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INTRODUCTION

Telework is permitted on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Staff will be required to report onsite on Wednesdays.

OBJECTIVES OF ENGAGEMENT:

The primary objective of this engagement is to serve as an IT Business Analyst for PDMP projects. The individual will need to:

• Plan and facilitate requirement sessions with stakeholders to understand and capture requirements based on enhancement requests.
• Be comfortable working with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Possess strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Produce all necessary deliverables and artifacts as defined by the project.
• Plan and facilitate other project-related meetings as needed.
• Serve as the liaison between the technical teams and stakeholders during the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Drive the process forward and ensure all risks and issues are escalated appropriately.
• Possess a strong understanding of IT Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK).

The IT Business Analyst is a Senior level resource with specialized knowledge and experience in requirements analysis and documentation, test case planning and testing, coordinating communications and project tasks, while acting as liaison between customer program areas and IT teams. This position will work with business analysts, application developers, and DBAs to achieve project objectives - delivery dates, cost objectives, quality objectives, and program area customer satisfaction objectives. The position is responsible for:

• Driving identification of requirements across business units and identifying substandard systems processes through evaluation of real-time data.
• Constructing workflow charts and diagrams; studying system capabilities and writing specifications.
• Serving as a thought leader for technical business processes, developing forward-thinking systems prototypes that promote increased efficiency and productivity on multiple levels.
• Performing, evaluating, and communicating thorough quality assurance at every stage of systems development.
• Determining and developing user requirements for systems in production, to ensure maximum usability.
• Working with the testing team to provide SME inputs to the testers and assist in testing when needed.
• Assisting with the development of training documentation and preparing for and/or conducting training when needed.
• Maintaining documentation on the project SharePoint site.
• Conducting Facilitated Workshops for requirements analysis.
• Knowledge of formal requirements gathering methodologies.
• Developing Business Requirements - project initiation document, what the needed achievements will be, and the quality measures.
• Developing Functional requirements - describing what the system, process, or product/service must do in order to fulfill the business requirements.
• Developing User (stakeholder) requirements - which are a very important part of the deliverables, ensuring the needs of the stakeholders are correctly interpreted. This deliverable can also reflect how the product will be designed, developed, and define how test cases must be formulated.
• Developing Quality-of-service (QoS) (non-functional) requirements - requirements that do not perform a specific function for the business requirement but are needed to support the functionality. For example: performance, scalability, QoS, security, and usability.
• Developing Requirements Traceability Matrix - a cross matrix for recording the requirements through each stage of the requirements gathering process.
• Possessing strong organization and writing skills.
• Developing graphic representations of complex business processes.
• Analyzing data and performing statistical analysis.
• Working with users to develop and implement improved business processes.
• Determining issues within a system and conveying them in both written and verbal form.
• Acting as the liaison for the PDMP and the system vendor to communicate PDMP system issues identified by the Commonwealth and its users.
• Using legislation and prior experience to act as a Subject Matter Expert to guide and influence the growth of the PDMP system.
• Acting as the lead tester of the PDMP on behalf of the Commonwealth by conducting system testing and developing user acceptance test scripts.
• Reviewing test results performed by PDMP and other Commonwealth staff.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Seven (7) plus years of relevant experience working closely with stakeholders directly engaged with technical initiatives.
• A four (4) year college degree or equivalent.
• IT Analyst certification through the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) - Highly desired.