IT Business Analyst

Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) is seeking an IT Business Analyst for a contract position with a Major Utility Company located in Columbus, OH. This is a 9+ month contract opportunity.

This role is responsible for identifying, defining and documenting business requirements and functional specifications for various IT projects. The IT Analyst will collaborate with service providers, business partners, and stakeholders to ensure alignment of expectations, deliverables, and timelines, while also becoming knowledgeable of assigned applications to ensure resolution of operational service-based issues.

Responsibilities:

• Manage own schedule of work and work with stakeholders or subject matter experts, with little supervision
• Assist Business Relationship Managers to review and provide input into the business strategy and formulate business cases
• Elicit business requirements and model processes (as-is/to-be, using Business Processing and/or Value Stream Mapping)
• Facilitate workshops to evolve scope, gather detailed requirements, develop use cases and begin visualizing the end result
• Lead, design and facilitate business engagements to establish scope, business needs, project objectives, outcomes and expectations
• Oversee end to end traceability against quality business requirements using appropriate tools and templates
• Engage with key stakeholders to influence the solution design to meet business goals, scope and strategy requirements
• Develop cross business and service user communications, acceptance test plans and support testing and implementation
• Provide clarification services regarding the project Vision, Scope and Requirements, plus assess and manage Change Requests
• Coach and provide daily guidance, leadership and direction to other Business Analysts
• Work with vendors to review and discuss products, and participate in the writing of RFIs and RFPs
• Observe various business processes and identify and recommend opportunities for improvement

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 4+ years of experience with business modeling concepts and business application development
• Demonstrated strong business analyst skills and practicing as a Business Analyst on 2-3 medium/large projects
• Experience with all phases of Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) with one or more of the methodologies:
  Waterfall, agile and/or hybrid
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management practices, process interviewing and mapping, and project scope documentation techniques
• Evidence of ability to lead, guide, and coach less experienced business analysts
• Ability to use appropriate modeling techniques and build business cases
• Strong teaming, collaboration, negotiation, communication, organizational, people management and conflict resolution skills
• Experience working closely with service providers
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Desired skills:

• Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA) or Certified Business Analyst professional (CBAP) strongly preferred
• Experience with hybrid agile/iterative development methodologies
• Knowledge/experience using testing tools like qTest, Client ALM and agile development tools like JIRA

Pay range: up to $67.34 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply today!

Aptask Global Workforce (AGW)

ApTask Global Workforce (AGW) is a certified Minority and Veteran workforce solutions company. AGW delivers operational, clinical, lab and professional talent with a strong focus on healthcare and life sciences. The company supports clients with reliable staffing, program expertise and a commitment to quality, speed and consistent delivery.

Benefits of working with ApTask Global Workforce include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)

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ApTask Global Workforce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.