Job ID :
1337
Company :
Virginia Information Technology Agency
Location :
RICHMOND, VA
Type :
Contract
Duration :
6 Months
Status :
Active
Openings :
1
Posted :
13 Aug 2012
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Complete Description:

 

**local candidates strongly preferred

***personal interview strongly preferred

***this is a 6 month contract with possible extension

 

Business Analyst consultant with 4 to 6 years of experience in business requirement gathering using interviews, meetings/workshops, business process analysis, use case scenarios, gap analysis, questionnaires and prototyping techniques.

 

Years of Experience: 

Business Analyst consultant with 4 to 6 years of experience in business requirement gathering using interviews, meetings/workshops, business process analysis, use case scenarios, gap analysis, questionnaires and prototyping techniques.

 

Job Description:

This position will work with users and a project manager to develop requirements in response to business requests for systems enhancements, modifications, and newly identified business initiatives; evaluates alternative strategies and recommends viable solutions that are compatible with current technologies and systems; develops requirements document; interacts and provides direction to developers doing work assigned to projects; provides assistance to users on how to use data; proactively identifies potential problems and issues by analyzing system reports and other available data; develops methods for improving system processes; develops and presents training to inform staff of system changes and enhancements; designs test solutions; plans, coordinates and documents system testing; actively participates in unit testing of the applications; maintains documentation and records for assigned projects; participates in production problem resolution and makes suggestions for process improvement.

 

Specific Tasks:

•             Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs.

•             Critically evaluates information gathered from multiple sources and reconciles potential conflicts.

•             Communicate and collaborate with customers to analyze information, business problem and automation needs.

•             Translate the business requirements into functional design document including detailed business requirement, process flow diagrams, work flow diagrams, use-case scenarios, GUI/wireframes, prototyping and interface designs.

•             Analyze the current system and create the gap analysis to implement the modules.

•             Create deliverables and traceability matrix.

•             Work with various stakeholders in planning, developing, implementing, training and supporting the modules.

•             Maintain the requirement repository and requirement versioning.

•             Assist in creating preliminary project plan, test plan and test cases.

•             Liaison between the business users, technology teams and support teams.

 

Required Experience and Skills:

•             Business Analyst consultant with 4 to 6 years of experience in business requirement gathering using interviews, meetings/workshops, business process analysis, use case scenarios, gap analysis, questionnaires and prototyping techniques.

•             3+ years in requirement analysis to reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.

•             3+ years in translating business requirements into detailed requirement document, process flow diagrams, workflow diagrams, use-case scenarios, wireframes, prototyping and interface designs.

•             3+ years in creating deliverables, traceability matrix, preliminary project plan, maintaining requirement repository and versioning.

•             3+ years in directly working and communicating with business users, technical team and multiple stakeholders on information distribution and collaboration.

•             3+ years in software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile based development methodology.

•             3+ years in MS Visio, MS Office and MS Project.

•             Strong analytical and product management skills required including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.

•             Extensive prior work experience on financial applications is required.

•             Candidate should be an excellent team player and independently able to analyze and research to provide resolution for business problem.

•             An excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers and subject matter experts is required.

 

Desired Additional Skills:

•             2+ years in creating UML based use-cases.

•             Experience in financial applications specifically in the areas of budgeting and contracting highly preferred.

 

Skills:

Experience in business requirement gathering using interviews, meetings, business process analysis, use case scenarios, gap analysis techniques.

Required 5 Years

 

Reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.

Required 3 Years

 

Translating business requirements into detailed requirement, process flow and workflow diagrams, use-case scenarios, wireframes and prototyping.

Required 3 Years

 

Creating deliverables, traceability matrix, preliminary project plan items, maintaining requirement repository and versioning.

Required 3 Years

 

Directly working and communicating with business users, technical team and multiple stakeholders on information distribution and collaboration.

Required 3 Years

 

Software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile based development methodology.

Required 3 Years

 

MS Visio, MS Office and MS Project.

Required 3 Years

 

Creating and understanding of UML based use-cases.

Desired 2 Years

 

Financial applications specifically in the areas of budgeting and contracting.

Desired 2 Years

 

Requires exellent communication skills

Required