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Alexander City - USA

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Job Description

VDOT Business Analyst 2 ROLES
NA NA//hr.

*Local candidates only please
*Candidate must also be able to work onsite 23 days/week.
*Contractor will be responsible for purchasing parking through VDOT s Parking Management Office or procuring their own parking


The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Information Technology Division (ITD) is seeking a Business Analyst to work as a key member of Business Analytics and Testing Support Team for IT projects. This analyst will support teams working in Agile (Sprint) as well as traditional Waterfall methodologies for Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Responsibilities include analyzing problems; documenting business processes; developing requirements user stories and acceptance criteria; and managing requirements traceability and testing. VDOT is a fastpaced organization with very high standards for work quality and efficiency. This position is expected to handle multiple projects and remain flexible and productive despite changing priorities and processes. Ongoing improvement and efficiency is a part of our culture and each team member is expected to proactively contribute to process improvements.

Responsibilities:
Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points
Develop expertise in the customers business applications
Conduct Root Cause Analysis to identify system gaps and deficiencies that require a business technical or blended approach for resolution
Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows context diagrams and data flow diagrams
Discover and document requirements and user stories with a focus on improving both business and technical processing
Decompose requirements into Epics and Features and create clear and concise user stories that are easy to understand and implement by technical staff
Utilize progressive elaboration; map stories to technical design specifications to be used by internal staff to develop the system modifications
Identify and group related user stories into Themes document the dependencies and associated business processes
Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog
Create conceptual prototypes and mockups
Propose alternative solutions that balance cost and benefit and adequately test a solution s feasibility for business and technical compatibility
Collaborate with staff vendors consultants and contractors as they are engaged on tasks to formulate detail and test potential and implemented solutions.
Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives test plans and test cases and executing test cases (including regression testing)
Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress


Qualifications

Required:
The candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience delivering business and systems analysis artifacts.
5 years of experience as an Agile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology
Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs
Experience translating client and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories
Proficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process with development
Experience with large multimodule systems
Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word Excel Access Outlook Visio PowerPoint Project Server)
Experience with Application Lifecycle management (ALM)
The candidate must have exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers

Preferred:
CBAP and/or CSPO Certification
Experience using Team Foundation Server for agile software development and work item tracking
Experience with automated testing tools such as TestComplete

Required/Desired Skills
SkillRequired /DesiredAmountof ExperienceDelivering business and systems analysis artifacts such as Business Requirements Documentation (BRD) Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)Required10YearsAgile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodologyRequired5YearsExperience translating business and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user storiesRequired10YearsProficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process with developmentRequired10YearsExperience creating wireframes and prototypes (using applications such as Balsamiq)Required10YearsExperience with large multimodule systemsRequired5YearsExpertise with Microsoft Office products (Word Excel Access Outlook Visio PowerPoint Project Server)Required10YearsExperience with Application Lifecycle management (ALM)Required5YearsExceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customersRequired10YearsCertified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) CertificationDesired0Experience using Team Foundation Server for agile software development and work item trackingDesired0Experience with automated testing tools such as TestCompleteDesired0Expertise with Power platform Desired2Years
Questions
No.QuestionQuestion1Commonwealth of Virginia security policies prohibit the use of offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside within the US for the duration of the assignmentQuestion2Please list candidates email address.Question3In what city/state does your candidate PERMANENTLY reside Question4Does your candidate agree to attend an onsite interview if requested This is REQUIRED. Question5Does your candidate agree to work onsite 23 days/wk This is REQUIRED. Question6How soon after an offer can your candidate start

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