Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Onsite

About the Job
Duration: 12 month contract, w. possibility of extension
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Pay rate: Hourly
Job ID: PR547832-R100683
Overview:

DataSoft Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Business Analyst to join our client in Tallahassee, FL.

Responsibilities:

Coordinate the development of project schedules, implementation plans, and documentation for computing asset remediation and present to management, customers, and technical staff.
Lead User Acceptance and cycle testing; Confer with impacted personnel to ensure systems are performing as required.
Oversee the development of testing strategies, data scenarios, and test plans to ensure functional requirements are addressed.
Evaluate critical information gathered from multiple resources. Summarize detailed data into executive level formats as well as breaking down aggregate information into meaningful pieces.
Develop standardized desk procedures that include the purpose, prerequisites, process flows and narratives of business processes.
Help manage user stories, project backlog, sprint backlogs, participate in SCRUM meetings including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and sprint retrospectives within Azure DevOps.
Produce deliverables including, but not limited to, project schedules, implementation plans, documentation for computing asset remediation, business requirements, program specifications, supporting business processes, data conversion and technical impact analyses, quality assurance, quality control, user acceptance.
Use subject matter expertise, industry methodologies and best practices, and automated tools to analyze and make recommendations on behalf of the Department for required changes to complex financial-related business processes to align with the project.
Prepare business specifications to communicate Department specific functional requirements for remediation efforts and address dependencies with other interfacing computing assets and external stakeholder interfaces.
Assist in business process redesign and documentation as needed to support ongoing efforts in the Office of Work Program and Budget and Enterprise environment.
Work with functional and enterprise system support staff during technical assessments of the Department's internal financial-related systems and interfaces from/to solution as needed.
Facilitate work sessions to elicit and prioritize remediation requirements. Identify any functionality seen as needed, but missing, in Department maintained systems. Include analysis of outstanding remediation requests.
Translate high level business requirements into detailed business documents and/or functional specifications.
Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or financial related field and 10 years professional work experience. Work experience can substitute on a year for year basis for the degree. Special consideration will be given to candidates with Six Sigma certification or similar business analysis and engineering certifications.
Candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience in business process reengineering and documentation. This experience must also be in a professional environment, preferably in a financial discipline. Candidate will be expected to describe multiple past experiences with business process tools and how they were deployed for a successful outcome that met customer's objectives.
The submitted candidate must be able to apply common knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas:
Knowledge of financial management best practices which can be translated to transportation financial practices.
Ability to produce legible and complete functional documentation in a way that thoroughly captures business processes and inputs/outputs of the applications.
Ability to analyze and accurately and completely define processes and workflows to design efficient information solutions, including missing or duplicate functionality in existing applications.
Ability to work effectively with users and a project team, to identify and document requirements for the maintenance, enhancement, or development of computer application systems, including technical overviews and context diagrams.
Knowledge of financial management best practices which can be translated to transportation financial practices.
Ability to produce legible and complete functional documentation in a way that thoroughly captures business processes and inputs/outputs of the applications.
Ability to analyze and accurately and completely define processes and workflows to design efficient information solutions, including missing or duplicate functionality in existing applications.
Ability to work effectively with users and a project team, to identify and document requirements for the maintenance, enhancement, or development of computer application systems, including technical overviews and context diagrams.
Knowledge of relational database theories and concepts.
Skill in testing complex applications and interpreting whether requirements and designs were met in the product.
Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, and prioritize work assignments for him/herself or lower-level analysts.
Skill in accurately preparing schedule estimates for requirements analysis and computer programming tasks in a computer application maintenance environment.
Ability to work effectively with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Data Analysts, and Technical Architects to build efficient, viable solutions in the maintenance of business applications utilizing all established Departmental standards.
Ability to prepare complex computer program specifications.
Ability to prepare computer program test plans and to create test databases and test environments.
Ability to interpret and communicate technical information related to computer programming and data processing, both verbally and in writing.
Advanced skills with Microsoft products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
Experience working on accounting and financial computing applications and monitoring complex interfaces with external systems.
Knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies and practices.
Knowledge of the SCRUM Framework.
Preferred:

Azure DevOps
Skill in performing QA reviews in determining that standards are met.
Knowledge of Job Control Language (JCL), Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) panels, and supporting mainframe software.
Skill in data conversion techniques, data cleansing approaches and validating data relationships.
About our Company

DataSoft Technologies is a highly recognized provider of professional IT Consulting services in the US. Founded in 1994, DataSoft Technologies, Inc. provides staff augmentation services for Information Technology and Automotive Services. Our team member benefits include:

Paid Holidays/Paid Time Off (PTO)
Medical/Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Short Term/Long Term Disability
Life Insurance
401 (K)