Application Business Analyst or Senior Application Business Analyst

South Dakota State Government; Pierre (SD); Remote; USD 54,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6% retirement match

Life insurance $25,000

Job summary

Bureau of Information and Technology in South Dakota seeks an IT/Business Analyst to elicit, analyze, and document critical business requirements for state agency projects. You will collaborate with stakeholders to reduce costs and improve efficiency, with responsibilities spanning data modeling, testing coordination, and translating requirements into software specs.

The role offers a pathway from IT4 to IT6 with duties including mentoring, QA involvement, and liaison work across multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and SDLC implementations.
• Knowledge of MS tools and data analysis is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document critical business requirements.
• Coordinate systems testing, QA, and user acceptance testing.
• Translate business needs into software requirements.
• Collaborate with agency leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Business analysis

Agile/Scrum

SDLC

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, information systems, or related field

Tools

MS Visio

MS Visual Studio

SQL

Power BI

.NET Framework

Job description

Job ID: 37728

Agency: Bureau of Information and Technology

Location: Sioux Falls; Aberdeen; Pierre; or Rapid City, SD

Salary: $27.12 -$40.86, depending on qualifications

Pay Grade: 06

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

This is a Full-Time 40 Hours Weekly position with the Bureau of Information and Technology - Agency and Application Support, Public Health Pillar. For more information on the Bureau of Information and Technology, please visit https://www.sd.gov/bit .

Are you a talented, creative IT business analyst, interested in working in a team atmosphere to help solve our clients' most complex issues? Are you interested in working in one of the hottest areas of the market today, creating new solutions for our clients?

The Bureau of Information and Technology has full-time permanent positions in the State of South Dakota for Application/Business Analysts. With us, you can have a rewarding career on every level. In addition to challenging work, you'll have the opportunity to provide meaningful services to the people of South Dakota, participate in a range of diverse initiatives, and receive the support, coaching, and training necessary to advance your career.

Benefits of working for the State of South Dakota include:

• 6% fully matched retirement plan. Includes long term disability and family survivor benefits;
• $25,000 paid life insurance;
• ability to maintain a great work/life balance with flexible work schedules and generous leave policies;
• stable industry sector;
• little to no travel.

The successful candidate will work as part of a team and with state agencies to elicit, analyze, and document their critical business requirements. The goal is to reduce overall costs and provide more efficient use of resources. Solutions often include a platform and software development component and may also consist of business process improvements or software acquisition.

Business Analyst level assignment, payrate, and classification will depend on the experience and qualifications of the applicant.

If hired in as an IT4 - Application/Business Analyst, the incumbent will be paid an hourly rate between $27.12 and $33.89. The scope of work encompasses one or more projects, agencies, functions and/or business processes. Primary responsibilities include:

• assessing and documenting systems and business requirements, functions, and governance rules;
• communicating regularly to agency leadership, project management team members and stakeholders;
• coordinating plans for systems testing, quality assurance, and user acceptance testing;
• extracting data, designing and implementing data models, and interpreting results to identify patterns and apply business context;
• identifying and reporting issues to the attention of relevant stakeholders and project management;
• producing artifacts, including user stories and acceptance criteria, story maps, data flows, process flows, etc.;
• translating business requirements into software requirements.

If hired in as an IT6 - Senior Application/Business Analyst, the incumbent will be paid an annual rate between $68,256.72 and $85,315.68. Duties in this classification will be similar; however, project complexity and oversight may change. Successful applicants in this role apply depth of knowledge and skill in complex and varied work situations with limited need for direction. Additional duties may include but are not limited to:

• assisting and mentoring junior business analysts to understand and document requirements;
• testing for quality assurance (QA) in projects and applications and validating developed features against requirements;
• collaborating with developers to implement requirements, provides necessary guidance to testers during QA process;
• establishing standards for testing, user stories, use case and documentation standards for use in projects;
• leading the execution of documented test cases and ad-hoc analysis and testing of systems, coordinating testing results, and re-testing as required;
• operating across multiple projects simultaneously to address production issues and design new applications;
• partnering with and supporting the Operations, Security, and Development IT teams to ensure that overall strategic goals are achieved;
• serving as a liaison between users of applications and the developers of applications in the analysis, design, configuration, testing, and maintenance of case management systems to ensure optimal operational performance;
• supporting pre- and post-production release issues, including defect resolution, emergency enhancement requests, and data patching;
• translating conceptual user requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers/project team.

Note, remote work may be possible for the selected candidate.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

A Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, information systems, or related field or equivalent experience related to the position's role is preferred. Experience in Agile/Scrum Methodology, software development life cycle (SDLC) implementations, and executing the SDLC against large system implementations is beneficial. Experience facilitating meetings and discussion groups of various sizes, with all levels of organizations as well as leadership and project management are also beneficial. Successful applicants should have experience in Microsoft products (MS Visual Studio, Visio, .NET Framework, SQL, Power BI, Project). Experience in Health and/or Child Support-related systems is optional but desired.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• understanding of technical problems and solutions in relation to the current and future business environment;
• knowledge of business structures, processes and existing systems to use technology in process improvements;
• understanding of State IT Security standards;
• knowledge of industry standards, such as Project Management Institute and International Institute of Business Analysis;
• strong attention to detail and documentation tracking skills;
• strong project management, relationship building and communication skills;
• understanding and negotiating the needs and expectations of multiple stakeholders;
• knowledge of the regulatory and compliance requirements to ensure needs are addressed in the business requirements definition.

This position is eligible for Veterans' Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.

Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment.

The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information here . This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.

South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources and Administration

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