Business Analyst, Advanced - 2219

 Advanced Systems Design is seeking a Business Analyst, Advanced for our client located in Tallahassee, FL.

This position is onsite in Tallahassee, FL, and requires in-person availability starting day 1. 

Job Overview:

• Coordinate developing project schedules, implementation plans, and documentation for computing asset remediation and present to management, customers, and technical staff.
• Lead User Acceptance and Florida PALM cycle testing; Confer with impacted personnel to ensure systems are performing as required.
• Oversee the development of testing strategies, data scenarios, and test plans to ensure functional requirements are addressed.
• Evaluate critical information gathered from multiple resources. Summarize detailed data into executive level formats as well as breaking down aggregate information into meaningful pieces.
• Develop standardized desk procedures that include the purpose, prerequisites, process flows and narratives of business processes.
• Help manage user stories, project backlog, sprint backlogs, participate in SCRUM meetings including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and sprint retrospectives within Azure DevOps.
• Produce deliverables including, but not limited to, project schedules, implementation plans, documentation for computing asset remediation, business requirements, program specifications, supporting business processes, data conversion and technical impact analyses, quality assurance, quality control, user acceptance.
• Use subject matter expertise, industry methodologies and best practices, and automated tools to analyze and make recommendations on behalf of the Department for required changes to complex financial-related business processes to align with the Florida PALM solution.
• Prepare business specifications to communicate Department specific functional requirements for remediation efforts and address dependencies with other interfacing computing assets and external stakeholder interfaces. 
• Assist in business process redesign and documentation as needed to support ongoing efforts in the Office of Work Program and Budget and Enterprise environment.
• Work with functional and enterprise system support staff during technical assessments of the Department's internal financial-related systems and interfaces from/to the Florida PALM solution as needed.
• Facilitate work sessions to elicit and prioritize remediation requirements. Identify any functionality seen as needed, but missing, in Department maintained systems. Include analysis of outstanding remediation requests.
• Translate high level business requirements into detailed business documents and/or functional specifications.

Required Qualifications:

• Candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of experience in business process reengineering and documentation. This experience must also be in a professional environment, preferably in a financial discipline.
• Candidate will be expected to describe multiple past experiences with business process tools and how they were deployed for a successful outcome that met customer’s objectives.
• Knowledge of financial management best practices which can be translated to transportation financial practices.
• Ability to produce legible and complete functional documentation in a way that thoroughly captures business processes and inputs/outputs of the applications.
• Ability to analyze and accurately and completely define processes and workflows to design efficient information solutions, including missing or duplicate functionality in existing applications.
• Ability to work effectively with users and a project team, to identify and document requirements for the maintenance, enhancement, or development of computer application systems, including technical overviews and context diagrams.
• Knowledge of relational database theories and concepts.
• Skill in testing complex applications and interpreting whether requirements and designs were met in the product.
• Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, and prioritize work assignments for him/herself or lower-level analysts.
• Skill in accurately preparing schedule estimates for requirements analysis and computer programming tasks in a computer application maintenance environment.
• Ability to work effectively with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Data Analysts, and Technical Architects to build efficient, viable solutions in the maintenance of business applications utilizing all established Departmental standards.
• Ability to prepare complex computer program specifications.
• Ability to prepare computer program test plans and to create test databases and test environments.
• Ability to interpret and communicate technical information related to computer programming and data processing, both verbally and in writing.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
• Experience working on accounting and financial computing applications and monitoring complex interfaces with external systems.
• Knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies and practices. 
• Knowledge of the SCRUM Framework. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure DevOps 
• Skill in performing QA reviews in determining that standards are met.
• Knowledge of Job Control Language (JCL), Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) panels, and supporting mainframe software.
• Skill in data conversion techniques, data cleansing approaches and validating data relationships.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or financial related field and 10 years professional work experience.
• Work experience can substitute on a year for year basis for the degree.
  • Special consideration will be given to candidates with Six Sigma certification or similar business analysis and engineering certifications.

Advanced Systems Design, Inc. is:

• A leading Information Technology provider for Federal, State & Local government agencies.
• A certified minority-owned small business government contractor with capabilities related to Public Health IT, Criminal Justice, Transportation, and Defense.
• A certified service-disabled veteran-owned company with a proud 42-year track record of providing successful innovative solutions for our government customers.
• A drug-free workplace in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. 
• Applicants who have a signed offer of employment or contractor agreement are subject to:
  • the pre-employment testing protocol:
    • background investigation
    • drug screening

Our Employees:

• Are actively working on next-generation technology projects with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, CDC, and a wide array of Federal, State, and Local agencies throughout the United States
• Are eligible for wide-ranging benefits and perks, including but not limited to:
  • Comprehensive Health Insurance with PPO and HDHP/HSA options
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Short/Long-Term Disability
  • Group Life Insurance - Company Paid
  • Voluntary Life Insurance
  • 401(k) Plan with Employer Match
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation/Sick)
  • Holiday Pay - Company Paid Federal Holidays
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Professional Certification Incentive Plan
  • Employee Referral Plan
  • Technology Exposure

For additional information regarding Advanced Systems Design, please check out our WEBSITE or click HERE for all current job openings.

Advanced Systems Design is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.