Title: Business Analyst
Location: Remote
Length: Long term
Restriction: W2 or C2C

Description:

*** Very long term project; initial PO for 1 year, expect to go for 4+ years *** Remote

Primary tasks include:
Identify and document stakeholders, data flows, and current and future state process flows.
Gather, document, validate, and maintain business, functional, and technical/non-functional solution requirements needed as input to market analysis, software procurement, and solution development process.
Translate clients business needs into agile themes/features, personas, epics, user stories and product backlogs or detailed business requirement documents and use cases depending on development approach.
Work with Product Owner, business SMEs and Vendor to groom user stories and define acceptance criteria to ensure that stories meet the team-defined definition of ready.
Work with vendor or internal developers and testers to confirm the functionality meets the storys acceptance criteria.
Participate in vendor discovery/gap analysis and detailed requirement development efforts.
Assist the Business/Product Owner in planning, preparing for and conducting user acceptance testing, including developing test scenarios and test cases.
Perform requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle to support user acceptance testing and production rollout.
Develop procurement documents such as Requests for Proposals, Requests for Quotes, and Requests for Information.
Develop federal Advanced Planning Documents and Advanced Planning Document Updates as needed to secure federal funding.
Support vendor proposal evaluation efforts and assist in documenting/consolidating evaluation results.
Support process improvement initiatives.
Perform market research for proposed automation projects.
Support options analysis and business case development for proposed automation projects.
Document meeting agendas and notes.
Facilitate requirements gathering meetings.
Provide technical writing support including developing project document templates, proofing and/or authoring documents, drafting formal communications, and disseminating project documents.
Support project manager in maintaining project artifacts and developing status reports.
Support the development of surveys, assessment tools, project methodologies, policies and procedures.
Maintain SharePoint site for each assigned project
Perform other analysis and technical writing assignments as assigned

Required Skills

8 years Knowledge of business system techniques and testing methodologies for software development
Demonstrated experience in gathering business requirements and development of business rules and process flow.
Proven experience with business process design, definition and/or re-design.
Solid understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid development frameworks, including BA role
High proficiency in Microsoft Office products (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SharePoint
Knowledge creating Context, Data Flow, and Functional Decomposition Diagrams
Experience in planning & coordinating user acceptance testiing including developing and executing test scenarios and test cases
Experience facilitating small to large meetings
Demonstrable analytical skills and attention to detail
Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
Demonstrable analytical skills and an attention to detail
Excellent creative thinking and problem-solving skills
Working knowledge of Jira and Confluence
Experience in development of procurement related documents including RFP, evaluation criteria as well as vendor evaluation
Experience working for State government
Human Services and/or Accounting related experience
Experience using Microsoft Project
Working knowledge of OpenText Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Quality Center (QC) preferred