Technical BA

Job Title/Req No Technical BA

Client location Des Moines IA

Interview Type Either Web Cam or InPerson Interview

Work Arrangement Hybrid

Only USC/GC

*Note: Local to Iowa.

*Note: Local DL.

*Note: No C2C Only W2.

*Note: Experience 10 Would Prefer.

Short Description

Technical Business Analyst is skilled at consulting with business stakeholders and technical resources to define requirements and validate conversion for a largescale data migration effort for Unemployment Insurance Modernization.

Full Job Description

This position requires that someone is available to work onsite 2 days per week so the priority will be given to local resources.

Complete Description: Iowa Workforce Development has an immediate need for a Technical Business Analyst skilled at consulting with business stakeholders and technical resources to define requirements and validate conversion for a largescale data migration effort for Unemployment Insurance Modernization. Specifically this role will be dedicated to gathering necessary documentation participating in technical requirement discussions and performing validations.

This individual will participate in testing and group sessions to define and validate requirements identify gaps and analyze process needs.

This individual will participate in vendorhosted data conversion sessions articulating and/or documenting needs clearly and accurately to vendor teams.

This individual will perform data validation for a largescale data migration effort as legacy data is migrated to a modernized system working in partnership with IWD IT resources and vendor project team to prepare test cases as necessary document test results and articulate needs.

Iowa Workforce Development is a state agency with a remarkable amount of modernization taking place. These projects will transform agency business operations eliminate technical debt improve user experience and return significant cost savings.

The UI Benefit Modernization will move a 40yearold legacy mainframe system to a contemporary webbased solution. The new system will be a modified/configurable offtheshelf product developed and hosted by a thirdparty vendor.

This position will work closely with the UI Benefits Modernization project manager and data conversion workstream lead as well as IWD technical resource and UI SMEs while interacting daily with the vendors project management and business analyst teams.

Skill Requirements

Involvement in prior medium to largescale data conversions

Demonstrated ability to elicit document and understand business and technical requirements

Experience preparing data flow diagrams system architecture mapping business process flow documentation

Demonstrated strong communication skills across technical teams and business stakeholders

Proficient understanding of the software development lifecycle and related methodologies

Experience testing systems against test cases and technical specifications analyzing and documenting results

Experience preparing test cases and technical specifications

Proficient in the use of MS Office MS Project MS Visio Jira (or equivalent)

Demonstrated ability to facilitate productive meetings with technical teams and business stakeholders

Working knowledge using SQL Intermediate level or higher

Involvement in milestone/stage gate sign off and approval ensuring technical and business readiness

Experience partnering with vendor project teams and managing relationships

We are seeking a Business Analyst with data migration experience to analyze and triage data migration testing results. The testing phase is complete and all scripts for the data migration have been written. The original data mapping and requirements have also been finalized. We need a Business Analyst who can review the script results identify discrepancies and determine necessary changes to the data mapping requirements. This role involves working closely with both the business side to refine requirements and the technical team managing the data warehouse. While prior testing experience is not required as the scripts are already in place the ideal candidate should be able to understand why discrepancies exist and revise the requirements accordingly.

Skills Matrix

Involvement in prior medium to largescale data conversions Required 7 Years

Demonstrated ability to elicit document and understand business and technical requirements Required 7 Years

Experience preparing data flow diagrams system architecture mapping business process flow documentation Required 7 Years

Demonstrated strong communication skills across technical teams and business stakeholders Required 7 Years

Proficient understanding of the software development lifecycle and related methodologies Required 7 Years

Experience testing systems against test cases and technical specifications analyzing and documenting results Required 7 Years

Experience preparing test cases and technical specifications Required 7 Years

Proficient in the use of MS Office MS Project MS Visio Jira (or equivalent) Required 7 Years

Demonstrated ability to facilitate productive meetings with technical teams and business stakeholders Required 7 Years

Working knowledge using SQL Intermediate level or higher Required 7 Years

Involvement in milestone/stage gate sign off and approval ensuring technical and business readiness Required 7 Years

Experience partnering with vendor project teams and managing relationships Required 7 Years

Questionaries

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 a resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if she or he does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you agree to this requirement

Question 2

The Contractor must report any disciplinary action misdemeanor or felony convictions to the State for any temporary IT staff provided. Do you agree to this requirement

Question 3

What is your candidates email address

Question 4

Have you completed and submitted the Right to Represent form making sure to do so exactly as instructed The form is located at .