IT Business Analyst - Avispa Technology

IT Business Analyst ROCGJP00025990

A leading biotechnology company is seeking a IT Business Analyst. The successful candidate will drive the Analytics dashboard/Reporting project requirements and liaison with Business and IT solution/Dev team from initiation to completion end to end. The ideal candidate has 12+ years of experience analyzing business requirements specifically in the data and analytics/reporting space as the primary BSA.

IT Business Analyst Pay and Benefits:

• Hourly pay: $70-$80
• Worksite: Leading biotechnology company (South San Francisco, CA 94080 or Remote, Candidates must be located in the United States)
• W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program
• 40 hours/week, 8 Month Assignment

IT Business Analyst Responsibilities:

• Drive the Analytics dashboard/Reporting project requirements and liaison with Business and IT solution/Dev team from initiation to completion end to end as a BSA
• Facilitate workshops - storyboarding, translate story-boarding artifacts into an electronic format and provide input in design sessions.
• Perform data analysis to support dashboard use case feasibility.
• Analyze and document data metrics requirements as user stories (scope) and business rules (use cases) and UX needs.
• Plan user acceptance test (UAT), support creation of UAT scripts and facilitate UAT.
• Analyze and document current and future business processes.
• Train the operations team as needed and support them in resolving production issues.
• Perform knowledge transfer to Training & Communication teams. Support user deployment activities as needed.
• Must build strong relationships with our stakeholders.
• Show up with an enterprise mindset and ensure work is not being done in silos.
• Be a systems thinker and look at the big picture while determining the best solution.

IT Business Analyst Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience analyzing business requirements specifically in the data and analytics/reporting space as the primary BSA.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent preferred.
• Strong experience in Agile methodology and working in Scrum teams is a must-have. Scrum certification is a plus.
• Strong experience with documenting Epics, User Stories and spikes using a scrum tool such as JIRA. Confluence knowledge is a plus.
• Advanced experience with data visualization and business intelligence software (ETL, Data Integration, Master Data, Qlikview, SAS,...) a huge plus
• Experience working with Machine learning, AI/NLP/Predictive analytics technology is a big plus.
• Some SQL experience is a must-have.
• A strong understanding of data integration and data modeling a must.
• Working knowledge of using collaboration tools such as Miro, Jamboard etc.
• Demonstrated success in handling initiatives of high complexity and a problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to multitask, work in a fast-paced environment, and required to have an agile mindset.
• IBAA-CBAP or similar certification is a huge plus.
• Pharma knowledge a plus