Business Analyst

Business Analyst 3

Position:
Business Analyst 3

Location:

Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Duration: 12+ Months

Job Description:

Candidate Skills And Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years
- Required/Preferred
- Experience

8 - Required
- Broad experience conducting requirements research and analysis.

8 - Required
- Interviewing and listening skills to elicit detailed as-is and to-be business processes/requirements.

8 - Required
- Analytical skills for transforming defined business needs into software requirements.

8 - Required
- Experience defining use cases to articulate new functional software needs and the roles of each class of application user.

8 - Required
- Experience assisting business users, project managers and IT leadership in optimizing the scope, benefits, and risks of proposed solutions.

8 - Required
- Ability to help manage expectations of users and management.

8 - Required
- Ability to create and/or review manuals, procedures, and related user documentation; ensuring documentation is targeted to the appropriate audience

8 - Required
- Must be skilled in presenting concepts in a concise and focused manner, including narrative, process diagrams, role and accountability diagrams and business-focused story boards or journey maps

8 - Required
- Experience applying reporting and workflow tools to business applications to improve work output and business processes

8 - Required
- Ability to create effective requirements documents and review them with key project stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization

8 - Required
- Strong collaboration skills with IT management and staff, contractors, users, and software vendors

8 - Required
- Ability to manage expectations of users and management.

8 - Required
- Proven track record of adhering to project commitments and schedules and working with a high degree of self-motivation and initiative.

8 - Preferred
- Experience assisting in the definition of test plans and testing strategies and in the creation of test cases and execution of test scripts.

8 - Preferred
- Experience assisting in the definition of roll out, training and user support plans.

8 - Preferred
- Skilled at dealing diplomatically and sensitively with product owners and stakeholders, IT personnel, other contractors, and vendors.

8 - Preferred
- Expertise in composing clear, complete, accurate and concise correspondence and reports independently using correct grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling.

8 - Preferred
- Previous Government IT experience.