Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Lacey, WA 98503 (Hybrid)

2 years Contract

The primary scope of work for this contract is to procure an IT Business Analyst Contractor to provide business analysis and software quality assurance for the project. This resource will collaborate closely with Product Owners, Scrum Team members, and stakeholders to ensure that business requirements are effectively gathered, documented, and translated into actionable user stories. This business analyst will also support software quality assurance activities to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.

Ecology would like to avoid duplication of work by having only one (1) person perform the work to maintain project continuity, although Ecology may consider a team of two (2) people providing one (1) person has lead responsibility.

The business analysis and software quality assurance functions are highly interconnected. If these responsibilities are divided among a team of two (2) people, a high volume of ongoing knowledge transfer and some duplication of work may be required.

Candidates who do not meet the following mandatory qualifications will be rejected as non-responsive and will not receive further consideration. The following are required to be responsive to this Request:

• Contractor has been in business in the State of Washington for a minimum of three (3) years.
• Staff completing the work must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in business analysis, including requirements gathering, process modeling, and functional analysis for custom software solutions.
• Staff completing the work must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in software quality assurance, including test planning, test case development, functional and regression testing, and defect management for custom software solutions.
• Staff completing the work must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience working within a Scrum or other Agile methodology framework, collaborating with Product Owners, Scrum Teams, and stakeholders.
• Staff completing the work must have demonstrated experience and expertise in using Azure Dev Ops for backlog management, user story tracking, test case management, and bug tracking.

The following will be taken in consideration for evaluation purposes, but are not required to be responsive to this Request:

• Familiarity with public sector operations, particularly in the State of Washington, including knowledge of government processes and regulatory environments.
• Familiarity with State of Washington major IT project oversight requirements and processes.
• Experience working with environmental, scientific, or hazardous waste information systems, including regulatory compliance and data management solutions.
• Experience and familiarity with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and testing web applications for accessibility against WCAG 2.1 or later standards.
• Experience and familiarity with Power BI,.NET Core, and other Microsoft technologies, including their use in reporting, analytics, and enterprise application development.