Job ID :
9008
Company :
State of Iowa
Location :
DES MOINES, IA
Type :
Contract
Duration :
4 Plus Months
Salary :
Open
Status :
Active
Openings :
1
Posted :
20 May 2016
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Short Description:  Business Analyst with emphasis on Data Analysis. 

Complete Description:  Will be working under the direction of a project manager on a project for IWD but also spans other departments.  The project will be high profile and high pressure so a senior experienced resource is required.

The project is centered around application development but will require the discovery of business processes, process flows and complex mathematical computations.   The resource will work closely with the business as well as the application development team.

The methodology could follow either Waterfall or Iterative.   

The Business Analyst designs and documents work flow, manages and provides solutions to new business unit ideas, trends, and concepts appropriately through the latest technological paths. The business analyst understands the customer’s business requirements and business process management, and then translates them to particular IT requirements.

Overall:  Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Documents requirements, defines scope and objectives, and formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies.  Knowledgeable with relational database concepts, and client-server concepts. Familiarity with system integration and complex technical solutions.  Activities to include data analysis, business rules determination, programming and data verification.

Duties and Responsibilities
•Collecting and analyzing the project’s business requirements and transferring the same knowledge to development team.
•Evaluating the data collected through task analysis, business process, surveys and workshops.
•Providing suggestions to the development team during the development stage of product to meet the client’s business needs.
•Preparing accurate and detailed requirement specifications documents, user interface guides, and functional specification documents.
•Communicating effectively with external clients and internal teams to deliver product’s functional requirements like screen, interface, and GUI designs.
•Documenting the acquired results of analysis and workflows as well as obtaining sign-off from the appropriate client.
•Coordinating with the groups of business unit who test, validate, evaluate new applications and functions, and determine issues in services and software.
•Managing any change requests related to the working project plans daily to meet the agreed deadlines.


Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Demonstrated experience gathering requirements for an application development project
Required
8
Years
Experience working on a project with complex calculations
Highly desired
8
Years
Ability to parse/manipulate data using tools such as Excel, Access, SQL loader, etc.
Required
5
Years
Ability to interpret customer requirements, lead/participate in data mapping sessions with customer, recommend solutions and document data mapping req
Required
5
Years
Ability to map, migrate, test and analyze data for import
Required
5
Years
Ability to interact with customer to verify business rules and/or clarify data analysis
Required
5
Years
Analyze and document business processes and flows
Required
8
Years
Experience working with an Agile methodology or some form of iterative development
Highly desired