NCDHHS Business Analyst- Senior

Engagement Type

Contract

Short Description

NC Department of Health and Human Services seeks a Senior Business Analyst/Technical Writer to support IT software development projects implemented by vendors and/or inhouse development teams.

Complete Description

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

Required/Desired Skills

Skill Required/Desired Amount of Experience 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 0 Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) Required 0 Demonstrable analytical skills and an attention to detail Required 0 Excellent creative thinking and problemsolving skills Required 0 Working knowledge of Jira and Confluence Required 0 Experience in development of procurement related documents including RFP evaluation criteria as well as vendor evaluation Desired 0 Experience working for State government Highly desired 0 Human Services and/or Accounting related experience Desired 0 Experience using Microsoft Project Desired 0 Working knowledge of OpenText Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Quality Center (QC) Highly desired 0

Questions

Description Question 1 Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement Question 2 The candidate must be on camera for the web interview. Do you accept this requirement Question 3 Please list candidates email address. Question 4 Please indicate how soon this candidate is available to start work. Vendors are encouraged to submit candidates that are available for the duration of the assignment. Question 5 Vendor must disclose to the agency if the candidate will be subcontracted at the time of submission. Do you accept this requirement Question 6 Vendor must notify the agency if any portion of the requirements listed in this task order is to be outsourced to other countries. Do you accept this requirement Question 8 Payment for all approved hours will be paid at the straight hourly rate regardless of the total hours worked by the engaged resource. It is the responsibility of the supplier to adhere to any applicable compensation laws including payment for overtime hours. Do you accept this requirement Question 9 Please confirm you have thoroughly validated and attest to the accuracy of the credentials listed throughout this candidates VectorVMS profile and resume pursuant to Section 5.2.5 of ITS009440. Do you confirm