Job description

Job Title: Business Analyst- Expert (Remote)
Location: Raleigh NC
Duration: 12+ Months

Job Description:
The client seeks an Expert Business Analyst to support the business case development, procurement, process improvement and requirements analysis, testing and implementation for new software solution projects for client.

Primary tasks include:

Identify and document stakeholders, data flows, and current and future state process flows.
Gather, document, validate, and maintain business, functional, and technical/non-functional system requirements needed as input to market analysis, software procurement, and solution development.
Translate client's business needs into agile themes, product backlogs, epics, user stories or detailed business requirement documents and use cases depending on development approach.
Work with Product Owner, business SMEs to groom user stories and define acceptance criteria to ensure that stories meet the team-defined definition of ready.
Work with vendor or internal developers and testers to confirm the functionality meets the story's acceptance criteria.
Participate in gap analysis and detailed requirement development efforts.
Assist the Business/Product Owner in planning, preparing for and conducting user acceptance testing, including developing test scenarios and test cases.
Perform requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle to support user acceptance testing and production rollout.
Develop procurement documents such as Requests for Proposals, Requests for Quotes, Statements of Work, and Requests for Information.
Support vendor proposal evaluation efforts and assist in documenting evaluation results.
Support process improvement initiatives
Perform market research for proposed automation projects.
Support options analysis and business case development for proposed automation projects.
Document meeting agendas and notes.
Facilitate requirements gathering meetings
Support project manager in maintaining project artifacts and developing status reports.
Support the development of surveys, assessment tools, project methodologies, policies and procedures
Maintain SharePoint site for each assigned project
Perform other analysis assignments as assigned

Skills:

Skill	Required/Desired	Amount	of Experience
Extensive knowledge of business system techniques and testing methodologies for software development	Required	7	Years
Demonstrated experience in gathering business requirements and development of business rules and process flow.	Required	7	Years
Proven experience with business process design, definition and/or re-design.	Required	7	Years
Solid understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid development frameworks, including BA role	Required	7	Years
High proficiency in Microsoft Office products (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Visio and SharePoint	Required	7	Years
Knowledge creating Context, Data Flow, and Functional Decomposition Diagrams	Required	7	Years
Experience in planning & coordinating user acceptance testing including developing and executing test scenarios and test cases	Required	7	Years
Experience facilitating small to large meetings	Required	7	Years
Demonstrable analytical skills and attention to detail	Required
Excellent verbal and written communication skills	Required
Excellent creative thinking and problem-solving skills	Required
Working knowledge of Jira and OpenText Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Quality Center (QC)	Required
Experience in development of procurement related documents including RFP/SOWs, evaluation criteria as well as vendor evaluation	Highly desired
Experience working for State government	Highly desired
Behavorial Health, Healthcare or Medicaid/Managed Care experience	Highly desired
Experience using Microsoft Project	Highly desired
Technical Test planning, writing test cases/scripts, and test execution experience	Desired