Business Analyst, Advanced

Advanced Systems Design

Business Analyst, Advanced

Tallahassee, FL +1 location
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Advanced Systems Design is seeking a Business Analyst, Advanved for our client located in Tallahassee, FL.

    This position is onsite in Tallahassee, FL, and requires in-person availability starting day 1. 

    Job Overview:

    • Understand business change needs, assessing the business impact of those changes, capturing, analyze, and documenting requirements, and supporting the communication and delivery of requirements with relevant stakeholders.
    • Lead requirements definitions meetings with DEP customers.
    • Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
    • Gather, analyze, document & validate user requirements.
    • Create Visio process maps, requirements traceability matrices, use cases, and other business analysis documentation appropriate to the specifically assigned project needs.
    • Facilitate the negotiation of requirements amongst multiple stakeholders.
    • Create, analyze, and validate detailed functional specifications.
    • Facilitate design sessions with the implementation team to define the solution.
    • Deliver elements of systems design, including data migration rules, business rules, wireframes, or other detailed deliverables.
    • Identify any new type of data entry components required. For each new component identified, create and update analysis documentation to include wireframes, process maps, business data definitions, and business rules.
    • Support multiple moderately complex business processes.
    • Assist in the business process of redesigning and documenting as needed.
    • Translate high-level business requirements into functional specifications and manage changes to such specifications.
    • Work closely with customers, users, and team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions.
    • Evaluate how a system or application meets the usability criteria of an end-user or customer.
    • Hold daily status meetings with Scrum Team members to facilitate the flow of information and provide an outlet for removing obstacles/barriers.
    • Assist in leading daily standups, planning sessions, and other agile ceremonies.
    • Assist in the coordination of project work activities across multiple Scrum teams.
    • Draft and/or update project artifacts, registers, logs, plans, reports, and information radiators.
    • Attend, participate, and contribute to project meetings and other related project ceremonies.
    • Assess and continually improve existing processes, leveraged from Scrum Retrospective meetings.
    • Manage relationships with DEP program area business partners. Develop strong and collaborative relationships with customers to achieve positive project outcomes.

    Required Qualifications:

    • 7+ years’ experience with business and technical requirements analysis, business process modeling/mapping, methodology development, and data modeling.
    • 3+ years’ experience with Quality Control, Testing, and/or Validation of software applications.
    • 2+ years’ experience in the role of a ScrumMaster, or similar Agile Project Management role, managing IT software development projects.
    • Ability to effectively communicate with both technical and business resources and translate business needs into effective technical specifications.
    • Ability to conduct research into application development issues and products.
    • Ability to understand the needs of multiple stakeholders.
    • Ability to prepare reports, correspondence, guidelines, and PowerPoint presentations.
    • Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
    • Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
    • Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, oral, and written communication skills.
    • Ability to write technical, business, and plain language documents and/or emails, with great attention to detail in all written communications.
    • Ability to work on multiple projects as a project team member, occasionally as a project leader.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Certification(s) from the IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis), based on the BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge).
    • Certified ScrumMaster certification (CSM) or equivalent Agile Project Management certification.
    • Familiarity with Agile development, specifically Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), and Kanban.
    • Experience with database query tools such as TOAD and/or SQL Developer.
    • Experience with UML (Unified Modelling Language).
    • Experience with environmental regulatory business processes and practices.
    • Knowledge and understanding of DEP’s technical environment.
    • Knowledge of various facilitation techniques to elicit business requirements and drive customer communications

    Education:

    • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other Information Technology major,

    or equivalent work experience.

    Advanced Systems Design, Inc. is:

    • A leading Information Technology provider for Federal, State & Local government agencies.
    • A certified minority-owned small business government contractor with capabilities related to Public Health IT, Criminal Justice, Transportation, and Defense.
    • A certified service-disabled veteran-owned company with a proud 42-year track record of providing successful innovative solutions for our government customers.
    • A drug-free workplace in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. 
    • Applicants who have a signed offer of employment or contractor agreement are subject to:
      • the pre-employment testing protocol:
        • background investigation
        • drug screening

    Our Employees:

    • Are actively working on next-generation technology projects with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, CDC, and a wide array of Federal, State, and Local agencies throughout the United States
    • Are eligible for wide-ranging benefits and perks, including but not limited to:
      • Comprehensive Health Insurance with PPO and HDHP/HSA options
      • Dental Insurance
      • Vision Insurance
      • Short/Long-Term Disability
      • Group Life Insurance - Company Paid
      • Voluntary Life Insurance
      • 401(k) Plan with Employer Match
      • Paid Time Off (Vacation/Sick)
      • Holiday Pay - Company Paid Federal Holidays
      • Tuition Assistance
      • Professional Certification Incentive Plan
      • Employee Referral Plan
      • Technology Exposure

    For additional information regarding Advanced Systems Design, please check out our WEBSITE  or click HERE for all current job openings.

     

    Advanced Systems Design is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

  • Compensation
    $100,096-$110,400 per year
  • Industry
    Information Technology and Services
  • Locations
    Tallahassee, FL