Senior Business Analyst - Slate Professional Resources, Inc.
Washington, DC
About the Job
Position Requirements:
- Candidate must have at least five years of experience in software requirements analysis and documentation.
- Ability to work with all levels of clients, from end users to managers, to obtain detailed system requirements.
- Excellent communication skills, the ability to facilitate working meetings, the ability to ask probing questions to elicit requirements, and the ability to understand feedback to comprehend client responses and translate them into documentable requirements.
- Critical thinking and analysis skills.
- Excellent writing skills to document and communicate stakeholder requirements at various levels, from high to detailed.
- Experience in creating systems and user documentation is also required. Working experience with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, is also required.
- Experience with modeling tools such as Visio and Balsamic and requirements management tools such as Contour or Jira is necessary.
- Experience with Agile and SDLC methodologies is also a must.
The successful candidates will demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, characteristics, experiences, and abilities:
- Interview and collaborate with stakeholders at multiple management levels to obtain requirements.
- Document and manage software requirements.
- Support developers, test teams, and client stakeholders in creating and implementing requirements.
- Develop and update software documentation.
- Develop and update User Guides.
- Design Document/RTM drafts.
- Develop software Release Notes.
- Develop Process Analysis and Standard Operating Procedures.
- Provide Process and system diagrams using available tools.
- Provides strategic advice to the OIS lead, management, and customers.
- Capable of implementing programming standards that support a secure and defect-free application.
- Interacts daily with government clients to meet technical requirements for new initiatives.
- Works with Quality Assurance / Quality Control teams to ensure the application remains secure and defect-free.
- Evaluate, design, and implement accepted programming standards for assigned applications and infrastructure.
- Defines and documents processes to be used by all application developers on the team.
- Plans, researches, and recommends new equipment, software tools, and related technologies.
- Uses monitoring and performance analysis tools to troubleshoot and isolate application performance issues.
- Updates system and process documentation and produces user guides, ER diagrams, and SOPs as needed, including Visio Network design drawings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Skills Matrix:
Skill/ Required / Desired/ Years of Experience
Experience in requirements identification, use case and scenario capture, and development of visual tools, analytical tables, and presentations/ Required/ 11
Must have hands-on experience with business process analysis, redesign, workflows, and complex logic/ Required/ 10
Prior experience as a business analyst role for web-based case management, user portal, or data capture application for human services/ Required/ 5
Strong analytical skills, time management ability, detail-oriented; excellent written and verbal communication skills/ Required/ 11
Proven experience in experience in a Business Analyst/ Business Data Analyst role/ Required/ 11
Proven experience in Agile and SCRUM SDLC methodologies/ Required/ 5
Proven experience in superior writing, communication, presentation skills, interpersonal skills and work cross-functionally with senior management/ Required/ 5
Experience with modeling tools such as Visio and requirements management tools such as Contour or Jira is a plus/ Required/ 5
Can work well in a team collaborating with developers, customers, project manager and quality test analysts/ Required/ 5
Experience gathering and documenting system and business requirements/ Required/ 10
11-15 yrs. requirements gathering and documentation/ Required/ 11
11-15 yrs. MS Office/PowerPoint experience/ Required/ 11
11-15 yrs. BA experience/ Required/ 11
11-15 yrs. Software Development Lifecycle experience/ Required/ 11
Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience/ Required
Position Description: This position is housed under the Application Software Development (ASD) Division of the Office of Information Systems (OIS). The Application Software Development Team is looking for a Master-Level Business Analyst whose primary responsibilities include capturing, verifying, and managing requirements and traceability for product development, testing, and delivery.
The candidates will become an integral part of the ASD Team, making every problem associated with the platform a problem of their own. They will demonstrate the required initiative and critical thinking abilities to resolve all issues and challenges accordingly.
Position Duties:
Develop requirements, workflow, and system analysis.
Work with business stakeholders and users to develop software requirements and specifications for current system enhancements, new system functionality, and new projects that customers will use.
Analyze, design, and evaluate computer systems to address and satisfy business requirements.
Establish functional, non-functional, and performance specifications.
Develop practical guidelines and ensure all project documentation meets established guidelines.
Conduct business and technical presentations for the customer.
Provide innovative solutions to complex technical problems.
Understand and communicate government policies and regulations, operational mission, and goals for assigned programs.
Collaborate with developers and QA to ensure business and system requirements are met and to enhance functionality.
Attend required training.
Perform backup support outside of the primary position function as assigned.
The candidate will be responsible for implementing and managing business-aligned IT services.
Ensure the application platform is highly quality, defect-free, and adheres to industry standards for development, testing, and deployment methodologies.