Senior Business Analyst - HexaQuEST Global
Boston, MA
About the Job
Job Description:
The Executive Office is seeking an experienced professional Senior Business Analyst to join the IT team supporting the Department of Transitional Assistance.
DETAILED LIST OF JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES:
QUALIFICATIONS:
The Executive Office is seeking an experienced professional Senior Business Analyst to join the IT team supporting the Department of Transitional Assistance.
DETAILED LIST OF JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES:
- Support Agile Systems Development Life cycle: Requirement Definition, Analysis, Design, development, testing and post-production maintenance.
- Provide business systems analysis and process redesign expertise, interacting with business internal and external users to clearly define and document requirements.
- Experience managing agile requirements, prioritizing requirements, and scoping for sprints.
- Experienced in using JIRA, Confluence and SharePoint.
- Monitor systems operation; review daily reports including but not limited to tickets, error reports; track, research and resolve reported issues.
- Gather requirements by facilitating JAD sessions, analyzing system workflows and processes.
- Evaluate information from multiple sources and prioritize user requirements using MOSCOW and other techniques.
- Understand systemic data requirements as they relate to enhancing/changing the business process or system.
- Participate and/or coordinate required testing/validation of system enhancements and fixes, creating and/or executing the test cases including problem determination and resolution.
- Use database querying tools (e.g. TOAD) to run queries for data validation and meet agency's reporting needs. Working knowledge of SQL.
- Provides status updates to business leads/stakeholders and attains timely requirement approvals on documentation.
- Prepares all system documentation, including but not limited to business analysis summary, research, presentations, requirements and detailed design documents.
- Monitors System Requests, Change Orders and Information Requests to ensure adequate priority is assigned and are addressed timely.
- Facilitates project meetings and promptly creates/disseminates project summary/meeting notes and status.
- Reviews changes in State and Federal regulations to determine the impact on existing systems and recommends system modifications to accommodate these changes.
- Reviews database structure to ensure the design supports the application.
- Prepares data flow diagrams by analyzing the business needs of end users to determine the flow of data within the organization.
- Function as a mentor for one or more junior staff in areas of expertise, such as: extensive knowledge of the Department's business operations and eligibility systems
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Years of Agile product owner/ business analysis experience.
- Proven skill and effectiveness in requirements gathering, definition, business planning, data analysis, process analysis, business and functional requirements analysis, system design, testing implementation and change management.
- Skill and experience working on Agile projects.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate to various levels of team members and management to clarify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.
- Demonstrated experience solving business and technical issues while supporting colleagues in a coaching and mentoring capacity.
- Ability to adapt to evolving business processes
Source : HexaQuEST Global