HBITS 07-14475 Business Analyst Expert

Job Description

Project/Program Name:
Expert Business Analyst working for NYS Information Technology Services on behalf of the NYS Department of Transportation to work with various agency stakeholders and ITS Technical team to gather business and technical requirements.

Day-to-Day Tasks:
Work with Agency/Business Users to develop/document new business strategies and models.
Demonstrate up-to-date expertise in Information Systems and apply this to the development execution and improvement of action plans by providing advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices.
Support and align efforts to meet customer and business needs.
Manage customer relationships and expectations by developing a communication process to keep others up-to-date on project results.
Stay current with customer needs and strategies; utilizing formal and informal written communication methods (for example emails newsletters PowerPoint presentations executive updates task lists updates) to communicate updates and findings; and facilitating project meetings and presentations to all types of diverse audiences (for example senior management Customers technical staff).
Participate in multiple projects by completing and updating project business and technical documentation; determining daily priorities; ensuring efficient and on-time delivery of project tasks and milestones; following proper escalation paths; and customer and vendor relationships.
Collaborate with team members and peers by articulating ideas and viewpoints driving the resolution of issues.
Identify create and facilitate process design changes by conducting business and systems process analysis and design at a complex level.
focusing on quality improvement and data management; ensuring data
is reliable and valid developing process improvements or reengineering
and recommending elimination; integrating new systems and processes with existing ones; and partnering with internal and external teams and peers to ensure systems provided meet the long-term business strategies.
Provide and support the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders. Identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands organizational changes and new responsibilities
Provide project level analysis producing required project analysis
documentation (business requirements scope matrix use cases sequence diagrams future state proposals UAT plan)
Collaborate closely with developers to implement the requirements
provide necessary guidance to testers during QA/QC process
Identify improvement opportunities (proactive and reactive)
Elicit and clearly document business and systems requirements
Assess business process and system inefficiencies
Identify ways to increase adoption and customer satisfaction
Participate fluency in business processes and process differentiation
Analyze and synthesize business requirements including recognizing
patterns and conceptualizing processes
Understand and negotiate needs and expectations of multiple stakeholders
Serve as a liaison between Business Vendors and ITS to assist or
gather business requirements needed for system modifications
enhancement and implementations.
Assist with development and execution of test plans
Support system conversions upgrades enhancements
Develop Business Cases: gather document and obtain sign-off on business requirements; work with ITS technical team resources to identify proposed technical solutions to meet the business requirements while aligning with ITS Technical and Security Policies; and organize
the analysis of information about costs/benefits advantages/ disadvantages and technical feasibility of designing and implementing
proposed solutions.

Mandatory Qualification:
Business Analyst -
Analyzes an organization or business domain (real or hypothetical) and documents its business or processes or systems assessing the business model or its integration with technology with distinct deliverables to a solution.

Expert -
84 months: Candidate is able to provide guidance to large teams and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field.

Requested Qualifications:
- 24-month Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) experience implementing and managing enterprise asset management systems for large-scale infrastructure projects. Example: Thousands of complex assests types across multiple program areas.
- 6-month experience with New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) or any other state. Minimum 2 years working directly with NYSDOT systems and process.
- 36-month Tableau Analytics experience Advance proficiency in Tableau for creating dashboards reports and data visualizations for transportation analytics.
- 36-month Data Migration Expertise Experience migrating legacy Microsoft access databases to modern data warehouse repositories and enterprise data platforms.
- 24-month Geospatial Information System (GIS) experience. Gather requirements for various data components to generate comprehensive reports map point-to-location data and compile documentation on conditions within the geospatial information system framework.
- 84-month experience with Document Management systems platforms and services including implementation administration and governance.
Experience in Tableau for data visualization dashboard creation and business intelligence reporting.
- 36-month experience with OBIEE Requirement Analysis. Experience gathering and documenting business intelligence requirements for OBIEE implementations translating business needs into technical specification.
- 84 month working as a Business Analyst with agencies/business areas to understand business requirements to produce functional and non-functional specifications according to Project Management Industry standards and Secure System Development Lifecyle (SSDLC).
- Bachelors Degree in business accounting IT or any related field.