Business Analyst

Description:
Diversified Systems is searching for a Business Analyst to serve as a Senior Level Analyst responsible for leading the Business Analysis activities for the modernization and full re-write of enterprise .NET applications. The BA acts as a bridge between business/program teams and software development teams, ensuring alignment, clarity, and traceability from intake of requirements through delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the elicitation, documentation, and validation of business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Facilitate interviews and working sessions with program teams, SMEs, and technical staff.
• Develop user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows.
• Document current state workflows, system dependencies, and processes.
• Design future state workflows aligned with modernization goals and .NET architectural changes if any.
• Create process maps, decision trees, and workflow diagrams using Visio and other modeling tools.
• Support data migration planning by documenting data models, business rules, and transformation logic.
• Develop Quality-of-Service (non-functional) requirements including performance, scalability, quality of service (QoS), security, and usability.
• Develop Report Specifications defining the purpose of reports, justification, attributes and columns, owners, and runtime parameters.
• Provide strong organization and writing skills and develop graphic representations of complex business processes.
• Provide requisite support for Quality Assurance testing, UAT coordination, defect triage, and validation of fixes.
• Review system behavior to ensure alignment with documented requirements and program expectations.
• Communicate project status, risks, and decisions to project managers and leadership.
• Require an understanding of application architecture, re-architecting, or rebuilding strategies including Azure Functions, APIs, SQL Server, and .NET Core.
• Perform legacy systems analysis and evaluate integration points to determine modernization paths.
• Apply familiarity with cloud technologies, microservices, and modern Dev Ops practices.
• Utilize project and portfolio management tools such as Clarity PPM, Azure Dev Ops, SharePoint, and other off-the-shelf operational systems.

Requirements:

• Understanding of application architecture, re-architecting, or rebuilding strategies including Azure Functions, APIs, SQL Server, and .NET Core required.
• Legacy systems analysis and integration points to determine modernization path required.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies, microservices, and modern Dev Ops practices required.
• Experience with project and portfolio management tools such as Clarity PPM, Azure Dev Ops, SharePoint, and other off-the-shelf operational systems required.
• 8 years of experience on projects involving requirements development for legacy system migration, re-factoring, or modernization required.
• 4-year college degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or Business with a focus on Technology required.
• At least one IIBA Business Analyst certification required.
• Other Agile/Scrum certifications highly desired.
• Experience leading teams across development, operations, security, and business functions required.

About Diversified Systems
Founded in 1990, Diversified Systems is an award-winning Technology Services corporation providing all levels of IT project consulting services nationwide. DSI is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with regional offices in the American Midwest and East Coast. We offer our consultants a number of flexible and competitive compensation benefit packages.

Diversified Systems is committed to the principles of equal employment. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
DSI values authenticity and is committed to making sure our employees and partners are valued and respected. At DSI, we believe building a diverse culture is important because we know when people work together, we can achieve better results as a team. DSI realizes that everyone comes from various backgrounds. We celebrate these differences because our employees are our greatest asset as we strive to best meet the needs of those we serve.

As part of our ongoing efforts, DSI is focused on advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion by setting high standards to continually evolve our culture. This includes but is not limited to recruiting, community involvement, client delivery, and career development.