IT Business Analyst - Senior​/Specialist

IT Business Analyst – Senior/Specialist

Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen

The Department of Ecology is hiring an IT Business Analyst – Senior/Specialist within the Information Technology Services Office (ITSO).

• Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA.
• This position does not have options for 100% remote work.
• Candidates must reside within a commutable distance from the duty station upon hire.
• Onboarding will be in-person at our Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA.

• This position is eligible for telework and flexible schedule options.
• You may telework most of your work time with occasional in-person meetings and activities.
• Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.

In this role, as a Senior Business Analyst, you will work on several interesting Agency level projects. You will play a critical role in safeguarding Ecology’s fiscal and legal integrity by evaluating, documenting, and improving systems that directly support core regulatory and grant management functions. You will provide the business intelligence and structured workflow documentation necessary to reduce system risk, ensure compliance with state and federal requirements, and enhance customer engagement in alignment with the Governor’s Executive Order.

Given current budget constraints, you will provide high value by focusing on stabilizing high-risk systems and guiding efficient redevelopment efforts that reduce long-term vendor dependency and operational costs. You will work with Agile software development teams and play a key role in our application modernization efforts. As a member of Scrum team, you will work closely with the Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Scrum Team and key partners.

Ecology is at the start of a multi-year application modernization effort, and we’re being blunt about it: our systems are outdated, complex, and overdue for reinvention. We’re moving toward modular, cloud-native, API-first architectures, and we need a business analyst who can help drive change and advocate for agile project development. This role will be a key link between our business and developers.

You’ll help evaluate current systems and business processes, design clear requirements, and work with the Scrum team to ensure development efforts meet business needs.

• Requirements Gathering and Analysis
  • Collaborate with involved parties to elicit, analyze, and document business requirements.
  • Ensure alignment of requirements with organizational goals and project objectives.
• Process Modeling and Improvement
  • Develop and scrutinize as-is and to-be process models to identify optimization opportunities.
  • Facilitate workshops for continuous process improvement and change management.
• Engagement and Communication
  • Act as a liaison between business units, technology teams, and support teams.
  • Engage with involved parties and manage relationships to ensure effective communication.
• Solution Assessment and Validation
  • Evaluate proposed solutions to ensure they meet business needs and project requirements.
  • Validate requirements through thorough reviews and test case scenarios.
• Data Analysis and Reporting
  • Analyze datasets to identify trends and insights that inform project decisions.
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation and dashboards for project metrics.
• Support Application Modernization
  • Assist in the transition strategy for moving legacy systems to cloud-based solutions.
  • Collaborate with technical teams to ensure functionality and data integrity during migration.
  • Use various tools, like automated testing or artificial intelligence, to ensure project objectives are accurately met.

For detailed information on how we calculate experience and responses to other frequently asked questions, please visit our Recruitment website.

Eight years of experience and/or education as described below:

• Experience
  , within the last 12 years, in IT business analysis, IT project management, or IT application development.
  • Agile Project Development Proficiency - Strong experience working within Agile delivery environments (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid Agile/Waterfall), including development of epics, features, and user stories;…