Business Analyst

Integrated Technology Strategies is a provider of information technology consulting. Digital transformation, improving business performance, developing strategies and enhancing value is at the core of what we are. Integrated Technology Strategies is looking to hire a Business Analyst to be a part of our Consulting team.

We are looking for Business Analyst who will work as part of a agile development team. Major Responsibilities: Business Analyst staff augmentation consultant to assist the technical staff in gathering and documenting the system functional and system requirements for new development projects and enhancements to existing applications.

BA primarily uses the Waterfall methodology. While we use Agile methodology for tracking project work (sprint planning and our development efforts), the candidate must have skill and expertise in eliciting and documenting requirements in a Waterfall environment. Experience with both waterfall and agile project methodologies is encouraged, Agile is not required.

Specific Duties: Collects, analyzes, and documents business rules, processes, and legislation. Leads business requirements gathering sessions with business and technical resources for complex system development projects. Analyzes legislation or other business documentation (e.g. policies/procedures, RFPs, etc.) to determine necessary IT system changes or changes to business processes required to meet the objectives of an agency initiative.

Works with business users to develop and implement improved business processes for their application to an IT system in support of agency program policy. Works with users to develop or enhance system requirements. Prepares or reviews detailed functional specifications for complex IT systems development or enhancement projects to be used by developers for system coding.

Participates in the development of detailed functional specifications for highly complex system development and enhancement projects. Prepares use cases or other types of requirements documentation. Assists with system testing. Assists with preparation of system change requests. Assists with the planning and prioritization of system changes.

Assist with the creation of training materials. Troubleshoots system, data, or process problems. Works with development and database teams to identify opportunities for data migration and correspondingly documents any necessary business rules. Works with development and database teams to identify opportunities for integration and correspondingly documents any necessary business rules.

Prepares mock-ups to provide visual aids for requirements gathering. Prepares process flows to document for As Is and To Be business processes. Performs basic SQL queries (as needed) for analysis purposes. Performs related work as required.

Required Skills

Required: Experience with Waterfall Methodology – 5 years Required: Experience with writing use cases and requirements documents – 5 years Required: Experience with developing business requirements – 5 years Required: Experience with developing functional requirements – 5 years Required: Experience business process re-engineering – 4 years Highly Desired: Experience in business change management – 3 years Highly Desired: Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) – 3 years