Business Analyst

Title : Remote Business Analyst

Duration: 6 months/contract

Skills: ADO (Azure Devops), SQL, UAT, PAL processes and documentation

Need State of CA client exp

MUST HAVES

· Five (5) years’ experience performing a variety of business analyst functions such as each of the following:

o Assessment of analysis scope and tasks;

o Planning business analysis tasks;

o Elicitation, definitions and documentation of various business, user, and system requirements;

o Writing functional design specifications;

o Requirements traceability matrices;

o Perform analysis for business process improvement, application design and workflow automation;

o Documenting as-is and to-be processes

o Modeling and documenting functional designs and process workflows;

o Developing test scripts;

o Transition plans and/or implementation requirements;

o Managing/updating configuration;

o Implementing best practice solutions;

o Providing ongoing support as required; and

o Leading and working within cross-functional teams that include business subject matter experts (SMEs), architects, developers, and testers.

· Five (5) years’ experience following system development lifecycles (SDLCs) in order to identify, evaluate, and recommend business or technical requirements applied to the design and development of systems and networks.

· Five (5) years’ experience with working directly with end users in a production support environment.

· Five (5) years’ facilitating, collaborating, and negotiating with all levels of stakeholders, up to, and including executive level decision makers.

· Three (3) years’ expertise with complex process and systems requirement documentation standards, such as requirement traceability matrixes, as-is and to-be diagrams, Use Case modeling, User Story creations and narrative description.

· Three (3) years’ experience working independently and as part of a team, meeting deadlines and demonstrating problem-solving skills.

· Two (2) years’ experience with process analysis; systems analysis; process architectures and systems analysis methodologies; and project management methodologies including both Waterfall and Agile.

· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

· Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.

· Excellent communication and documentation skills.