GA DOL IT Business Analyst - Atlanta , GA (Local Metro Atlanta Candidates

Job Title: Business Analyst

Location: Atlanta , GA (Local Metro Atlanta Candidates*)

Duration: 14 Months

*Work Onsite required*

Note: Selected candidates need to be on board Onsite. They need to pick their on- boarding documents and equipment manually. No expenses will be paid for travelling

Description:

Experienced IT Business Analysts needed for medium to large sized enterprise projects of moderate to high complexity and risk in a fast-paced, hybrid environment.
The Georgia Department of Labor has embarked on a multi-year initiative to modernize the existing environment to a more current and cost effective distributed environment. It will involve replacing existing legacy mission critical business applications with internally developed applications.
*DO NOT SUBMIT CANDIDATES PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO #645871*
*Local Metro Atlanta Candidates*
*Work Onsite required*
Job Description:
This position is for a professional, experienced Business Analyst. Individual will work closely with functional Business Units and Information Technology teams to identify, evaluate, prioritize, design and implement technology-enabled business processes. This position actively engages in analyzing and documenting business requirements, documenting functional specifications, interpreting business needs to the technical team, coordinating and executing the systems and business acceptance testing. Under general supervision, analyzes customer business needs and participates in the planning, design and implementation of new or enhanced systems.

Job Responsibilities:
Performs job responsibilities with general supervision
Administers training for business users
Analyzes information to determine nature and extent of customer requirements and concerns
Develops change management plans for transition to new or upgraded systems
Documents business processes for users of new or upgraded system
May serve as liaison between customers and technical staff in implementation and development of business process automation
Work with internal partners to identify and to prioritize customer/business needs.
Gather and refine requirements through user stories and acceptance criteria.
Tests new installations or upgrades
Gather, clarify, quantify and document business requirements; assist in defining project scope by conducting interviews; facilitate requirements workshops and JAD sessions
Work closely with the IT technical team to translate functional specifications into technical specifications
Work closely with Quality Assurance to develop test plans, test scripts and coordinate overall system testing activities
Work closely with the Project Manager to ensure overall success
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor s degree in related field or specialized training.
Six years experience as a Business Analyst, interacting with business and technical associates to understand business requirements and impacts on development; ability to organize and facilitate working sessions to gather requirements
Minimum of 6 years of robust work experience in an agile software development environment.
Six years of structured software development lifecycle experience
Proficient in Software Testing techniques and defect management.
Proficient in MS Office, Visio, SharePoint, and HP Quality Center
Must possess strong organizational and time management skills
Must possess strong verbal and written skills, and have the ability to work effectively across teams and disciplines within the organization
Proven track record of working in medium to large size organizations with multiple stakeholders.
Experience facilitating requirements elicitation sessions and conducting JAD sessions with multiple stakeholders
Experience creating standard requirements documents, such as BRD, Use Cases, User Stories, RTM, process flow diagrams
Working knowledge and experience with waterfall and agile methodologies
Effectively manage multiple priorities must have the ability to work on major projects and/or multiple small projects independently with very little direction
Proven ability to handle competing demands and multiple, changing deadlines.
Business analysis certification (optional)
Agile Certification: Scrum Master Certification or Scrum Product Owner Certification (preferred).
Create wireframes, flows, specs, and assets for development (optional)

Required/Desired Skills