Senior Business Systems Analyst Data, Agile & Enterprise IT

Rose International; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Rose International seeks a Senior Business Systems Analyst to drive data-centric analysis, agile delivery, and enterprise IT modernization for Medicaid/eligibility-focused projects in a robust, governance-driven environment.

The role emphasizes requirements gathering, data modeling, and stakeholder collaboration to translate business needs into actionable system specs within an Agile framework.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience on large, complex IT systems.
• 8+ years of eliciting requirements, writing user stories, and facilitating communication between stakeholders, developers, and teams.
• 8+ years with SDLC procedures and methodologies.
• 8+ years of stakeholder management and priority balancing.
• 8+ years in project governance structures, templates, and reporting.
• 8+ years of strong task management and multi-tasking in a cross-functional environment.
• 8+ years of multi-project leadership and meeting deadlines.
• 8+ years with Microsoft development platforms and software.
• 6+ years in Agile environments.
• 5+ years with ALM tools (TFS, VSTS, Azure DevOps, Jira, RTC).
• 5+ years with MS SQL Server Management Studio or other relational DB software.
• 3+ years in advanced information management practices and data modeling standards.
• Excellent communication with executives, managers, IT pros, and SMEs.
• Experience mapping processes, group facilitation, data gathering and analysis across project life cycle.
• Experience delivering software as part of an Agile delivery team.
• Ability to work under time constraints and adapt to changing priorities.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Ability to translate business needs into system requirement specifications.

Responsibilities

• Create, present, and maintain user stories, acceptance criteria, demos, and design docs in DHS-defined systems.
• Document, trace, prioritize, and assess changes to business processes and requirements.
• Collaborate with decision makers, systems owners, and end users to support core objectives.
• Research data, analyze problems, and advise on solutions.
• Query and analyze data to determine processing changes or redesigns.
• Advise on alternative methods and solutions with cost/benefit analysis.
• Work within an Agile framework focused on delivering value.
• Coordinate with IT teams to drive projects to completion.
• Facilitate requirements gathering, process mapping, data gathering, and analysis across project phases.
• Analyze strategy and user needs, convert to system specifications.
• Guide business case development for new apps and functionality, including cost/benefit and risk analyses.
• Focus on continuous improvement of processes and technologies.
• Collaborate with other Business Units to deliver enterprise value.
• Consult with executives to define business needs or problems.

Skills

Data Mapping

Data Modeling

Design

SDLC

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS / Business or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

TFS

VSTS

Jira

RTC

SQL Server Management Studio

Job description

Job Title: Senior Business Systems Analyst Data, Agile & Enterprise IT

Job Location: Des Moines, IA, USA, 50309

Work Model: Onsite

Shift: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Employment Type: Temporary

FT/PT: Full-Time

Estimated Duration (In months): 9

Min Hourly Rate($): 50.00

Max Hourly Rate($): 55.00

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Data Mapping, Data Modeling, Design, SDLC

Experience Desired: Experience with process mapping, group facilitation, data gathering, and data analysis (8 yrs); Experience using ALM and requirements management tools such as Azure DevOps, TFS, VSTS, Jira, or RTC (8 yrs); Experience with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio or other relational database software (8 yrs); Experience with advanced information management practices, data modeling standards, (8 yrs)

Job Description

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Business, or a related field, and/or relevant experience

Required Qualifications/Skills/Experience

• 8 years of experience working on large, complex IT systems
• 8 years of experience eliciting requirements, writing user stories and design documents, defining acceptance criteria, testing outcomes, and facilitating communication between business stakeholders, developers, and project teams
• 8 years of experience with SDLC procedures and system development methodologies
• 8 years of experience managing stakeholder expectations and priorities
• 8 years of experience working within a project governance structure, including methodology, required templates, and reporting
• 8 years of excellent task management skills, with the ability to balance and manage multiple tasks with changing priorities in a cross-functional environment
• 8 years of experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects and project activities simultaneously while meeting established deadlines
• 8 years of experience with Microsoft development platforms and software
• 6 years of experience working in an Agile environment
• 5 years of experience with Application Lifecycle Management tools, including Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Azure DevOps (ADO), Atlassian Jira, or IBM Rational Team Suite (RTC)
• 5 years of working experience with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio or other relational database software
• 3 years of familiarity with advanced information management practices, data modeling standards, and/or architecture design and analysis
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to interact with a diverse group of team members, including executives, managers, IT professionals, and subject matter experts
• Experience in process mapping, group facilitation, data gathering and analysis, and phases of the project life cycle, including requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, training, and measuring effectiveness
• Experience delivering software as part of an Agile delivery team
• Strong ability to work effectively within time constraints, changing priorities, and independently
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
• Ability to analyze business strategy and user needs, document specifications, and translate business objectives into appropriate system requirement specifications
• Ability to decompose complex concepts into smaller tasks while maintaining an end-to-end business process focus
• Ability to work closely with other Business Units to identify and deliver Enterprise value
• Strong ability to consult with executive-level stakeholders to define business needs or problems

Preferred Qualifications/Skills/Experience

• Experience providing consulting services to governmental entities
• Experience working with requirement gathering software such as Azure DevOps, TFS, Jira, or RTC
• Experience guiding business customers through business case development for new applications/functionality, including cost/benefit analysis and risk/impact analysis
• Understanding of how to deliver value through realization of benefits, avoidance of cost, identification of new opportunities, and modernization of the organization
• Experience focusing on continuous improvement for both business processes and the underlying technologies and system support

Business Analyst Overview

The Customer is focused on modernizing its Medicaid and Integrated Eligibility Systems to enable faster policy and program changes, improve continuity of operations, and reduce brittle point-to-point dependencies

The current environment includes data passing through multiple legacy systems with several weak links, resulting in data reconciliation failures, downstream impacts, and manual workarounds

This engagement will establish a governed enterprise integration and data foundation to address these challenges

The initial phase will focus on establishing a Cloud Foundation for a FedRAMP Moderate environment, providing a data integration platform, developing an application modernization strategy, performing a mainframe assessment, creating a product backlog, and defining program governance

The effort will ultimately support configuration of a modern Google Cloud application platform that enables incremental modernization while designing infrastructure aligned with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) baseline requirements

The Business Analyst will support requirements, business process analysis, stakeholder engagement, data analysis, Agile delivery, governance, and communication across business and IT organizations

The role will work with key decision makers, systems owners, end users, executives, managers, IT professionals, and subject matter experts to support core processes and critical business objectives

The successful candidate will help translate business objectives and user needs into actionable requirements, facilitate communication across teams, and support delivery of solutions within an Agile framework

Job Duties

• Create, present, and maintain user stories, acceptance criteria, demo expectations, and design documents in DHS-defined systems
• Create, document, trace, maintain, prioritize, and assess changes to business processes and associated requirements
• Work closely with key decision makers, systems owners, and end users in support of core processes and critical business objectives
• Conduct research to obtain data, analyze problems, and advise and recommend solutions
• Query and analyze data to determine solutions, such as installation of alternate methods and procedures, changes in processing methods and practices, or redesign of products or services
• Advise client or department heads on alternate methods of solving needs or problems and recommend specific solutions
• Work within an Agile methodology framework with a focus on delivering value and adjusting rapidly to produce the most effective outcome
• Work closely with all IT organizations and drive projects to successful completion
• Facilitate requirements gathering, process mapping, data gathering, and analysis throughout applicable phases of the project life cycle
• Analyze business strategy and user needs, document specifications, and translate business objectives into system requirement specifications
• Guide business customers through business case development for new applications and functionality, including cost/benefit analysis and risk/impact analysis
• Focus on continuous improvement for both business processes and underlying technologies and system support
• Work closely with other Business Units to identify and deliver Enterprise value
• Consult with executive-level stakeholders to define business needs or problems

Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

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