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***personal interview strongly preferred
Years of Experience:
Business Analyst consultant with 4 to 6 years of experience in business requirement gathering using interviews, meetings/workshops, business process analysis, use case scenarios, gap analysis, questionnaires and prototyping techniques.
Job Description:
This position will work with DMAS, VDH teams and other business users to develop requirements for various interface projects. In response to business requests for systems enhancements, modifications, and newly identified business initiatives; evaluates alternative strategies and recommends viable solutions that are compatible with current technologies and systems; develops requirements document; interacts and provides direction to developers doing work assigned to projects; provides assistance to users on how to use data; proactively identifies potential problems and issues by analyzing system reports and other available data; develops methods for improving system processes; designs test solutions; plans, coordinates and documents system testing; actively participates in unit testing of the applications; maintains documentation and records for assigned projects; participates in production problem resolution and makes suggestions for process improvement.
Specific Tasks:
• Elicit requirements for all interface projects.
• Critically evaluates information gathered from multiple sources and reconciles potential conflicts.
• Communicate and collaborate with customers to analyze information, business problem and automation needs.
• Translate the business requirements into functional design document including detailed business requirement, process flow diagrams, work flow diagrams, use-case scenarios, GUI/wireframes, prototyping and interface designs.
• Create deliverables and traceability matrix.
• Work with various stakeholders in planning, developing, implementing, training and supporting the interfaces.
• Maintain the requirement repository and requirement versioning.
• Assist in creating preliminary project plan, test plan and test cases.
• Liaison between the business users, technology teams and support teams.
Required Experience and Skills:
• Business Analyst consultant with 4 to 6 years of experience in business requirement gathering using interviews, meetings/workshops, business process analysis, use case scenarios, gap analysis, questionnaires and prototyping techniques.
• 3+ years in requirement analysis to reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• 3+ years in translating business requirements into detailed requirement document, process flow diagrams, workflow diagrams, use-case scenarios, wireframes, prototyping and interface designs.
• 3+ years in creating deliverables, traceability matrix, preliminary project plan, maintaining requirement repository and versioning.
• 3+ years in directly working and communicating with business users, technical team and multiple stakeholders on information distribution and collaboration.
• 3+ years in software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile based development methodology.
• 3+ years in MS Visio, MS Office and MS Project.
• Candidate should be an excellent team player and independently able to analyze and research to provide resolution for business problem.
• An excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers and subject matter experts is required.
Desired Additional Skills:
• Experience with HL7 messaging.
• Experience with web services and/or MQ’s.
• Experience with any interface engine like Orion Rhapsody.
Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Experience in business requirement gathering using interviews, meetings, business process analysis, use case scenarios, gap analysis techniques.
Required
5
Years
Reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
Required
3
Years
Translating business requirements into detailed requirement, process flow and workflow diagrams, use-case scenarios, wireframes and prototyping.
Required
3
Years
Creating deliverables, traceability matrix, preliminary project plan items, maintaining requirement repository and versioning.
Required
3
Years
Directly working and communicating with business users, technical team and multiple stakeholders on information distribution and collaboration.
Required
3
Years
Software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile based development methodology.
Required
3
Years
MS Visio, MS Office and MS Project.
Required
3
Years
Experience with HL7 Messaging
Highly desired
3
Years
Experience with web services and/or MQ’s.
Desired
2
Years
Requires exellent communication skills
Required
5
Years
Experience with any interface engine like Orion Rhapsody.
Highly desired
3
Years