State of VA- VDOT – Associate Business Analyst (803759)

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Title/Role: VDOT Associate Business Analyst

Worksite address: Richmond VA

Interview Type: In Person Only

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Short Description:

**This role requires candidates to be local to Richmond VA and available to work on site up to five days per week based on business needs.

** MUST HAVE - Previous VDOT experience.

Position Description

Required: Previous VDOT experience related to Business Analysis Management Analytics and/or Power Apps/Power Automate.

Key Responsibilities

• Support efforts to understand customer processes pain points and business needs by participating in discussions with stakeholders and technical teams.
• Build foundational knowledge of business applications and organizational data management concepts to better support customer focused
  analysis.
• Assist in identifying root causes of system issues by gathering information reviewing documentation and conducting basic process analysis.
• Help diagram current-state processes and proposed improvements using process flows context diagrams and data-flow diagrams under the direction of senior analysts.
• Contribute to documenting requirements user stories and acceptance criteria with a focus on accuracy and clarity.
• Support the decomposition of traditional requirements into Agile Epics Features and User Stories that clearly reflect user needs.
• Assist in mapping user stories to technical design documents ensuring clarity and alignment between business goals and technical specifications.
• Help identify related user stories dependencies and priorities in collaboration with senior analysts and the Product Owner.
• Support backlog refinement activities by maintaining well-organized user stories and requirements documentation.
• Participate in testing activities including helping draft test objectives test plans and test cases.
• Execute basic functional and regression tests and document results to support solution quality.
• Help coordinate and facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) including capturing stakeholder feedback and communicating progress to project leads.
• Recommend and assist in implementing internal improvements to BA team processes including creating or enhancing tools and workflows using Power Apps or Power Automate.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in business Information Systems Computer Science Public Administration or related field; or in equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Internship or academic project experience involving business analysis requirements documentation process mapping or solution evaluation.
• 0 to 2 years of experience in business analysis project support data analysis or related work.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to document information clearly.
• Foundational understanding of Agile and traditional Waterfall SDLC concepts.
• Basic understanding of data analysis and organizational data structures.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work collaboratively and receive guidance in a team environment.
• Curiosity initiative and willingness to learn VDOT systems processes and analysis standards.