Business Analyst

Business Analyst (Oracle, SQL, Requirements Gathering & Testing):

Total Required Experience in Years:7%2B Years

Mode of Work:Florida Resident Required (Must be Available to Work in Tallahassee if Needed)

Seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support enterprise technology initiatives by gathering requirements, facilitating stakeholder collaboration, performing testing activities, and producing comprehensive business and technical documentation. The ideal candidate will possess strong Oracle and SQL expertise, experience supporting large-scale implementation projects, and the ability to bridge business and technical teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Gather, analyze, document, and validate business and technical requirements.

• Facilitate business and technical analysis meetings with stakeholders.

• Develop Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Specifications, and Traceability Matrices.

• Produce technical documentation related to requirements, design, testing, and implementation activities.

• Create meeting minutes, analysis documents, training materials, and project artifacts.

• Conduct testing of custom and commercial off-the-shelf applications.

• Validate reports, dashboards, and large datasets.

• Collaborate with project managers, technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.

• Support large-scale implementation and modernization initiatives.

• Assist with governance, project management, and portfolio management activities.

• Work with Oracle and SQL-based systems to support business process analysis and solution development.

• Support projects operating within complex program environments consisting of multiple related initiatives.

• Utilize Microsoft Office tools and collaboration platforms for documentation and reporting.

Required Skills:

• Business Analysis

• Requirements Gathering & Documentation

• Oracle

• SQL

• Technical Documentation

• Functional Specifications

• Requirements Traceability Matrices

• Application Testing

• Data Validation

• Stakeholder Management

• Meeting Facilitation

• Business Process Analysis

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Visio

• Microsoft Project

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Microsoft SharePoint

Preferred Skills:

• Team Foundation Server (TFS)

• Visual Studio .NET

• Governance Frameworks

• Project Portfolio Management (PPM)

• Vendor Management

• Web Application Development

• State Government Experience

• Education or Early Learning Domain Experience

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field.

• Minimum 7 years of experience gathering and documenting business and technical requirements involving Oracle and SQL environments.

• Minimum 7 years of experience producing technical documentation, specifications, traceability matrices, design documents, and testing artifacts.

• Minimum 7 years of experience creating meeting documentation, analyses, and training materials.

• Minimum 7 years of experience testing applications, reports, dashboards, and large datasets.

• Minimum 7 years of experience facilitating business and technical analysis sessions.

• Minimum 2 years of experience developing web applications.

• Minimum 1 year of experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Visual Studio .NET.

• Experience working with software and hardware vendors.

• Experience supporting large-scale, multi-stakeholder implementation projects.

• Experience working in program environments with multiple interrelated projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in Florida State Government.

• Experience supporting Education or Early Learning programs.

• Experience with Governance, Project Management, or Project Portfolio Management initiatives.

• Experience supporting enterprise-wide technology transformation projects.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts Degree.