Sr. Business Analyst

BIICS,Inc is looking to fill a Sr. Business Analyst position. The position is locatedin Tallahassee, FL and work is hybrid, with a minimum of 3 days per week in theoffice.

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the development of project schedules,implementation plans, and documentation for HR automation releases and presentto management, customers, and technical staff.
• Apply subject matter expertise, industrymethodologies, and best practices to analyze current business processes,performing As-Is process analysis to document and evaluate business needs incoordination with the HR Office and project team; redesign business processesand develop To-Be process documentation to automate HR workflow processes.
• Translate high level business requirements intodetailed business documents and/or functional specifications.
• Facilitate work sessions with HR subject-matterexperts to elicit and prioritize business and functional requirements includingthe data and integration requirements.
• Perform data analysis to understand existing andfuture data needs and document data requirements.
• Evaluate existing integrations with internal andexternal application, perform the impact analysis, and propose the integrationssupporting future business needs.
• Work with functional and enterprise systemsupport staff during technical assessments of internal HR-related systems andintegrations as needed.
• Manage user stories, project backlog, sprintbacklogs, participate in Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprintplanning, and sprint retrospectives, within Azure DevOps.
• Develop Design Specification documentation andmockups based on the business and functional requirements confirmed by the HRoffice.
• Development of testing strategies, datascenarios, and test plans to ensure functional requirements are addressed.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycles withHR Office and impacted internal and external stakeholders; document thefindings, coordinate with the project team to remediate issues, document theenhancements and obtain user acceptance on the deliverables.
• Evaluate critical information gathered frommultiple resources. Summarize detailed data into executive-level formats andbreak down aggregate information into meaningful components.
• Develop standardized desk procedures thatinclude the purpose, prerequisites, process flows and narratives of businessprocesses.
• Produce deliverables including, but not limitedto, project schedules, implementation plans, business requirements, functionalspecifications, business process documentation, Design specifications, QualityAssurance Test plans, Test Cases, and User Acceptance Testing artifacts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science,Information Systems, or financial related field and 6 years professional workexperience. Work experience can substitute on a year for year basis for thedegree.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in businessanalysis, requirements engineering and quality assurance documentation.
• Knowledge of human resources business processesand state government workflow practices with the ability to translate HR domainknowledge into functional requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Ability to produce legible and completefunctional documentation in a way that thoroughly captures business processesand inputs/outputs of the applications.
• Ability to analyze and accurately and completelydefine processes and workflows to design efficient information solutions,including missing or duplicate functionality in existing applications.
• Ability to work effectively with users and aproject team to identify and document requirements for the maintenance,enhancement, or development of computer application systems, includingtechnical overviews and context diagrams.
• Knowledge of relational database theories andconcepts.
• Skill in testing complex applications andinterpreting whether requirements and designs were met in the product.
• Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, andprioritize work assignments for him/herself.
• Skill in accurately preparing schedule estimatesfor requirements analysis and quality assurance tasks in an iterative softwaredelivery environment.
• Ability to work effectively with ProjectManagers, Business Analysts, Software Developers, and Technical Architects tobuild efficient, viable solutions in the maintenance of business applicationsutilizing all established Departmental standards.
• Ability to prepare functional specifications anduser stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Ability to prepare test plans and to design testcases, test data, and test environments.
• Ability to interpret and communicate technicaland functional information related to software applications, both verbally andin writing.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft products: Word,Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
• Experience working workflow automation, humanresources, or government administrative computing applications.
• Knowledge of Agile Project Managementmethodologies and practices.
• Knowledge of the SCRUM Framework.
• Azure DevOps experience for backlog management,sprint planning, and test execution.
• Skill in performing QA reviews in determiningthat standards are met.

Preferred:

• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP),International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) certification, orsimilar business analysis and quality assurance certification.
• Experience with state government human resourcessystems, payroll systems, or position management applications.
• Skill in data analysis techniques, datavalidation approaches and validating data relationships.