CL - Business Analyst - Advanced

Job Description: Max Budgeted Bill Rate: NA

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
Due to the volume of agency financial and administrative systems that need to be migrated to agency standard platforms upgrade and streamline upgrade aged components and modernization efforts additional staff is needed to support these efforts and system implementation. The team will work to align business needs with current and future state to ensure systems are set up and supported following industry best practices to ensure strategic initiatives and compliance with federal and state regulatory laws and ensure business continuity.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Emphases for the System Business Analyst (BA) candidate will be part of a team focusing on agency efforts to understand current and future state associated with agency financial and administrative systems. The BA will need to learn system capabilities analysis data and reports work with system owner and SME to define business and technical requirements and work breakdown. This role supports project team by performing administrative tasks such as taking meeting minutes developing and reviewing draft project documents task tracking communicating with stakeholders and general assistance for assigned managers. The candidate will work in a team environment with other Information Technology staff and Program Area system Owners and Subject Matter Experts (SME).

Specific duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:
Study and learn system capabilities assigned associated with Financial and administrative systems
Work with Program Area System Owners to learn their business requirements and needs
Prepare and manage project documents.
Scheduling stakeholder meetings and facilitating communication between the project team and stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.
Support project team to help them complete project tasks.
Monitoring project progress and creating project status reports for Finance and Operations and Office of Information Technology.
Create supporting work requests in ticketing system when needed to support a project task or other approved solution like DevOps
Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures.
Problem solving to resolve minor issues without assistance and escalation.
Assist with ensuring customer and technical needs are met as the project advances.
Create a positive project outlook to keep the team motivated.
Managing project management documents such as without limitation the project plan schedule work breakdown lessons learned or scope statement as assigned.
Support team members when implementing risk management strategies.
Develop reporting and dashboard capabilities using excel and Power Bi.
Adheres to Information Technology application development standards and security requirements.
Assist with gap analysis of current state to future state to ensure business and process requirements are meet
Work with Finance Program Area System Owners and Subject Matter experts to learn their business functions processes and needs
Update SharePoint content associated with system collaboration sites
Assist with system validation to ensure technical requirements are met.
Assist with production rollout to ensure minimal disruption of services.
Assist with the system software life cycle process
Work with Finance Program Area and IT to present key information for improvements.
Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures
Assist with development of policies and procedures to conform and comply with agency standard cyber security policy design related to information risk management designation of data as to criticality confidentiality and protection. (NIST NA053 FISMA SC InfoSec Requirements etc.)
The position will be utilized for 40 hours per week for the duration of this project. The selected candidate should be able to work flexible hours where it may be necessary for work to be completed outside traditional business hours.
The candidate will work closely with the Assigned Manager to identify prioritize and schedule workload and implementation to IT standards and procedures. The candidate will work closely with Finance and Operations staff and subject matter experts for the system design and testing.

This will also include compliance to DPH security policy/procedures as well as integrating systems when possible to streamline staff workflows user security and data correction.

Module support of the project.

DPH will require that selected personnel sign the DPH confidentially agreement and/or Business Associate (BA) agreement if applicable. All web services must be secure.
DPH will not accept any offers including an uplift charge. The rate paid per consultant must not exceed the maximum rate established for this position described in the State contract terms.
Contractors must be onsite during each week throughout the term of the contract.
Follow agency IT Standards policies and procedures to include documentation.
All source code (compiled and uncompiled) will become the sole property of the South Carolina Department of Public Health. Any source code data product or functionality resulting from this SOW or previously owned/developed by DPH will remain the sole property of DPH and is not to be incorporated into the core product of any vendors application. Any modifications and interfaces developed under said contract will be not be used by the contractor for any independent project of the contractor or published or publicized by the contractor without written permission of DPH.
DPH has the final say on all programming choices.
Payment Schedule:
All timesheets shall be entered and approved in a timely manner per State contract terms. The State will not pay any extra costs (i.e. Travel employee benefits insurance room and board etc.) for temporary employees under this contract.

DPH Support:
DPH will provide:
All required information including formulas data and mechanisms to check output.
Staff to assist with any application or data questions.
Conference rooms and scheduling for any application demos.
Workstation and required software.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
1. Ability to analyze and document business and system processes using various methods and tools.
2. Knowledge of Information Technology Field best practices organization and operations
3. Expertise designing implementing and supporting Enterprisegrade technical solutions meeting complex business requirements
4. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS.
5. UNDERSTANDING OF IT DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS
6. MS OFFICE (WORD EXCEL POWERPOINT VISIO) MS SHAREPOINT MS OFFICE 365
7. Ability to deal effectively with the needs of technical peers technical and user management users vendors and staff members and to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written form
8. Project Methodology

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
1. MS PROJECT MS DEVOPS
2. Experience with security and data classification related to CDC HIPAA and CJIS.
3. EXPERIENCE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARD INFORMATION SECURITY PRACTICES

REQUIRED EDUCATION: Bachelors or Masters Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent work experience.
Additional Sills: 1. MS PROJECT MS DEVOPS2. Experience with security and data classification related to CDC HIPAA and CJIS.3. EXPERIENCE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARD INFORMATION SECURITY PRACTICES Skills: Administrative Interpersonal Skills Yes 9 Expert Currently Using 4 6 Years Administrative Verbal Communication Skills Yes 4 Expert Currently Using 4 6 Years Administrative Written Communication Skills Yes 4 Expert Currently Using 4 6 Years Database Platforms MS SharePoint Yes 6 Advanced Currently Using 4 6 Years Miscellaneous Ability to analyze and document business and system processes using various methods and tools. Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 4 6 Years Miscellaneous Ability to deal effectively with the needs of technical peers technical and user management users vendors and staff members and to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written form Yes 7 Advanced Currently Using 4 6 Years Miscellaneous KNOWLEDGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIELD BEST PRACTICES ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS Yes 2 Advanced Currently Using 4 6 Years Miscellaneous Project Methodology Yes 8 Advanced Currently Using 2 4 Years Packaged Applications MS Office (Word Excel PowerPoint Visio) Yes 6 Advanced Currently Using 4 6 Years Packaged Applications MS OFFICE 365 Yes 6 Advanced Currently Using 4 6 Years Specialties Expertise designing implementing and supporting Enterprisegrade technical solutions meeting complex business requirements Yes 3 Expert Currently Using 4 6 Years Specialties Understanding of IT development and implementation projects Yes 5 Advanced Currently Using 4 6 Years