Business Analyst Specialist - Local to Texas
Posted 4 days ago by Rudra Enterprise LLC
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote
Summary: The Business Analyst Specialist position is an expert role focused on reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating business systems and user needs, particularly for the WIC MIS system. The Lead Business Analyst will guide a team in documenting requirements, conducting gap analyses, and implementing project plans to enhance system functionality. This role requires significant experience in business analysis and project management, with a strong emphasis on collaboration with both technical and non-technical staff. The position is remote but requires candidates to be local to Texas.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide day-to-day direction to assigned staff and collaborate with technical and non-technical teams to document requirements.
- Create and implement project plans that support the WIC MIS system and result in system requirement documentation.
- Track and report on project milestones, manage project risks and issues, and lead team members to achieve project objectives.
- Guide the team in reviewing the WIC MIS system, analyzing complex processes, and coordinating the gathering and documentation of requirements.
- Work under limited supervision with considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgment.
Key Skills:
- 10 years of business analysis experience, including requirements elicitation and documentation.
- Knowledge of project management frameworks.
- Understanding of large-scale IT operations and industry trends.
- Ability to define all types of requirements and functional specifications.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to negotiate among multiple parties.
- Capability to create clear and actionable requirements documentation.
- Attention to detail in documenting system functionality and regulatory requirements.
- Experience with government regulations or compliance frameworks (preferred).
- Experience in project management and leading teams (preferred).
- Graduation from a relevant four-year college or university (preferred).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Expected Duration: 8 months / 1000 hours
Location: Remote (Austin, TX) Need local to Texas only
I. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
The Specialist position is considered an expert position that has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or unique skillset in a particular area. The Business Analyst reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Experienced with business process re-engineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective. Familiar with industry standard business process mapping, and re-engineering. Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, buy/build, etc. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.
Brief Job Description:
- Under the direction of the WIC Technology Administration Director, the Lead WIC Business Analyst (BA) provides day-to-day direction to assigned staff and works closely with both technical and non-technical staff to plan, assess and document requirements.
- The Lead BA is responsible for creating and implementing a project plan that includes business and gap analysis work that supports the WIC MIS system and results in system requirement documentation.
- Responsibilities include tracking and reporting on project milestones; identifying, managing, and escalating project risks and issues; and leading team members, as well as technical and non-technical subject matter experts to deliver project objectives.
- The Lead BA guides the team in reviewing the WIC MIS system; analyzing complex technical and business processes, prioritising needs; and coordinates the gathering, development, and documentation of requirements.
- This position works under limited supervision with considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgement.
Essential Job Functions:
- Develops, manages, and implements the WIC MIS requirements documentation project plan. Coordinates all project activities, including reviewing the current MIS, translating current MIS functionality into usable system requirements, gathering and documenting business needs and system requirements, and performing a gap analysis of existing system documentation against federal, state and program requirements. Utilizes project management methodologies to develop a plan for the creation and documentation of business requirements for the existing WIC MOSAIC system, ensuring accuracy and effective communication with leadership and relevant stakeholders. (40%)
- Provides support, direction and guidance to team members in analyzing current systems and supporting documentation to develop business requirements and conducting a gap analysis of existing system functionality documentation against current documentation and program requirements. (25%)
- Develops expertise and assist team members in developing expertise in the assigned application, obtain stakeholder sign-off on requirements and priorities, (20%)
- Collaborates daily with team members to monitor progress, proactively identify issues, and report status. (10%)
- Other duties as assigned (5%)
II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity. | ||
| Years | Required/Preferred | Experience |
| 10 | Required | 10 years Business analysis experience, including requirements elicitation and documentation |
| 10 | Required | Knowledge of Project Management Framework |
| 10 | Required | Knowledge of large-scale IT operations and information technology industry trends. |
| 10 | Required | Skill in defining all types of requirements, functional specifications, and other deliverables. |
| 10 | Required | Skill in interpersonal relationships, ability to negotiate among multiple parties, resolve conflicts, and maintain effective working relationships with various levels of personnel |
| 10 | Required | Ability to create clear, complete, and actionable requirements documentation. |
| 10 | Required | Ability to ensure accuracy in documenting system functionality and regulatory requirements. |
| 8 | Preferred | Skill in interpersonal relationships, negotiate among multiple parties, resolve conflicts, and maintain effective working relationships with various levels of personnel |
| 5 | Preferred | Minimum 5 years of experience working with government regulations or compliance frameworks. |
| 5 | Preferred | Minimum 5 years of experience in project management |
| 5 | Preferred | Minimum 5 years of experience leading a team or workgroup |
| 5 | Preferred | Skill in policy interpretation and translating regulations into system requirements. |
| 5 | Preferred | Skill in requirements elicitation techniques such as reviewing current MIS functionality and translating into requirements |
| 4 | Preferred | Graduation from a four-year college or university with major coursework in business, communications, computer science, computer information systems, management information systems, or a related field. |
| 2 | Preferred | Experience with gathering management information system requirements at a large organization |
| 2 | Preferred | Experience creating solicitation or contract requirements |
| 1 | Preferred | Preferred PMI-PBA or IIBA CBAP |