Long term contract
Richmond, VA 23219
In-person Interview Required
Business Analyst required with to support software development IT Projects
ON SITE REQUIRED: 2 days in the week. Parking is NOT provided for contractors.
Pls note: Both Web CAM (Virtual ) and IN PERSON IVs required
- Strong Communication Skills: A Business Analyst needs to communicate with nearly everyone and consider everybody’s needs and concerns. At the same time, they should ensure a shared understanding of the product vision and requirements.
- Flexibility and Adaptability: A Business Analyst must learn to continuously self-reflect and think how best they can contribute to the team. They should be able to easily adapt to new and changing requirements by doing detailed analysis beforehand.
- Knowledge of Different Tools and Techniques: A Business Analyst must conduct real-time collaboration, make estimates and reports. A good grasp of the different tools and techniques available is a crucial skill to become aBusiness Analyst.
- Facilitation skills: Theability to effectively facilitate meetings for requirement gathering is vital.
- Technical knowledge: Whilenot mandatory, having a technical background can be beneficial, especially when working with development teams.
DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform all tasks related to business analysis, conduct analysis, determine problems, identify business needs, elicit requirements, and manage stakeholders to meet business and project objectives. During execution, they facilitate the implementation of the Product, service, or result of the project.
- Act as the link between the Business Owner and the technical IT team.
- Define project scope and risk analysis.
- Facilitate collaboration and knowledge transfer between stakeholders and the development team.
- Track metrics like user adoption and engagement to identify areas for improvement.
- Facilitate and or participate in user acceptance testing and business validation discussions and meetings.
- Help break requirements (or user stories) into Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
- Help development team understand bigger picture.
- Convert business requirements into business process flows and functional requirements.
- Create deliverables such as:
- Business Requirement Document
- Context Diagram
- Dateflow Diagram
- Business Case
- Decision Brief
- Current and future State Diagrams
- Process Diagrams
- Test Cases and/or Scripts
- Training and Education materials
- Requests for Proposals
- Evaluate and test developed solutions to ensure compliance with requirements
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Exp with Business Analysis (use cases)
Required
5
Years
Exp with Business Process Flow documentation
Required
4
Years
Knowledge of Different Tools and Techniques for Business Analysis
Required
5
Years
Exp with both Waterfall Methodology
Required
5
Years
Facilitation skills
Required
4
Years
CBAP Certification
Highly desired
3
Years
Technical knowledge
Highly desired
3
Years
Strong Communication Skills
Required
5
Years
Product Management
Nice to have
3
Years
