Business Analyst- Senior

Job Title: Business Analyst with Technical Writer

Location: Dix Campus Raleigh NC 100% Remote

Duration: 12 Month Contract with possibility to extension

Job Description:

Client seeks a Senior Business Analyst/Technical Writer to support IT software development projects implemented by vendors and/or inhouse development teams.

Primary tasks include:

Identify and document stakeholders data flows and current and future state process flows.

Gather document validate and maintain business functional and technical/nonfunctional solution requirements needed as input to market analysis software procurement and solution development process.

Translate clients business needs into agile themes/features personas epics user stories and product backlogs or detailed business requirement documents and use cases depending on development approach.

Work with Product Owner business SMEs and Vendor to groom user stories and define acceptance criteria to ensure that stories meet the teamdefined definition of ready.

Work with vendor or internal developers and testers to confirm the functionality meets the storys acceptance criteria.

Participate in vendor discovery/gap analysis and detailed requirement development efforts.

Assist the Business/Product Owner in planning preparing for and conducting user acceptance testing including developing test scenarios and test cases.

Perform requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle to support user acceptance testing and production rollout.

Develop procurement documents such as Requests for Proposals Requests for Quotes and Requests for Information.

Develop federal Advanced Planning Documents and Advanced Planning Document Updates as needed to secure federal funding.

Support vendor proposal evaluation efforts and assist in documenting/consolidating evaluation results.

Support process improvement initiatives.

Perform market research for proposed automation projects.

Support options analysis and business case development for proposed automation projects.

Document meeting agendas and notes.

Facilitate requirements gathering meetings.

Provide technical writing support including developing project document templates proofing and/or authoring documents drafting formal communications and disseminating project documents.

Support project manager in maintaining project artifacts and developing status reports.

Support the development of surveys assessment tools project methodologies policies and procedures.

Maintain SharePoint site for each assigned project

Perform other analysis and technical writing assignments as assigned

Knowledge of business system techniques and testing methodologies for software development

Required

5

Years

Demonstrated experience in gathering business requirements and development of business rules and process flow.

Required

5

Years

Proven experience with business process design definition and/or redesign.

Required

5

Years

Solid understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile Waterfall and Hybrid development frameworks including BA role

Required

5

Years

High proficiency in Microsoft Office products (MS Word Excel PowerPoint) and SharePoint

Required

7

Years

Knowledge creating Context Data Flow and Functional Decomposition Diagrams

Required

5

Years

Experience in planning & coordinating user acceptance testiing including developing and executing test scenarios and test cases

Required

5

Years

Experience facilitating small to large meetings

Required

5

Years

Demonstrable analytical skills and attention to detail

Required

Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)

Required

Demonstrable analytical skills and an attention to detail

Required

Excellent creative thinking and problemsolving skills

Required

Working knowledge of Jira and Confluence

Required

Experience in development of procurement related documents including RFP evaluation criteria as well as vendor evaluation

Desired

Experience working for State government

Highly desired

Human Services and/or Accounting related experience

Desired

Experience using Microsoft Project

Desired

Working knowledge of OpenText Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Quality Center (QC)

Highly desired