Business Analyst

Job Description:
Required Skills and Experience
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxRequired: Experience with Waterfall Methodology – 5 years
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxRequired: Experience with writing use cases and requirements documents – 5 years
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxRequired: Experience with developing business requirements – 5 years
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxRequired: Experience with developing functional requirements – 5 years
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxRequired: Experience business process re-engineering – 4 years
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxHighly Desired: Experience in business change management – 3 years
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxHighly Desired: Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) – 3 years

Specific Duties:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxCollects, analyzes, and documents business rules, processes, and legislation. 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxLeads business requirements gathering sessions with business and technical resources for complex system development projects.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAnalyzes legislation or other business documentation (e.g. policies/procedures, RFPs, etc.) to determine necessary IT system changes or changes to business processes required to meet the objectives of an agency initiative.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWorks with business users to develop and implement improved business processes for their application to an IT system in support of agency program policy.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWorks with users to develop or enhance system requirements.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxPrepares or reviews detailed functional specifications for complex IT systems development or enhancement projects to be used by developers for system coding. 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxParticipates in the development of detailed functional specifications for highly complex system development and enhancement projects.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxPrepares use cases or other types of requirement’s documentation.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAssists with system testing.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAssists with preparation of system change requests.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAssists with the planning and prioritization of system changes.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAssist with the creation of training materials. 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTroubleshoots system, data, or process problems. 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWorks with development and database teams to identify opportunities for data migration and correspondingly documents any necessary business rules.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWorks with development and database teams to identify opportunities for integration and correspondingly documents any necessary business rules.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxPrepares mock-ups to provide visual aids for requirements gathering.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxPrepares process flows to document for As Is and To Be business processes.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxPerforms basic SQL queries (as needed) for analysis purposes.