Title : Senior Business Analyst
Location: Remote – The client prefers someone within driving distance of Sacramento but anywhere in CA is ok.
Duration: 11/1/2023 – 3/2025
*Must have prior experience with PAL and recent and direct experience with the government.
Job Description:
The Contractor’s BSAs are required to have expert knowledge of the system development lifecycle (SDLC), requirements elicitation, documents, project management principals, and be disciplined in many areas related to project operations, such as financial management, business analysis, operational readiness, organizational change management, and functional and technical infrastructure support.
Requirements
Five (5) years’ experience performing a variety of business analyst functions such as each of the following:
Assessment of analysis scope and tasks;
Planning business analysis tasks;
Elicitation, definitions and documentation of various business, user, and system requirements;
Writing functional design specifications;
Requirements traceability matrices;
Perform analysis for business process improvement, application design and workflow automation;
Documenting as-is and to-be processes
Modeling and documenting functional designs and process workflows;
Developing test scripts;
Transition plans and/or implementation requirements;
Managing/updating configuration;
Implementing best practice solutions;
Providing ongoing support as required; and
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.
Two (2) years’ experience using SQL or other query tools to perform analysis.
Three (3) years’ experience using requirements management industry best practices.
Three (3) years’ experience developing training plans and training end users of all levels.
Two (2) years’ experience refining solutions for requirements management methodology.
Two (2) years’ experience facilitating joint application design (JAD) and/or collaborative design sessions.
Two (2) years’ experience mentoring less experienced business analysts to develop their skills.
Two (2) years’ experience working with State of California government Environmental Information Technology (IT) offices.
Two (2) years’ experience working with PAL processes and documentation .