Systems Analyst 3
Job Location:
Job Location:
Richmond, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
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Posted on:
4 hours ago
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Job: System Analyst 3
Location: 1401 E. Broad St. Richmond VA - HYBRID
Interview mode: Both Web Cam and In Person Interview
***Local candidates only please.
***Candidate must be able to work onsite 4 days/week during an initial 90-day probationary period; there is a possibility of reduced onsite commitment after successful probation though some onsite presence will continue to be required weekly.
Client is seeking a Business Systems Analyst to work as a key member of the Design Team for IT projects. This analyst will support teams working in Agile (Kanban and Sprint) as well as traditional Waterfall methodologies for Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
Responsibilities:
- Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points.
- Develop expertise in the customers business applications
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis to identify system gaps and deficiencies that require a business technical or blended approach for resolution
- Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows context diagrams and data flow diagrams
- Discover and document requirements and user stories with a focus on improving both business and technical processing.
- Translate business needs into detailed user stories use cases process flows and other artifacts.
- Decompose requirements into Epics and Features and create clear and concise user stories that are easy to understand and implement by technical staff
- Strong Sense of ownership and accountability
- Utilize progressive elaboration; map stories to technical design specifications to be used by internal staff to develop the system modifications
- Identify and group related user stories into Themes document the dependencies and associated business processes
- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog
- Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups
- Create wireframes and prototypes.
- Propose alternative solutions that balance cost and benefit and adequately test a solutions feasibility for business and technical compatibility.
- Collaborate with staff vendors consultants and contractors as they are engaged on tasks to formulate detail and test potential and implemented solutions.
- Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives test plans and test cases and executing test cases (including regression testing)
- Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress
- Assist in validating system changes align with business requirements.
- Schedule facilitate and document meetings with cross-functional teams.
- Prepare agendas capture key decisions and action items and distribute meeting notes.
- Serve as the liaison between business users project managers developers and other stakeholders.
- Provide regular updates on progress risks and issues.
Required Qualifications:
- The candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience delivering business and systems analysis artifacts.
- 5 years of experience as an Agile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology
- Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs
- Experience translating client and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories
- Proficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process with development
- Experience with large multi-module systems
- Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word Excel Access Outlook Visio PowerPoint Project Server)
- Experience with Application Lifecycle management (ALM)
- The candidate must have exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers
- Experience in managing projects or workstreams independently.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience using Team Foundation Server for agile software development and work item tracking.
- Ability to create low and high-fidelity wireframes to visually represent user flows and functionality
- Experience building interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI Desktop.
- Strong experience in writing complex Sql queries for data extraction transformation and reporting.
- Certified Scrum Master or Equivalent experience running sprints & ceremonies.
- Ability to manage small-scale projects or workstreams independently.
- Experience using tools such as MS Project JIRA Confluence or equivalent.
Technical Skills & Tools (Required):
- Microsoft Office Suite( Word Excel Access Outlook PowerPoint)
- MS Visio
- Microsoft Project
- Power BI / Tableau
- Oracle SQL/ SQL Server
- Figma or Balsamiq
Extensive experience extracting requirements using interviews document analysis requirements workshops use cases. - Required 10 Years
Agile Business Analyst strong understanding of scrum concepts and methodology. - Required 5 Years
Experience translating business and product requirements into application requirements and user stories. - Required 10 Years
Strong capability in documenting and maintain acceptance standards to guide testing and ensure deliverable quality. - Required 10 Years
Exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and users. - Required 10 Years
Experience creating wire frames and prototypes(using Balsamiq or Figma). - Required 5 Years
Expertise with Microsoft office products Visio word Excel PowerPoint Project Server. - Required 10 Years
Strong experience in writing complex Sql queries for data extraction transformation and reporting. - Required 5 Years
Experience building interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI Desktop. - Required 5 Years
Experience in managing projects & Sprints as a Project Coordinator. - Required 5 Years
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP). - Desired 5 Years
Certified Scrum Master. - Desired 5 Years
Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or above). - Desired 5 Years
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