Job Description :
Position : Business Analyst
Location : New York,NY
Duration : 19 Months Contract
Interview-Type-Requested : In-Person
Client : State of NYC
SCOPE OF SERVICES :
1.Requirements Analysis:
Identify functional and non-functional requirements for information technology projects and programs using industry standard analysis techniques such as data flow modeling, workflow analysis, and functional decomposition analysis.
Prepare, review and update requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations for proposed solutions using standard templates.
Work closely with the senior business analyst, DOT business units and subject matter experts in definition, testing, and implementation of functional requirements.
Solicit requirements through interviews, workshops, surveys, and/or existing systems documentation or procedures.
Identify and document existing system deficiencies.
Participate in meetings with both technology and business teams to facilitate the understanding, clarification, and implementation of requirements.
Create/revise/own analysis artifacts and deliverables such as process maps, business requirements, business rules, user stories, user workflows, use cases, user interfaces, screens, and acceptance test cases.
client organization''s direction, structure, business issues and data challenges.
Define and/or contribute to roll-out strategies.
2.Client Management:
Manage client expectations effectively.
Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions with project management.
Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
3.Communication:
Assist in the facilitation of team and client meetings.
Understand how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
Promote active listening with team members.
Contribute appropriately to conversations.
Prepare written business correspondence that is coherent, effective, professional and engaging.
4.Technical Understanding:
Possess understanding in the areas of application programming, database and system design.
Understand how legacy and web-based systems interface with each other.
5.Quality Assurance & Acceptance Testing:
Define and set standards/templates for acceptance test cases, acceptance testing and test matrices.
Define acceptance test conditions and develop accurate/complete test plans.
Ensure issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner.
Conduct acceptance testing efforts according to plan.
6.Project Execution:
Work independently with clients to define concepts and under direction of senior business analyst and project managers.
Take inputs from supervisor and appropriately apply comments/feedback.
Understand the necessity of project standards and apply them consistently.
Understand how various issues affect each other and the outcome of projects.
Develop internal and external meeting objectives and agendas.
Prioritize multiple tasks effectively.
7.Team Work:
Demonstrate the ability to cooperate with a variety of people and achieve results.
Proactively initiate, develop, and maintain effective working relationships with team members.
Work with client personnel to identify required changes.
Communicate needed changes to development team.
Job Description :
BA/BS Degree or equivalent, in a technology related field or other degree preferred
4 years of experience in specifying, analyzing and documenting requirements for mission critical business applications in a web/client-server environment.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally and confidently with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts
Strong analytical, decision-making and problem solving skills to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
Strong facilitation skills and proven experience at driving consensus across multiple stakeholders.
Good presentation and leadership skills
Must be flexible and willing to undertake a wide variety of challenging tasks
Process-driven analysis skills and a background in various requirements elicitation methods
Proficiency with Waterfall, RUP and Agile SDLC processes
Team player who can establish excellent working relationships with peers and other teams
Ability to work on multiple projects as team member
Ability to estimate for delivery commitments
Utilize application development environments, tools and methodologies across multiple platforms
Experience using Microsoft Office Applications
Desirable Skill/Expertise :
Entry level certifications and/or training in business process analysis for IT projects
Requirement analysis expertise with asset management systems.
Exposure to GIS-based information technology projects
Working knowledge of HTML, SQL, and database querying
Experience with web-based applications, database query tools, and Microsoft Office products
Working experience with legacy mainframe integration and system improvement projects
Prior experience in federal/state/local government projects