Business Systems Analyst

Devalitix; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Devalitix in Washington, DC is seeking a Sr. Business Analyst to serve as the liaison between the government client and technical teams. This individual will be responsible for defining, analyzing, and managing business needs while collaborating closely with various stakeholders.

The successful candidate must demonstrate strong analytical capabilities and the ability to communicate effectively across functional and technical departments. Understanding of both Waterfall and Agile methodologies is required.

Qualifications

• The candidate must demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication is necessary for collaborating with business and technical teams.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks while maintaining quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements analysis, validation, and verification.
• Elicit requirements using a variety of methods including interviews and document analysis.
• Communicate effectively with business units to define system requirements.

Skills

Business requirements analysis and systems analysis

Knowledge of Serena Version Manager and Serena Business Manager

Analytical thinking and problem solving

Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly

Understanding of web-based application delivery

Process-oriented with attention to detail

Experience with Waterfall and Agile methodologies

Tools

iRise

HP ALM

Job description

Looking for a Sr. Business Analyst that will serve as the liaison between the government client and the technical system engineering and system test teams. This person will be responsible for eliciting, analyzing, validating, specifying, verifying, and managing the business needs of the stakeholders, including internal Users and filers. The successful candidate will work closely with business units, subject matter experts and technical resources to identify business needs, define projects, develop requirements, report results and execute or manage the effort to completion.

• Lead requirements analysis, validation and verification, ensuring that requirement statements are complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible, unambiguous, and verifiable actionable.
• Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, questionnaires, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and existing system analysis.
• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate (both verbal and written) with business units that rely on that information to define system requirements or organizational processes.
• Collect and analyze the project's business requirements and transfer the same knowledge to the development team.
• Effectively communicate relevant information to managers
• Review and/or prepare system documentation and specifications in accordance with defined SDLC process and associated schedules.
• Ability to lead internal teams
• Suggests areas for improvement in internal processes along with possible solutions
• Manage requirements traceability information and track requirements status throughout the project.
• Manage changes to requirements through effective use of change control processes and tools
• Balance technology and business issues as well as communicate appropriately with both technology and business experts
• Creation and Execution of Unit Test and Integration Test Cases

Qualifications

• Business requirements analysis and systems analysis
• Knowledge and experience using Serena Version Manager and Serena Business Manager
• The ability to think analytically, solve problems to complex business processes, and document results.
• The ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear, concise manner across functional and technical departments.
• A strong understanding of web-based application delivery
• Work on multiple tasks at any one time while maintaining high quality standards
• The candidate must be process-oriented with sound judgment, attention to detail, accuracy, and follow-through including the flexibility to perform in an ever-changing work environment
• The candidate must be energetic, driven and committed to project success while working under tight time constraints and pressure
• Develop wire frames, workflows, use case diagrams, flowcharts, and other analysis-type documentation
• Development of test scenarios and test cases, and testing activities necessary to assess the quality and completion of system implementations
• Monitor and manage project scope and enforce change management
• Identify, document, and resolve project issues
• Develop contingency plans where appropriate
• Identify opportunities for improvement and make constructive suggestions for change
• Set and continuously manage customer expectations and navigate any obstacles to achieve success
• Have a working knowledge of the SDLC phases involved in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies

Nice to have:

• Working history with iRise would be enormously helpful as the project team is migrating towards the engagement and usage of this tool to support the requirements development process
• Background in HP ALM would be beneficial as the team has begun to integrate the usage of this tool as part of their overall SDLC process supporting the system