Analyst - Need only Locals to Iowa
Location: 200 E Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309 - Onsite
Duration: 12 Months
Location: 200 E Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309 - Onsite
Duration: 12 Months
Role Overview
The client is seeking a Business Analyst to document home-grown systems within IFA/IEDA/ITG and support future modernization initiatives.
The project focuses on modernizing Medicaid and Integrated Eligibility Systems, improving data integration, reducing legacy system dependencies, and establishing a modern enterprise integration and data foundation. The initiative includes Google Cloud modernization, data integration, mainframe assessment, application modernization, governance, and CMS-aligned infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Create and maintain user stories, acceptance criteria, design documents, and demo expectations.
- Gather, document, trace, prioritize, and manage business requirements.
- Analyze and improve existing business processes.
- Work with executives, system owners, SMEs, end users, developers, and IT teams.
- Conduct research, data analysis, and recommend solutions.
- Query and analyze data to identify process and system improvements.
- Support Agile delivery and continuous improvement.
- Facilitate communication between business and technical teams.
- Drive projects and activities toward successful completion.
- Support business case development, including cost/benefit and risk/impact analysis.
- Help identify modernization opportunities and enterprise value.
Required Experience
Requirement | Experience |
|---|---|
Large, complex IT systems | 8 years |
Requirements gathering, user stories, design documents, acceptance criteria & testing | 8 years |
SDLC & system development methodologies | 8 years |
Stakeholder management | 8 years |
Project governance structures | 8 years |
Task management / multiple priorities | 8 years |
Managing multiple projects simultaneously | 8 years |
Microsoft development platforms/software | 8 years |
Agile environment | 6 years |
ALM tools – TFS, VSTS, Azure DevOps, Jira, RTC | 5 years |
SQL Server Management Studio / relational databases | 5 years |
Data modeling / information management / architecture | 3 years |
Government consulting experience | Preferred |
Executive-level stakeholder consulting | Preferred |
Technical / Tool Requirements
- Azure DevOps / ADO
- TFS / VSTS
- Jira / RTC
- Microsoft Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio
- Microsoft SQL Server / SSMS
- Requirements management
- Process mapping
- Data analysis
- Data modeling
- Agile / SDLC
- Application Lifecycle Management
Candidate Profile
Looking for a senior-level Business Analyst with strong experience working on large, complex IT systems, preferably in government/public-sector environments. The candidate should be strong in requirements gathering, process mapping, stakeholder management, Agile delivery, documentation, SQL/data analysis, and modernization initiatives.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Business, or related field and/or equivalent relevant experience.
Onsite: Des Moines, Iowa
Opening: 1
Opening: 1
Important: This is a strongly documentation requirements modernization-focused BA role, so prioritize candidates who can demonstrate actual experience with user stories, acceptance criteria, process mapping, Agile, ADO/Jira, SQL, and large government/enterprise systems.
Warm Regards,
Belinda Clark | Recruitment Specialist
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Email:
7950 Legacy Dr Suite 400, Plano, TX 75024
Salary : $55 - $60