Business Analyst (Unisys Mainframe, MS Visual Studio, Jira/Confluence, SharePoint, Teams, MS Office, Power Automate, Oracle, SQL , Power BI, Salesforce CRM, Cognos, Tableau, Databridge, GitHub)

MVP Consulting

Albany, NY

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SKILLS

Acceptance Testing, Agile Programming Methodologies, Analysis Skills, Atlassian JIRA, Bug Tracking/Defect Management, Business Analysis, Business Model, Business Processes, Case Management, Change Requests/Orders, Cloud Computing, Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS), Consulting, Copy Editing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Data Migration, Database Administration, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), GitHub, IBM Cognos, Incident Management, Mainframe Computer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Visual Studio, Mock Up, Oracle Database, People Management, Power BI, Problem Solving Skills, Process Analysis, Process Modeling, Quality Assurance, Relational Databases (RDBMS), Requirements Management, Requirements Validation/Verification, Salesforce.com, Scrum Project Management and Software Development, ScrumMaster, Software Development, Sprint Planning, Standup Meetings, System Migration, Systems Analysis, Tableau, Technical Delivery, Technical Writing, Test Case, Test Plan/Schedule, Testing, Time Management, Use Cases, Validation Testing, Wireframes, Workflow Analysis

LOCATION

Albany, NY

POSTED

8 days ago

HBITS: HBITS-07-14820

NYSED - Expert, Business Analyst

30 month contract

Interview: Virtual Interview

Work model: Not specified

--- Project Description ---
NYSED is modernizing multiple systems, and is seeking to hire one
Expert-level Business Analyst to document and organize technical and
business requirements for various systems. The Business Analyst (BA)
will work with mutliple Project Managers to define business
requirements, workflows, and assist in all project deliverables in
technology modernization initiatives and legacy support.

--- Day-to-Day Tasks ---
1. Schedule and lead As Is and To Be sessions with program area(s) in
order to understand current and future state business processes.
2. Document As Is and To Be states using a variety of business analysis
techniques, including workflows, business process models, mockups,
wireframes, SWOT, MoSCoW, etc, in order to meet future state
business needs.
3. Iteratively review requirements and documents with program area(s) in
order to elicit feedback and timely approvals from stakeholder teams.
4. Analyze business processes and functions across multiple programs
and identify any gaps in order to ensure cohesive business and
technical solutions.
5. Work in a hybrid Agile environment and actively manage requirements
and change orders, and ensure testing needs are updated along the
way.
6. Participate in design and architecture discussions, daily stand-ups,
sprint planning sessions and other meetings.
7. Create/update user stories and acceptance criteria for all business,
functional and non-functional requirements (F/NFR), including
workflows, business rules, use cases, wireframes, activity & sequence
diagrams.
8. Become subject matter expert (SME) and act as point of contact for all
requirements questions and clarifications for all stakeholders:
developers, testers, business team, vendors, management, PMO and
end users.
9. Utilize database management knowledge to work on relational
databases for writing queries, extracting data, and other data
management functions.
10. Validate/verify requirements throughout the software development life
cycle (SDLC) and ensure all changes are captured in requirements and
user stories.
11. Become a subject matter expert (SME) for the proposed system and
involved business processes/rules.
12. Support QA/Testing by developing timely test plans, detailed test
cases, done/acceptance criteria, end-user testing and deliverables
validation.
13. Translate complex technical terms into business language and explain
to non-technical teams, and vice versa.
14. Coordinate among business and technical teams to identify and
resolve issues that arise during the project.

Business Analyst
Analyzes an organization or business domain (real or hypothetical) and documents its business or processes or systems, assessing the business model or its integration with technology with distinct deliverables to a solution.
Expert 84+ months: Candidate is able to provide guidance to large teams and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field.

--- Required Qualifications ---
" 84 months experience in requirements elaboration, business analysis and
validation, and translating into requirements, user stories and acceptance
criteria, using a variety of business analysis techniques (workflows,
business process models, mockups, wireframes, SWOT, MoSCoW, etc.)
" 84 months of experience working in hybrid Agile environment collecting,
updating and modifying business requirements iteratively, identifying
functional and non-fuctional requirements including dashboards and
reporting, and creating artifacts including flowcharts, business process
models, workflows, and data dictionaries.
" 60 months of experience in all types of functional application testing
(including functional, non-functional, regressions, integration, UAT, etc.) This
includes writing and executing various types of test cases, testing
procedures & cycles, defect tracking, communicating testing updates, and
ensuring requirements-based validation/testing is completed prior to final
deliverable sign-off.
" 84 months experience in documenting requirements, acceptance criteria,
epics, user stories creation, roadmap building, defect tracking, backlog
management using Jira/Confluence or other BA and QA tools (please
specify.)
" 84 months experience in providing business analysis and testing support for
legacy systems/data migration and infrastructure upgrade projects involving
cloud-based commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, and/or custom
development, configurations, troubleshooting incidents and quality
assurance.
" 60 months experience in transforming paper-based processes into electronic
systems involving case/incident management, digital information gathering,
storage, retrieval, and transmission among different teams' having data
submission, review and approval processes.
" 60 months of experience in working with relational databases and structured
queries in SQL, Oracle, etc.
" " Business Analysis certification such as IIBA CBAP, PMI-PBA.
" Scrum certification such as CSM, Agile Coach, PSM or Product Owner.
Minimum points are awarded if only one certification. Maximum points
awarded if both certifications. 0 points awarded if no certification.

MVP Consulting Plus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application process.

Business Analyst (Unisys Mainframe, MS Visual Studio, Jira/Confluence, SharePoint, Teams, MS Office, Power Automate, Oracle, SQL , Power BI, Salesforce CRM, Cognos, Tableau, Databridge, GitHub)

MVP Consulting

Albany, NY

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