Business Analyst[LOCAL TO IL]

Title: Business Analyst

Location: Springfield IL (Hybrid travel likely to be 2x a month)

Visa: Any Visa except CPT TN and GC

Duration: 2 year

Interview Type: Video (2 rounds)

Travel Requirement: Up to 25% on average. Consultants work remote until needed at the client location.

**All candidates authorized to work in the US without sponsorship are eligible to apply**

Brief Project Description

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is replacing their legacy SACWIS system with a Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) solution that allows DCFS to leverage advances in cloud-hosted technology mobility and security and is compliant with federal requirements. The DCFS CCWIS Project has defined a comprehensive set of requirements based on federal and DCFS program requirements and research conducted with other states. DCFS has partnered with CSG Government Solutions to provide PMO including User and Release Acceptance test management services for the project. The PMO team is responsible for executing day-to-day project management activities testing planning and testing coordination.

Position Description

CSG is seeking Business Analysts with 3 years of Child Welfare experience to join our consulting staff. You will work on highly productive project teams delivering our services to state government agencies nationwide.

Responsibilities include

Working as a member of a project team functioning as a business analyst for large-scale technology projects utilizing agile methodologies

Facilitating the elicitation and documentation of business requirements and joint application design sessions

Facilitating User Story Acceptance sessions in conjunction with DCFS Product Managers

Reviewing functional and technical requirements and design specifications

Analyzing business processes and workflows

Conducting quality reviews of design documents and user stories

Conducting quality reviews of test plans and procedures

Participating in refinement of user stories with the product teams

Analyzing requirements traceability throughout the system development life cycle

Creating project documentation including meeting minutes deliverables project status reports and presentations

Tracking issues risks action items and decisions using standard project management techniques and tools

Communicating project issues and risks to the project management team

Qualifications include

3 years of business analyst experience in one or more of the programs above

Expertise with MS Office Suite (Word PowerPoint Excel Visio Teams)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience with hybrid agile methodologies (SaFE agile experience is a plus)

Experience using and configuring Application Lifecycle Management tools (e.g. Microsoft Azure DevOps Atlassian Jira) is preferred

Familiarity with Comprehensive Child Welfare Information Systems (CCWIS) or Statewide and Tribal Automated Child Welfare Information Systems (S/TACWIS) is preferred