Business Analyst (100% Remote)

Position Description:

CGI is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with strong technical, testing and consulting skills to join a fun, supportive and dedicated team that provides systems support for a California State client. This career opportunity is located in Sacramento, CA but is 100% Remote.
The person who fills this position will join the team primarily to help with batch support, triaging service desk tickets and lead design changes. This work requires an understanding of the client's back-end business processes. A strong understanding of SQL is required.
The candidate will also be responsible for designing and executing system test scripts to validate defect fixes and new functionality within a given release schedule. By assuming this role, the candidate will have the opportunity to grow into a lead Subject Matter Expert position.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

The Senior Business Analyst will be responsible for duties that include:• Providing on-call functional support during nightly batch processing, which includes analyzing batch failures and assisting operational and development peers with resolution as needed. • Analyzing and resolving service tickets• Collaborating with other business analysists, subject matter experts and developers to determine solutions for new or improved functionality• Documenting new or improved functionality• Designing and executing test scripts• Providing functional support for other testers

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Required experience includes:• Four-plus years' experience with State or local government projects• Two-plus years' experience with automated payroll/financial systems• Familiarity with batch processing and support• Sound knowledge of concepts like exception handling and job resolution• Experience in defect management and triage processes• Experience in creating and updating online user procedures• Familiarity with web services and interfaces• Ability to work closely with client to establish requirements for system improvements

Skill set/Years of experience/Proficiency level

Supporting Batch Processes
4+ Years

Triage and Defect Management
4+ Years

Maintaining Online Procedures
4+ Years

Requirements Development
3+ Years

Experience with Webservices and Interfaces
2+ Years

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/NON-ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED

Desired qualifications include:• Experience with creating and executing test plans, test scenarios/cases• Experience contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle• Detail oriented with a commitment to producing high quality work• Self-motivated with excellent planning experience • Works well independently and within a team environment• Excellent oral and written communication skills• Experience with writing and executing SQL statements• Solid skills in MS Office, specifically Word, Excel and SQL• Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence• Knowledge of Advantage HRM and/or Financial software

Skill set/Years of experience/Proficiency level

Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence
Any
JIRA and Confluence are the system documentation repositories of record

Experience with writing/executing SQL statements
2+ Years

Experience in all development lifecycle phases
2+ Years

Creating/executing test plans/scenarios/cases
2+ Years
Such experience results in more in-depth understanding of functionality

Defect tracking software and processes
2+ Years
HP ALM or any test product is a plus

Est. Salary Range (Colorado Only): $56,000-$110,000*

*Disclaimer: In accordance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, effective January 1, 2021, a good faith hourly or base salary range must be posted for all positions where the work may be performed in the state of Colorado. Therefore, this good faith salary range will only apply where this described position will be performed in the state, and should not be considered the compensation range in other locations or for other positions.

At CGI we call our professionals "members" to reinforce that all who join our team are, as owners, empowered to participate in the challenges and rewards that come from building a world-class company. CGI's benefits include:• Competitive base salaries • Eligibility to participate in an attractive Share Purchase Plan (SPP) in which the company matches dollar-for-dollar contributions made by eligible employees, up to a maximum, for their job category • 401(k) Plan and Profit Participation for eligible members • Generous holidays, vacation, and sick leave plans • Comprehensive insurance plans that include, among other benefits, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, out-of-county emergency coverage in all countries of employment; • Back-up child care, Pet insurance, a Member Assistance Program, a 529 college savings program, a personal financial management tool, lifestyle management programs and more

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Skills:

• Business Analysis
• Confluence
• Jira

What you can expect from us:

Insights you can act on

While technology is at the heart of our clients' digital transformation, we understand that people are at the heart of business success.

When you join CGI, you become a trusted advisor, collaborating with colleagues and clients to bring forward actionable insights that deliver meaningful and sustainable outcomes. We call our employees "members" because they are CGI shareholders and owners and owners who enjoy working and growing together to build a company we are proud of. This has been our Dream since 1976, and it has brought us to where we are today - one of the world's largest independent providers of IT and business consulting services.

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