Business Analyst

Hiring: W2 Candidates Only

Visa: Open to any visa type with valid work authorization in the USA

Specific Duties:

Collects, analyzes, and documents business rules, processes, and legislation.

Leads business requirements gathering sessions with business and technical resources for complex system development projects.

Analyzes legislation or other business documentation (i.e. policies/procedures, RFPs, etc.) to determine necessary IT system changes or changes to business processes required to meet the objectives of an agency initiative.

Works with business users to develop and implement improved business processes for their application to an IT system in support of agency program policy.

Works with users to develop or enhance system requirements.

Prepares or reviews detailed functional specifications for complex IT systems development or enhancement projects to be used by developers for system coding.

Participates in the development of detailed functional specifications for highly complex system development and enhancement projects.

Prepares use cases or other types of requirements documentation.

Executes the above responsibilities independently, requiring minimal guidance or oversight.

Assists with system testing.

Assists with preparation of system change requests.

Assists with the planning and prioritization of system changes.

Assist with the creation of training materials.

Troubleshoots system, data, or process problems.

Works with development and database teams to identify opportunities for data migration and correspondingly documents any necessary business rules.

Works with development and database teams to identify opportunities for integration and correspondingly documents any necessary business rules.

Prepares mock-ups to provide visual aids for requirements gathering.

Prepares process flows to document for As Is and To Be business processes.

Performs basic SQL queries (as needed) for analysis purposes.

Performs related work as required.

Required Skills and Experience:

Required: Experience with SDLC, Waterfall and /or Agile Methodology - 7 years

Required: Experience with writing use cases and requirements documents - 7 years

Required: Experience with developing business requirements - 7 years

Required: Experience with developing functional requirements - 7 years

Required: Experience business process re-engineering - 7 years

Highly Desired: Experience in business change management - 3 years

Highly Desired: Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) - 3 years