Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Location:

Remote

Client:
State of Louisiana

Department: DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (OTS)

The scope of the proposed services will include the following:

• Using Agile methods to analyze and document business functions and requirements.
• Consult with management and personnel to identify, define and document business functions, needs and objectives, operational procedures, problems, input and output requirements.
• Analyze the integration of business functions with technology.
• Perform and/or facilitate business and technical analysis in support of project design and implementation for a team of application programmers.
• Identify and document relevant business processes contained in legacy application data systems.
• Build out and support the management and prioritization of the product backlog. Create user stories based on requirements and capture technical requirements as needed.
• Participates in all necessary team meetings and design sessions in accordance with Scrum ceremonies.

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory:

• Three (3) years of experience in Business Analysis including eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business functions, processes, and requirements.
• Two (2) years of experience in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.), writing user stories, and maintaining a healthy product backlog.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience creating requirements documentation for complex projects.

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory:

• Experience setting up IT projects for a team of application programmers.
• Experience prioritizing user stories.
• Experience identifying and documenting business processes contained in legacy application data systems.
• Business Analysis certifications such as PMI-PBA or CBAP.
• Experience in quality assurance testing of application software.
• Experience in creating operating procedures, user guides, and/or training material.
• Experience with wireframe/mockup applications such as Figma to foster initial design for Webapps.