Business Analyst 2 (remote) - Knowledge Services

Knowledge Services is seeking a Business Analyst for a 12-month project (potential to extend) in support of the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).   

• Role is open to remote applicants however applicants MUST HAVE prior experience in State government.

Business Analyst Responsibilities:

• We are hiring a Business Analyst to join our project team to assist in supporting the life cycle of the Child Care Management System (CCMS) project within DHHS. 

• Your main tasks will include user stories and test Cases, performing detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes.

• To succeed in the role, you should have a natural analytical way of thinking and be able to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users.
• The Business Analyst will partner closely with the various IT support teams to define requirements that will inform the project's goals.

The three major areas of the Business Analyst's responsibilities will be:
• Collaborate with the Project Manager to build a path to success and to define risk mitigation strategy when risks arise
• Development of future-state business process models to address roadblocks, challenges, and opportunities
• Develop clear and concise functional and technical requirements (user stories and acceptance criteria) to be used for solution planning

Key Responsibilities:
• Conducting Facilitated Workshops for requirements analysis.
• Creating workflows using formal notation such as the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN).
• Knowledge of formal requirements gathering methodologies.
• Developing Business Requirements - project initiation document, what the needed achievements will be, and the quality measures.
• Developing Functional requirements - describe what the system, process, or product/service must do in order to fulfill the business requirements.
• Developing User (stakeholder) requirements - are a very important part of the deliverables, the needs of the stakeholders will have to be correctly interpreted.
• Developing Quality-of-service (non-functional) requirements - are requirements that do not perform a specific function for the business requirement but are needed to support the functionality. For example: performance, scalability, quality of service (QoS), security and usability.
• Developing Report Specifications - define the purpose of a report, its justification, attributes and columns, owners, and runtime parameters.
• Developing Requirements Traceability Matrix - a cross matrix for recording the requirements through each stage of the requirements gathering process.

Business Analyst Required Skills:

• 2-5 years of business analyst experience.

• Experience with user stories and test cases
• Experience writing Test Plans and executing Test Cases 

• Must have prior experience working within State and Federal projects

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability.