Job Title: IT Business Analyst
Location: Painted Post, NY
Duration: 1+ year
Description:
- The IT Business Analyst takes a leadership role in engaging with internal business customers to elicit and manage requirements and participates in the delivery of solutions that meet or exceed business needs.
- Collaboration with internal business customers, various internal IT service delivery departments and third-party implementation partners is an essential aspect of this role.
Primary IT Focus Area:
- Develops and maintains appropriate knowledge of best practices, tools and processes for the design and deployment of custom public-facing web applications, mobile applications, collaboration platforms, and integration / interoperability of those technologies with enterprise business systems (SAP/PS).
- Maintains working knowledge of industry standards and trends in customer facing commercial and collaboration solutions.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
- Utilizes IIBA/BABOK Business Analysis industry best practices and tools to elicit, document, analyze, validate, and prioritize business requirements using both Waterfall and Agile delivery models
- Works with functional and technical teams to achieve business and project objectives
- Develops a strong understanding of as-is and to-be business processes through self-directed relationship management
- Collaborates with IT Solutions Architecture and IT Engineering teams to ensure solution & process designs meet or exceed business goals
- Participates in solution selection initiatives using market research, RFI/RFP/RFQ and KT evaluation methodologies
- Participates in and influences project delivery estimation activities
- Analyzes, identifies and/or recommends opportunities for process and workflow efficiency gains and consistency
- Ensures high-quality systems, processes and services
- Participates in test planning of new solutions or system enhancements and coordinates/participates in the implementation process
- May recommend project acceptance, modification or rejection based on test results
Required Education:
- BS in Computer Science/Systems Management or other IT-related field
Required Experience:
- 5+ years working knowledge in the following areas:
- Executing all deliverables of the Business Analyst role
- Delivering solutions using the software delivery lifecycle management framework
- Working in team environments to design, select/build and implement IT solutions for
- Custom public-facing web applications
- Commercial, off-the-shelf applications
- Mobile-friendly web applications
- Solution selection & configuration of SAAS/Cloud applications and implementing automated integrations
- Developing requirements in both Waterfall and Agile delivery models
Required Skills:
- In-depth knowledge of IIBA/BABOK Business Analysis industry standards
- Requirements management in Waterfall, Agile and SDLC delivery models
- Leading solution selection processes such as RFI/RFP and KT Analysis
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent technical and non-technical documentation skills
- Ability to clearly interpret, translate and communicate technical and business processes and terminologies to ensure business value is clear and deliverable
- Problem-solving, research and analytical abilities
- Knowledge of IT security principals
Desired Skills:
- Usability design best practices including wireframes, design mock-ups, voice of customer reviews
- Knowledge of industry best practices in application development
- Project leadership skills to successfully coordinate all aspects of project delivery
- Professional certifications in Business Analysis and/or Project Management
- Experience with reference architectures
- Experience developing business cases & opportunity evaluations
- Experience working in a large enterprise environment
- Ability to mentor less experienced Business Analysts
- Familiarity with infrastructure requirements and design
- Familiarity with both cloud and on premise integration solutions