IT Business Analyst (687932)
About the Opportunity
- We are only considering US Citizens and Green Card holders for this position. We are unable to sponsor for this role.
- We are only considering local candidates who currently reside within 45 minutes of postal code 17015
- No Third Party Agencies
- $71 per hour 1099, $55 per hour W2 + benefits
- 100% On-site in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- Job Id: OST-687932
- Must be able to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination plus booster shot
- Contract Term: Till end of the 2023 fiscal year with yearly extension based upon performance
Short Description
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections (DOC) is seeking an IT Business Analyst to assist the technical staff in gathering and documenting the system functional and system requirements for new development projects and enhancements to existing applications for DOC and Pennsylvania Parole Board (PPB) users. The ideal candidate must have 5+ years of experience using Waterfall Methodology, writing use cases and requirements documents, and developing business requirements.
Required Skills/Years of Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience with Waterfall Methodology
- 5+ years of experience writing use cases and requirements documents
- 5+ years of experience developing business requirements
- 5+ years of experience developing functional requirements
- 4+ years of experience with business process re-engineering
Desired Skills/Years of Experience:
- 3+ years of experience with business change management
- 3+ years of experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS)
- 1+ years of experience with Agile methodology
Complete Description
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections (DOC) is seeking an IT Business Analyst to assist the technical staff in gathering and documenting the system functional and system requirements for new development projects and enhancements to existing applications for DOC and Pennsylvania Parole Board (PPB) users. The ideal candidate must have 5+ years of experience using Waterfall Methodology, writing use cases and requirements documents, and developing business requirements.
The IT Business Analyst will be tasked to:
- Assist the technical staff in gathering and documenting the system functional and system requirements for new development projects and enhancements to existing applications for DOC and Pennsylvania Parole Board (PPB) users
- Use the Waterfall methodology for tracking project work (sprint planning and development efforts)
- Elicit and document requirements in a Waterfall environment
- Collect, analyze, and document business rules, processes, and legislation
- Lead business requirements gathering sessions with business and technical resources for complex system development projects
- Analyze legislation or other business documentation (policies/procedures, RFPs, etc.) to determine necessary IT system changes or changes to business processes required to meet the objectives of an agency initiative
- Work with business users to develop and implement improved business processes for their application to an IT system in support of agency program policy
- Work with users to develop or enhance system requirements
- Prepare or review detailed functional specifications for complex IT systems development or enhancement projects to be used by developers for system coding
- Participate in the development of detailed functional specifications for highly complex system development and enhancement projects
- Prepare use cases or other types of requirements documentation
- Assist with system testing
- Assist with preparation of system change requests
- Assist with the planning and prioritization of system changes
- Assist with the creation of training materials
- Troubleshoot system, data, and process problems
- Work with development and database teams to identify opportunities for data migration and correspondingly document any necessary business rules
- Work with development and database teams to identify opportunities for integration and correspondingly document any necessary business rules
- Prepare mock-ups to provide visual aids for requirements gathering
- Prepare process flows to document for As Is and To Be business processes
- Perform basic SQL queries (as needed) for analysis purposes
- Perform related work as required
Hiring Expectations
- We are only considering US Citizens and Green Card holders for this position. We are unable to sponsor for this role.
- No Third Parties
- Right to Represent authorization is required
- Expect technical interview screening
- Expect F2F interview
- Background check and/or credit check will be required