IT Business Analyst 2 - Project Initiation

Job Description

We have a position for a IT Business Analyst 2 - Project Initiation with one of our clients in Atlanta, GA for an initial contract duration of 10 months. US citizens and all those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply.

Under general supervision, the IT Business Analyst (BA) analyzes enterprise-wide customer business needs & participates in the planning, design & implementation of new or enhanced systems or reporting/analysis on multiple IT development projects.

• Our Client seeks a Business Analyst (BA) who will primarily assigned to compiling and documenting scope/statement of work and other documentation to facilitate new IT procurements/contracts.
• **Only candidates with proven working experience with the following will be considered:**
• A scope/statement of work defines the applicable boundaries, requirements, activities/tasks, deliverables/milestones, terms and conditions, etc. for purchasing goods/services. The BA will incorporate or gather requirements and related exhibits/appendices. BA will collaborate with business, IT, IT Security, Legal, and Procurement/Legal stakeholders. BA will obtain and assess vendor provided agreements and related materials. BA will prepare any additional documents as needed to facilitate procurements. BA will facilitate reconciling any conflicting items between parties. BA will assist in gathering and documenting selection criteria for proposal evaluations. Candidate shall represent Client  interests and comply with Ethics/Code of Conduct rules of the Client. Candidate will be preparing materials to support procurements but will not be participating in the actual Client  evaluation, selection, or contracting processes.
• As time permits, BA may be assigned to Client  IT Project teams to gather and translate business needs into in-house custom developed product/solution requirements. The BA will work hand-in-hand with business, project, and management teams. BA will solicit, understand, and analyze business needs, data, objectives, and processes. BA will translate user need into materials for successful IT initiation, design, and development. BA will conduct user interviews and joint-application-development (JAD) sessions. BA will identify business “pain points” and rank user stories/use cases potential to improve business effectiveness/performance. BA will clarify and document IT project scope, current/future state, business/application workflows, functional/system requirements, system interaction diagrams, reporting and training requirements, data mapping, logical data models, metadata, screen mock-ups, and test cases. BA will actively participate in the software development life cycle (SLDC) and transfer information to IT Project teams. BA will be responsible for demonstrating requirement traceability within work products. BA will validate requirements were met within developed products and facilitate completion of user acceptance testing. BA will assist project manager in getting dates from business units to complete reviews.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in the demand management process to assist the business in establishing business cases, scope, and requirements relating to requests for new systems or existing system changes
• Primarily support IT acquisition of products or services by developing scope/statements of work, compliance documents, and procurement documents
• Consults with project teams and architects to identify currently know solutions or performs market research
• Gathers information/documentation from vendors or contractors
• Translates business needs into requirements and functional/non-functional specifications
• Gather, clarify/define, and document scope, business scenarios, workflows, requirements, etc.
• Conduct interviews, workshops, and JAD sessions
• Analyzes and validates business requirements and processes, identifies opportunities for process enhancement to benefit the Department, identifies gaps in information
• Uses a structured process to define priorities and opportunities and/or works with stakeholders to define the minimum viable product (MVP) and options for improvements via subsequent phases
• Produces required work artifacts
• Communicates and presents client’s business requirements to implementation teams
• Creates systems models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and system architects
• Works with the team to define acceptance criteria or other metrics/performance goals for the system
• Provides status updates, completes weekly work time logs, updates work tickets weekly
• Provide estimates and target dates for task completion for incorporation into project schedules or work tickets

Skills

Required

• BS/BA in a relevant discipline (Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, etc.)
• IT busines analysis work experience in software development, project management, or technology implementations/support
• Experience with Microsoft Office Professional, including Visio
• Experience with data and business process analysis
• Experience in developing statements/scope of work for contracting and procurement
• Work experience in reviewing software license, service, or support level agreements
• Experience with procurements or solicitations, developing scopes of work or statements of work.
• Strong analytical/technical skills, able to provide impact/risk assessments
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and collaboration skills
• Strong problem solving and organizational skills
• Detail oriented, analytical mindset
• Able to manage multiple projects/tasks at once; Results oriented and highly organized; Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interviewing, active listening, communication, presentation, moderating meetings, and interpersonal skills - influencing, negotiating, etc.
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to prepare presentations and write scope/specifications for procurement/contracting
• Able to provide portfolio or examples of scopes of work or statements of work they prepared.