Business Analyst
Richmond, Texas, United States of America
Contract
2 hours ago
$50 - $60 USD
Key skills
SQLIntegration TestingAzureAzure DevOpsOracleSQL ServerAgileScrumKanbanCommunication
About this role
5+years of BA Experience in IT projects. Must have strong oral and written communication skills. IT software/application project experience required.
VDOT - Asset Management Team is looking to fill a Business Analyst position with a candidate with the following skills and Experience
5+years of BA Experience in IT projects. Must have strong oral and written communication skills. IT software/application project experience required. Looking for a candidate with the specific skills/experience listed below
5+years of BA Experience in IT projects. Must have strong oral and written communication skills. IT software/application project experience required. Looking for a candidate with the specific skills/experience listed below
- Analytical Thinking
- Review, Analyze complex process and systems and break them down into manageable parts.
- Has strong problem-solving skills - finds root causes, and not just symptoms.
- Technical Proficiency
- Familiarity with enterprise software - like, Oracle, SQL Server.
- Understanding of databases (SQL), APIs, Data Flow Diagrams.
- Not necessarily a developer but should have a strong understanding of how IT systems work.
- Requirements Gathering Proficiency
- Strong experience in conducting stakeholder interviews and workshops.
- Skilled at writing clear, testable, functional, and non-functional requirements.
- Strong familiarity and previous experience with using Azure DevOPS (TFS) for creating and managing agile items - Product backlog, Epics, Features, User Stories, Tasks AND Test Plans and Test Cases.
- Prepare diagrams explaining the modifications so that both technical staff and executive management can visualize and understand what must be done. Experience creating wireframes or visualization examples (Visio) from requirements.
- Agile/Waterfall Knowledge
- Should be previous experience in working with Agile/Scrum (including SAFe) AND Waterfall projects.
- Other Required and demonstrated work skills
- Can translate from tech talk (Developers) to business users and business talk (Stakeholders) to developers.
- Writes clear documents and delivers strong presentations.
- Can handle pushback, negotiate priorities, and resolve conflict diplomatically.
- Experience with Business Process Modelling - using/documenting Swim Lane and Flow Chart Diagrams.
- Experience in rolling out new systems/processes and managing user adoption.
- In addition to performing system integration testing (IT Testing), assists with User Acceptance Testing.
Skills Table:
Agile Business Analyst; Stong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodologies
Required
5
Years
Well versed with Scrum and Agile, Scaled Agile and Kanban methodologies
Required
5
Years
Technical experience in organizing and maintaining sprint and product backlogs
Required
5
Years
Technical experience translating client and product strategy requirement into application requirements and user stories.
Required
5
Years
Documenting high level Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases and execution of test cases.
Required
5
Years
Ability to analyze and document business and system processes.
Required
5
Years
Prior State of VA IT Business Analyst Experience Strongly preferred
Highly desired
Have a strong understanding of multi tiered applications
Required
5
Years