Job Description

DataStaff, Inc. is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Des Moines, IA

*This position is remote

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The Business Analyst will participate in all phases of the Systems Development Lifecycle [SDLC] including eliciting and defining Requirements for Design, Development, Testing, & Implementation of software systems & processes, to meet the business needs.

Responsibilities:

• Working directly with business and technical teams to gather and document requirements for various systems and programs.
• Creating, presenting and maintaining user stories, acceptance criteria, and design documents in defined systems.
• Documenting, tracing, maintaining, prioritizing, and assessing changes to business practices, workflows, and associated system processes.
• Working closely with key decision makers, system owners, and end users, in support of core activities and critical business objectives.
• Conducting research to query data, analyze problems, and determine solutions, such as the installation of alternate methods and procedures, implementing changes in processing methods, or the redesign of products or services.
• Consistently updating project information, statuses, risks, issues, and timelines for reporting purposes.
• Working within an agile methodology framework with a focus on delivering value while adjusting rapidly to produce the most effective outcome.
• Working closely with stakeholders, product owners, end users, developers, and project team members to help drive projects to successful completion.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with a diverse group of team members, including executives, managers, IT professionals, and subject matter experts
• Experience delivering software as part of an Agile delivery team
• Strong ability to work effectively and autonomously against deadlines and potential priority shifts.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio
• Experience with requirement gathering software such as Azure DevOps, TFS, JIRA, or RTC.
• Ability to analyze business strategy and user needs, document specifications, and translate business objectives into proper system requirement specifications
• Guide stakeholders through business case development for new applications/functionality, including cost benefit analysis risks and issues, and impact analysis.
• Ability to recognize value through benefit realization, avoidance of cost, new opportunities, and organizational modernization.
• Experience with continuous process improvement via underlying technologies and system support.
• Strong ability to break down complex concepts into smaller, simply defined tasks, while maintaining a focus on end-to-end business processes.
• Work closely with other Business Units to identify and deliver Enterprise value.
• Skilled at consulting with executive-level stakeholders to define business needs or problems.
• Experience providing consulting services to governmental entities is a plus.

Required Skills:

• 8 Years - Experience working on large, complex IT systems as either a project manager, business analyst, or scrum master
• 8 Years - Experience eliciting requirements, writing user stories & design docs, defining acceptance criteria, testing outcomes, and facilitating communication between business stakeholders, developers, and project teams.
• 6 Years - Experience with SDLC procedures and system development methodologies
• 6 Years - Experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities
• 6 Years - Excellent task management skills. Ability to balance and manage multiple tasks, with changing priorities, in a cross-functional environment.
• 6 Years - Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting established deadlines
• 6 Years - Experience with Application Lifecycle Management [ALM] tools; Microsoft\'s Team Foundation Server (TFS), Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Azure DevOps (ADO), Atlassian\'s Jira, IBM\'s Rational Team Suite (RTC), or similar.
• 8 Years - Bachelor\'s degree in; Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or related field, and/or relevant years of experience. Master\'s degree preferred

Desired Skill:

• 4 Years - Certifications such as CBAP, PMP, or PMI-ACP are a plus

• 4 Years - Working experience with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio or other relational database software.

This position is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.

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