Business Analyst

Organization

Agency Contact Name and Information : karen.burkeyo.gov

Riffe Tower 24, 77 South High Street, 24th Floor, Columbus, 43215

United States of America - OHIO
- Franklin County
- Columbus

$70,000 - $90,000/year, depending on experience

Full-time, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, core hours

Exempt from Union

Information Technology

Attention to Detail, Collaboration, Flexibility, Teamwork, Confidentiality

Not Applicable

When you join Legislative Information Systems (LIS), you’ll be a part of a team working to make an impact serving our state by creating and supporting legislative applications and legislative users. We’re continuously modernizing our practices and we’re looking for agents of change. Our team encourages continuous learning and career development for all positions.

LIS serves the Ohio General Assembly and legislative agencies by providing operational efficiency, strategic planning, and innovation in a cost-effective manner for the implementation and advancement of technology across the legislature.

At LIS, we strive to offer competitive benefits that support you throughout your career with us so you can plan for today and the future. We offer a comprehensive state benefits package including:

• Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits

• Dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums are free after completed eligibility period

• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth/Adoption leave
• Disability and bereavement leave

• OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee’s salary.

• The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan

• Collaborative environment
• Continuous Learning + education and conference allocation
• Business casual dress code

You’ll work with clients and software engineers as we solve some of the biggest challenges facing the organizations we serve. You will be expected to approach user needs with pragmatic problem solving and solutions. You’ll demonstrate a strong aptitude for learning new skills and play an integral role in impacting team culture, practice, and engagement. As a valued member of our team, you’ll:

• Participate in all aspects of the SDLC
• Collaborate with other business analysts to conduct assessments of user needs and understand user environments
• Work to understand the birds-eye view of systems and the impact of any changes to them
• Collaborate with software engineers and domain experts to ensure work products of LIS meet the highest standards of quality
• Create software documentation and participate in bug tracking and reporting procedures
• Contribute to test plans
• Participate in testing in order to recommend feature or bug fixes for release to production

• Strong Communicator - written, verbal, listening, and questioning
• Ability to convey ideas from analysis to synthesis
• Problem Solver - solutioning through understanding the problem, rather than just executing a task
• Self-starter – having the initiative, drive, and willingness to engage in improving the team and the solutions we build
• Critical Thinker - approaching problems with curiosity in order to build solutions that solve our clients’ challenges
• Continuous learning mindset
• Openness to receive guidance and feedback from senior team members as well as peers
• Collaborator - ability to work and share knowledge as well as feedback across teams and roles

• Knowledge of the SDLC and Agile practices
• Experience in requirements gathering and documentation
• Eagerness to stay up to date on industry and technology advancements
• Experience with the basic principles of software testing
• Experience with managing stakeholders, including negotiation of solutions, setting of expectations, and communication on progress…