Business Analyst IV

Biogensys; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Biogensys is hiring a Business Analyst IV for a client in Phoenix, AZ. The role requires residing in AZ with office presence and acts as liaison between management, users, and technical staff.

The Senior/Lead analyst will guide project teams, gather requirements, write user stories, analyze processes, and recommend changes. You will collaborate with management, developers, and end users to deliver practical solutions on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Experience in gathering user requirements and writing user stories.
• Ability to lead teams and manage multiple projects.
• Familiarity with court case management systems or similar domains.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and lead business analysts to guide and oversee projects.
• Gather user requirements and write user stories
• Communicate with high-level customers
• Coordinate with management and system users to evaluate processes
• Gather requirements for functionality and create epics/user stories
• Provide recommendations to development during product design
• Conduct independent process analyses and recommend changes
• Troubleshoot problems as liaison with departments
• Analyze feasibility and develop requirements for new systems
• Manage change requests/backlog to meet deadlines and budget
• Collaborate with programming and systems teams to test/implement solutions
• Create reports for management as needed
• Produce open list of projects and tasks
• Use tools to create diagrams, wireframes, and specs
• Provide end-user training as needed
• Offer technical assistance to system users

Skills

Business requirements

Data analysis

Court case management

Agile development

Process documentation

Document design

Business communications

Software requirements

Communication skills

Stakeholder communication

Project leadership

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

SQL

Test-driven development

Project management tools

Job description

We are hiring a Business Analyst IV for one of our clients in Phoenix, AZ.

Job Description

The Business Systems Analyst Senior/Lead must reside in AZ as he/she will have an office presence for his/her job duties. Acts as the liaison between management, users, and technical professionals. The Business Systems Analyst Senior/Lead position provides functional analysis of judicial and business processes used to conduct operations and is responsible for the identification, development, and recommendation of business process changes and improvements. Positions at this level are responsible for more complex assignments that require considerable independent discretion and judgment and lead professional-level staff.

Essential Job Tasks

• Mentor and lead business analysts to guide and oversee their assigned projects.
• Gather user requirements and write user stories
• Communicate with high-level customers
• Coordinate, meet, and collaborate with management and system users to understand and evaluate judicial or business processes.
• Gather requirements for functionality, create epics and user stories, and analyze the impact of changes
• Provide suggestions to the development team during the development stage of the product to meet the client s business needs.
• Independently conduct judicial or business process analysis and needs assessments and provide corresponding recommendations for process and/or system changes.
• Troubleshoot problems as a liaison with other departments, divisions, and organizations, and recommend solutions.
• Analyze the feasibility of and develop requirements for new systems or enhancements to existing systems to ensure the system design fits the needs of the users.
• Manage change requests and backlog items related to project plans to meet deadlines; assist with overseeing the driving projects to completion within the agreed-upon time and budget.
• As needed, work closely with programming and systems employee groups to develop, test, and implement solutions or system modifications.
• Gather and format information to create reports for management or other purposes as needed.
• Develop, administer, and publish an open list of projects, problems, and assigned tasks.
• Use and specify tools to create project diagrams, flowcharts, and written specifications, including wireframe design. ? Participate in or provide end-user training, interpreting, and translating functional technical terms to make them understandable to the end user.
• This position may provide technical assistance to system users.

Skills Required

• Collection and analysis of business requirements
• Evaluating data collected through task analysis, business processes, surveys, and workshops
• Court case management systems or similar systems
• Agile development Skill in:
• Creating business process documentation of business processes to communicate process improvement opportunities
• Manipulating software to design and create documents
• Writing business communications
• Creating technical software requirements design documents
• Ability to:
• Create business process documentation to communicate process improvement opportunities
• Communicate information and ideas, both verbally and written
• Relate on the appropriate level to business staff, technical staff, and end users
• Lead small and medium-scale projects
• Think critically and analyze data to recommend creative solutions to business problems

Skills Preferred

• Our Preferred Candidate has:
• Experience in SQL
• Knowledge of test-driven development
• Project management experience
• Agile best practices
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Experience Required

• Three (3) years of business analyst experience or experience working with data and creating reports from data sets OR Combined education and experience qualifications:
• Other combinations of education and/or experience may be considered in substitution for minimum qualifications.

Education Required

• Bachelor s degree in criminology, Public Administration, Computer Science, or an IT or Social Science related field

Working Hours

• 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Additional Information

• Judicial Branch will complete background check.
• Candidate will be required to complete fingerprinting.
• On rare occasions, a BA may need to work late due to an after-hours deployment, but this is uncommon.
• I wanted to share this information to ensure the stated work hours do not deter candidates from applying or interviewing.
• We are looking for someone experienced who can take ownership of the project, lead the team, and demonstrate strong initiative.
• A few of the candidates also did not interview well and were unable to provide examples that showed competency in these areas.
• Because this is a senior-level position, we need someone who brings solid BA experience, can learn our environment-specific practices, and then work independently.
• Thank you! While performing the duties of this job, the employee may need to communicate clearly, perceive details of objects that are close by, and maintain various physical positions for extended periods, such as sitting, standing, or