Business Systems Analyst - Estrada Consulting Incorporated

• At least seven (7) years of experience within the last ten (10) years working as a Business Analyst with large organizations, leading or participating in the technical implementation of software/systems/applications automating complex business processes, performing all of the following activities:
  • Assessment of analysis scope and tasks.
  • Planning business analysis tasks.
  • Facilitating joint application design (JAD) and/or collaborative design sessions.
  • Elicitation, definitions and documentation of various business, user, and system requirements.
  • Analysis for business process improvement, application design and workflow automation.
  • Modeling and documenting functional requirements.
  • Leading and working within cross-functional teams that include business subject matter experts, application architects, developers, and testers.

• Business requirements and business rules.
• Functional requirements and/or functional specifications.
• Non-functional requirements.
• Business Process Reengineering, Gap Analysis, As-Is and To-Be state.
• Stakeholder requests.
• Procurement documentation.
• Transition plans and/or implementation requirements.
• Traceability matrices.
• At least three (3) years of experience using Rational Requisite Pro, HP ALM, Jama, or other requirement gathering tool to document functional and non-functional requirements, design specifications and provide full traceability for projects.

• It is desirable for the proposed project person to have the following listed experience, knowledge, skills and abilities as evidenced by Attachment II, Proposed Project Person Skill Summary Sheet and resume:
• Experience as a Business Analyst with the State or Federal government.
• Experience as a Business Analyst leading or participating in the technical implementation of pension/retirement-related software development projects – especially Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions including the following areas of focus.
  • Pension administration and financial related data: annual or final compensation, service credit, contributions, interest, payables, receivables, various benefit factor types, benefit formula calculations, payroll deductions, school district reported salary data on behalf of members, Medicare data, etc.
  • Investments related data: portfolio performance and management, investment exposure, private and real estate asset classes, risk exposure, rate of return, net asset value, benchmark, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Sustainable Investments and Stewardship Strategies data.
  • Service Level Goals and Objective related data and pension administration related audit data.
  • A wide variety of dashboarding, forecasting, and modeling including existing pre-defined reports for various business areas.
• IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP or CCBA). CalSTRS may request a copy of Certification.
• Experience in agile methodology or Scaled Agile Framework.
• Experience acting as a project manager for software development or implementation projects.
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems or related fields from an accredited or government-sanctioned college/university. 

Estrada Consulting, Inc. (ECI) delivers technology-enabled services and solutions to clients all over the USA and British Columbia. We provide system integration, custom application development, data warehouse and business intelligence, project management, custom reporting solutions and consulting services to mid-size and large enterprises in all major industries. The Company headquarters is in Sacramento, California, and was established in year 2000. Visit http://www.estradaci.com/ to learn about our projects, managed services, awards and certifications delivering value for a range of businesses and government agencies.