Short Description:
The Business Analyst is responsible for the set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization.
Complete Description:
INTERVIEWS ARE FACE TO FACE , no exceptions . The interviews will be held on 7/25 at 9, 10 and 11 am.
Resumes are due to the manager on 7/17.
This is a long term assignment thru June 2016
The Business Analyst is responsible for the set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and to recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.
BA
Years of Relevant Experience:
7 plus years
Preferred Education:
4 year college degree or equivalent and IIBA-certified Business Analyst.
Role Description:
All roles specified plus additional work experience, job knowledge, and IIBA certification.
The ODPS has estimated that it will require one (1) full-time resource to provide up to one thousand seven hundred fifty (1750) hours for Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15), and two thousand (2000) hours in FY16.
1. Strong communication/ leadership skills.
2. Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience.
3. Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.
4. Have excellent oral and written skills/possess strong meeting and work session facilitation skills.
5. Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, the ability to manage time and resources to meet assigned deadlines.
6. Have strong understanding of prioritization stemming from the elicitation of system and/or user requirements.
7. Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving and decision-making skills.
8. Must be knowledgeable in the English language/speak clearly and understandably using the English language.
9. Exceptional conflict management skills.
10. Clarify ambiguous user requirements to create clear and verifiable system requirements.
11. Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a fast paced environment.
12. Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel, SharePoint, Visio and Project.
13. Self- motivated, results driven, and commitment oriented. Builds strong working relationship with SME’s, Development and QA teams.
14. Interact with Subject Matter Experts (SME) and conduct Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions to clarify business requirements.
15. Assists QA team defining test strategy, acceptance criteria, bug fixing and issue resolution.
16. Knowledge of UML diagrams- business model diagram, process flow, flow charts etc. (should be familiar with MS Visio).
17. Maintain project plan, issues log, action item log, meeting agenda, meeting minutes and other artifacts as required to do job.
18. Collaborate with development team to create design specification in business requirements. (Capture additional requirements based on design, capture global rules for system consistency).
19. Experience in coordinating and supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
20. Assist with end-user training and create any training artifacts if needed.
Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Experience working with end users to define requirements and provide technical advice and assistance in large scale environment
Required
6
Years
Experience interviewing non technical end users to determine and document current business process flows
Required
6
Years
Experience in Business Process Re-engineering
Required
5
Years
Experience mentoring and BA knowledge transfer to staff
Required
5
Years
Experience collaborating with supporting resources across business and or functional lines
Required
6
Years
Experience working with user requirements to create clear and verifiable systems requirements
Required
6
Years
Experience in extensive knowledge of Microsoft EXCEL, Sharepoint,, Visio and Project
Required
6
Years
Experience conducting joint Application Development (JAD) sessions to clarify buisiness requirements
Required
6
Years
Experience with UML diagrams-business model diagram, process flow flow charts etc, i.e. Visio Diagrams
Required
5
Years
Experience in coordinating and supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Required
5
Years
Experience working with development team to create design specification in business requirements
Required
5
Years
Experience as a SME in the vehicle title issuance process
Highly desired
8
Years
Experience in an Ohio county titling office
Highly desired
8
Years
Excellent interpersonal skills
Required
8
Years
Detailed, analytical, planning, problem solving and decision making skills
Required
8
Years
BA Certification
Desired
Experience in Team Foundation Server
Desired