IT Business Analyst (694943)
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 17101
- No Third Party Agencies
- $64 per hour 1099, $55 per hour W2 + benefits
- 100% On-site in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Job Id: OST-694943
- 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 Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking an IT Business Analyst to work with the customer and development team under the direction of a project manager to ensure the system functions as desired. The ideal candidate will possess 4+ years of supporting software in a Production Environment and handling customer reported issues, 4+ years of conducting full system testing with overall functionality, and 1+ year of experience working on a Scrum Team or Agile Environment.
Required Skills/Years of Experience
- Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience
- 4+ years of experience with requirements gathering
- 4+ years of experience supporting software in a Production Environment and handling customer reported issues
- 4+ years of experience conducting full system testing with overall functionality
- 4+ years of experience developing business requirements documentation
Desired Skills/Years of Experience:
- 1+ year of experience working on a Scrum Team or Agile Environment
- 1+ year of experience working with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Complete Description
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking an IT Business Analyst to work with the customer and development team under the direction of a project manager to ensure the system functions as desired. The ideal candidate will possess 4+ years of supporting software in a Production Environment and handling customer reported issues, 4+ years of conducting full system testing with overall functionality, and 1+ year of experience working on a Scrum Team or Agile Environment.
The IT Business Analyst will be tasked to:
- Work on a Scrum team or similar Agile development team
- Implement automated testing practices and software, such as Selenium
- Demonstrate strong organization and writing skills
- Assist with training, developing user guides, or other business analyst activities when necessary
- Create user stories, tasks, and bugs in Azure DevOps Studio or similar software
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills and work with users and client as necessary
- Participate in facilitated workshops for requirements analysis
- Test or document requirements related to accessibility of a software application
- Implement formal requirements gathering methodologies
- Develop business requirements (project initiation document, what the needed achievements will be, and the quality measures)
- Develop functional requirements (describe what the system, process, or product/service must do to fulfill the business requirements)
- Develop User (stakeholder) requirements
- Develop quality-of-service (non-functional) requirements (requirements that do not perform a specific function for the business requirement but are needed to support the functionality)
- Apply testing accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1)
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