Business Analyst 4 – Contract Position

BranCore Technologies, LLC; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

BranCore Technologies, LLC in Richmond, VA seeks an experienced Business/Systems Analyst to lead requirements elicitation, SDLC documentation, and Agile delivery. You will collaborate with business stakeholders and developers to define clear requirements and ensure on-time, quality software solutions.

The ideal candidate will write and execute test plans, participate in design scrums, and create artifacts like requirements definitions and process maps to align business needs with technical

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in business and systems analysis, requirements documentation, and agile development.
• Experience defining and documenting user requirements from multiple sources.
• Experience supporting application development, maintenance, and implementation.
• Experience defining and documenting business processes and mapping or developing processes in a new system.
• Experience manually testing web applications and ensuring quality.
• Ability to write and execute test plans and scripts.
• Experience conducting meetings and documenting project decisions.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally.

Responsibilities

• Conducts project initiation activities to identify new problems and objectives related to computer applications and identifies issues to be addressed in the Requirements Definition Phase.
• Conducts requirements elicitation and documentation for new applications or enhancements to current applications.
• Works with business and Information Systems staff to determine needs and produce an SDLC compliant Requirements Definition document that clearly defines the requirements within the established time frame.
• Ensures documented requirements are clear, concise, complete, and meet established agency guidelines and standards.
• Attends application design and development scrum meetings to represent business needs and requirements during design and development processes.
• Write and execute system test plans to verify the system meets all documented requirements.

Skills

Business analysis

Systems analysis

SDLC

Agile / Scrum

Requirements documentation

User requirements

Testing

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Team Foundation Server

Job description

Contract Length: 8 months with the possibility of extending based on performance.
**Richmond, VA candidates are required.

ONSITE REQMT: 4 workdays on site, 1 day remote.If selected they may be required to attend occasional in-person meetings on site if scheduled on remote days.

In person interviews are required.

ROLE DESCRIPTION, DAY TO DAY:

• Conducts project initiation activities to identify new problems and objectives related to computer applications
  and identifies issues to be addressed in the Requirements Definition Phase.
• Conducts requirements elicitation and documentation for new applications or enhancements to current
  applications.
• Works with business and Information Systems staff to determine needs and produce an SDLC compliant
  Requirements Definition document that completely and clearly defines the requirements within the
  established time frame.
• Ensures documented requirements are clear, concise, complete, and meet established agency guidelines and standards.
• Assists with the development of applicable processes and templates as needed and directed by project leadership to ensure documentation is in a standard, easy to use, and repeatable format.
• Attends application design and development scrum meetings to represent business needs and requirements
  during design and development processes.
• Write and execute system test plans to verify the system meets all documented requirements.
• Perform manual testing on web applications and verify successful completion of test plans.
• Create testing plans to confirm that application meets requirements and design specifications.
• Document bugs and application insufficiencies with sufficient information to allow a developer to reproduce issues so they can be corrected.
• Assist with the development of user testing scripts for User Acceptance Testing.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Extensive experience in business and systems analysis, requirements documentation, system development life cycle, and agile application development methodologies such as Scrum.
• Extensive experience defining and documenting user requirements from multiple sources, with the ability to prepare complex documents to effectively relay these requirements to both business users and developers.
• Extensive experience supporting application development, maintenance, and implementation, systems analysis and design, and business process improvement.
• Extensive experience defining and documenting business processes and mapping or developing processes in a new system.
• Experience manually performing testing on a web application.
• Considerable experience in testing complex systems to determine that business needs are met.
• Ability to write and execute test plans and scripts according to identified standards.
• Experience conducting meetings and documenting project decisions.
• Ability to identify and document bugs or insufficiencies in a web application.
• Ability to successfully participate in a development team, help foster a team environment, and effectively communicate both orally and in writing.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Familiarity with web application software development projects using .Net.
• Familiarity with documenting requirements in Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

Required/Desired Skills

• Extensive experience in business and systems analysis, requirements documentation, system development life cycle, and agile application development. Required, 8 Years
• Extensive experience defining and documenting user requirements from multiple sources, prepare complex documents to effectively relay requirements. Required, 8 Years
• Extensive experience supporting application development, maintenance and implementation, systems analysis and design, and business process improvement. Required, 8 Years
• Extensive experience defining and documenting business processes and mapping or developing processes in a new system. Required, 8 Years
• Considerable experience in testing complex systems to determine that business needs are met.
  Required, 8 Years
• Experience conducting meetings and documenting project decisions. Required, 8 Years
• Ability to successfully participate in a development team, help foster a team environment, and effectively communicate both orally and in writing. Required, 8 Years
• Familiarity with web application software development projects using .Net. Desired, 2 Years
• Familiarity with documenting requirements in Microsoft Team Foundation Server. Desired, 2
  Years