Business Analyst 3

Desired 5 Years Excellent verbal and written communications skills Required 7 Years Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands Required 7 Years Description Questions Answers Question 1 Commonwealth of Virginia security policies prohibit the use of offshore IT contractors. These roles require close collaboration with business stakeholders, technical teams, and federal/state partners to ensure business processes, requirements, enhancements, and new initiatives are thoroughly analyzed and documented for successful IT implementation.

Client is seeking two Business Analysts to support enterprise-wide web application initiatives and Pharmacy Partner Hub programs. These roles require close collaboration with business stakeholders, technical teams, and federal/state partners to ensure business processes, requirements, enhancements, and new initiatives are thoroughly analyzed and documented for successful IT implementation. Analysts will participate in Agile ceremonies, testing efforts, cross-functional troubleshooting, and creation of customer-facing and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document business requirements for new initiatives, system enhancements, and application needs.
• Document current and future state processes, GAP analyses, user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives.
• Conduct project meetings, demos, trainings, and prepare detailed meeting notes.
• Present requirements to technical and business teams for validation and discussion.
• Participate in functional and systems integration testing; develop test plans, scenarios, and results.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and customer validation.
• Develop user guides, training materials, and provide implementation/maintenance support.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and support teams to resolve cross functional issues.
• Utilize tools including MS Office, SharePoint, Teams, GitLab, MS Project, and Visio.
• Support project managers in RFP/SOW reviews and Agile tool management.

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Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of business analysis experience, including requirements gathering and documentation.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience with process mapping, feasibility studies, system documentation, and customer engagement.
• Knowledge of SDLC and multiple project management methodologies (Waterfall, Iterative, Agile).
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities independently.
• Strong SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle databases experience (5 years).
• Web application experience with Oracle APEX, Microsoft .NET.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

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Preferred Skills

• Healthcare information systems experience.
• Familiarity with Commonwealth of Virginia SEC 501.
• Experience with RFP development, .NET applications, and system upgrades/interface design.

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Candidate Profile

Ideal candidates are assertive, highly motivated, detail oriented, and able to take ownership of assigned projects while maintaining strong communication with diverse stakeholder groups.

Skills	Required	Required Experience	Candidate Experience	Last Used
• business analysis experience, including requirements gathering and documentation.	Required	7		Years
• Strong analytical, problem solving, organizational, and communication skills	Required	7		Years
• Experience with process mapping, feasibility studies, system documentation, and customer engagement.	Required	7		Years
• Knowledge of SDLC and multiple project management methodologies (Waterfall, Iterative, Agile).	Required	7		Years
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities independently.	Required	7		Years
• Strong SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle databases experience (5 years).	Required	7		Years
• Web application experience with Oracle APEX, Microsoft .NET.	Required	7		Years
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.	Required	7		Years
Ability to blend methodologies together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment	Required	7		Years
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives.	Required	5		Years
• Healthcare information systems experience.	Desired	5		Years
• Familiarity with Commonwealth of Virginia SEC 501.	Desired	5		Years
• Experience with RFP development, .NET applications, and system upgrades/interface design.	Desired	5		Years
Excellent verbal and written communications skills	Required	7		Years
Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands	Required	7		Years

 

Description	Questions	Answers
Question 1	Commonwealth of Virginia security policies prohibit the use of offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside within the US for the duration of the assignment?
Question 2	Please list candidate's email address.
Question 3	In what city/state does your candidate PERMANENTLY reside?
Question 4	Is candidate willing and able to interview onsite in Richmond, VA? If not, please do not submit.
Question 5	Is candidate willing and able to work onsite at least one day every week in Richmond, VA? If not, please do not submit.
Question 6	How soon after an offer can your candidate start?