Job Description :
Phoenix, AZ - IT - AZDCS - N/A - IT Business Analyst 55857
12 Months from projected start date
This posting will be closed on 9/7/2018 @ 3:00pm.
This posting is not open to sub vendor candidates at this time.
Local Only Candidates -
*The resource MUST be able to clear a 7 year Package A background, obtain a Fingerprint Clearance Card, and sign a non-disclosure agreement. Please note the contractor or vendor is responsible for covering the cost of obtaining the contractor’s fingerprint clearance card.
Responsibilities
The IT Business Analyst’s role is to elicit, analyze, and validate the business needs of project stakeholders, whether they are customers or end users. This includes interviewing stakeholders, and gathering and compiling user requirements to convey to development teams throughout the software lifecycle. The IT Business Analyst will also apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help support the development process, and to ensure that project deliverables are met according to specifications. The IT Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in ensuring IT understanding of business requirements.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with project managers and project sponsors to determine project scope and vision.
Performs analysis, scopes projects, and works with the project management team to prioritizes deliverables, and negotiate on product functionalities.
Creates detailed Business Requirement Document (BRD) and translate it into functional specifications.
Partners with business users to fully vetting their requirements, conducting interviews to gather user requirements through workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods. Documenting and presenting the results.
Provides analytic support by coordinating data extraction from various databases and data interpretation.
Partners with development and analytic teams to provide reporting on software solutions.
Participates in Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Functionality Testing.
Analyzing the impact of change requests.
Supporting traceability from requirements through to QA; assisting in the definition of test plans and testing strategies and in the creation of test cases.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Business or IT
3+ years of experience working as a Functional, Data or Business Analyst
3+ years of experience in Access, Excel(Advanced), Visio, and MS Project
3+ years of customer interfacing experience – project oversight, customer presentation.
3+ years SQL Server 2008/2012 knowledge – T-SQL, Tables, Views
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
Mandatory Skills:
Excellent knowledge and understanding
Excellent Communication (written + oral) Skills
Business/Customer facing skills
Ability to work independently & ability to multi task
Experience of Software Development Life Cycle
Experience with the following highly desirable: Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Enterprise Content Management (ECM) such as OnBase by Hyland, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) such as Microsoft Dynamics O365.