Business Analyst 5 - KYYBA, Inc
Lansing, MI
About the Job
Responsibilities:
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Highly Desirable:
- Assist with the selection of strategies, policies, programs, and procedures for achieving the objectives and goals of the development needs.
- Provide research and input for the development of Statements of Work (SOW) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for Requests for Proposals (RFP).
- Assist the Senior level with the Contract Change Notices (CNN).
- Research and provide input in the creation of project plans, SUITE, and SEM documentation.
- Work with division clients to gather and organize requirements for IT solutions.
- Revise program specifications based on test results.
- Participate in artifact reviews with peers, system specialists, Enterprise Security and other DTMB entities to ensure IT solutions and applications adhere to DTMB and agency policies, standards, or guidelines.
- Identify security requirements and standards.
- Assist Senior Business Analyst to become familiar with Enterprise Architecture Solution Assessment (EASA), Hosting document and Firewall Rules.
- Assist with design and document IT solutions that are State of Michigan standard technology.
- Draft Local Change Board documents.
- Develop training content.
- Design, develop, and implement test plans for applications or subsystems.
- Create or collect test data and execute approved tests to determine the accuracy of program logic to produce desired results.
- Assist in differentiating between defects and new requirements.
- Provide defect tracking log entry information.
- Assist with post implementation of RFCs (application changes, infrastructure changes, etc.)
- Maintain/update system documentation because of system upgrades.
- Monitors applications during peak production times.
- Produces Local Change Board documents and creates RFCs.
- Assists in creation/modification of project management documents by applying DTMB project management methodology to IT solutions that support the client agency(s).
- Assist in maintaining effective communication with DTMB vendors and agency staff relating to project-level metrics.
- Performs tasks for internal/external security and standards review.
- Assist in ICE Audits.
- Assist in evaluation of impact and risks to existing IT solutions due to proposed legislation, enhancement requests, changes in governmental processes or procedures.
- Participates in assigned task forces, special committees, and/or research groups.
- Evaluate, estimate, and gather business requirements for incoming technical requests.
- Technical research and investigation
- Setup and coordinate work tasks for DTMB support teams and vendors.
- Provide on-going customer communication in all capacities (meeting, status updates, testing, follow- up)
- Ensure that there is appropriate and beneficial integration between business and Technology.
- Inform management of issues and risks as they arise and statuses in a timely manner as they change.
- Prepare status reports for the project stakeholders in accordance with the communication plan.
- Participate in any DTMB or statewide IT initiatives as necessary, appropriate, and required by supervisor.
- Lead assigned task forces, special committees and/or research groups.
- Attend staff meetings, informal and formal training classes, seminars, and conferences.
- Stay abreast of new technology and advanced concepts through training and reading whitepapers.
- Serve as liaison between the clients, vendors, outside consultants, technical teams, and other areas within DTMB.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- Knowledge of fundamental Project Management Methodology (PMM)
- Knowledge of MS Project or other project-tracking tools
- Knowledge of the fundamental concepts and operating principles of data communications and data processing hardware and software.
- Knowledge of application development environments and related tools.
- Knowledge of the principles, theories, techniques, and methodologies of data processing systems analysis.
- Knowledge of object-oriented application design techniques and tools.
- Knowledge of .Net application development tools.
- Knowledge of Client-server environments
- Knowledge of compliance with ADA
- Ability to gather and analyze facts, define problems, and devises solutions.
- Ability to use programming procedures and techniques in the implementation of computer programs.
- Ability to effectively make oral and written reports and presentations and prepare clear and concise graphs and charts.
- Ability to conduct interviews and establish and maintain effective relationships with systems users.
- Ability to maintain records, prepare reports, and conduct correspondence related to the work.
- Ability to communicate technical terminology at a level appropriate to the audience.
- Ability to work under pressure.
Highly Desirable:
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics365
- Experience with Microsoft DevOps
- Experience with Microsoft Office products.
- Knowledge of application security
- Knowledge of systems development methodology
Source : KYYBA, Inc