Senior Information Technology Business Analyst

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental plans

401(k) plan with matching

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement benefits (CalPERS)

Public transportation reimbursements

On-site fitness center

Job summary

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is seeking a Senior Information Technology Business Analyst in Los Angeles. You will bridge IT and business, gathering requirements and shaping budgets for finance systems like Questica and Oracle E-Business Suite.

You will analyze processes, document needs, and guide projects from planning through implementation, ensuring solutions meet stakeholder goals and organizational standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with six years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with four years of relevant experience; or two years in MWD IT BA III.
• Experience in business analysis, requirements gathering and documentation, process analysis and improvement, stakeholder engagement, data analysis, and translating business needs into effective solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with IT teams and business stakeholders to identify, analyze, and document business requirements, user needs, and system objectives.
• Conduct business process analysis to identify challenges, improvement opportunities, and solutions involving technology, workflow enhancements, and policy or procedural changes.
• Develop business cases, user requirement documents, functional specifications, and other system documentation to support application development and implementation.
• Evaluate and validate proposed technology solutions to ensure alignment with stakeholder needs, organizational goals, and business processes.
• Acts as the Project Manager, plans coordinators includes monitoring scope, budget and schedule.
• Provide strategic guidance during systems planning, design, development, testing, and implementation activities to ensure successful delivery of technology solutions.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Process analysis

Translating business needs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Master’s degree in a related field

Two years in MWD IT Business Analyst III

Job description

Senior Information Technology Business Analyst

Job Locations: US-CA-Los Angeles

Job ID: 2026-3398

Org Data: Descr Linked

Min: USD $63.75/Hr.

Max: USD $83.52/Hr.

Group: FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Unit: BUDGET ADMINISTRATION UNIT

Bargaining Unit Name / Code: 02 - AFSCME

At the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, we deliver reliable water to a region with 19 million people-and to accomplish this, we rely on a team of talented employees: innovators, problem-solvers, and collaborators who make it all possible.

There is currently 1 opening for a Senior Information Technology Business Analyst located at Headquarters, Los Angeles.

This recruitment may result in an eligibility list*.

The Senior Information Technology Business Analyst position provides technology solutions to improve business processes and systems. This position will address systems needs of Finance including our Questica budget system and Oracle E-Business Suite system.

This position works closely with different IT functions and business users to gather, analyze, specify, validate, and implement the business needs of stakeholders. This position involves analysis of business practices, processes and problems and developing and implementing solutions which may involve process design, software development and policy procedural changes.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with IT teams and business stakeholders to identify, analyze, and document business requirements, user needs, and system objectives.
• Conduct business process analysis to identify challenges, improvement opportunities, and solutions involving technology, workflow enhancements, and policy or procedural changes.
• Develop business cases, user requirement documents, functional specifications, and other system documentation to support application development and implementation.
• Evaluate and validate proposed technology solutions to ensure alignment with stakeholder needs, organizational goals, and business processes.
• Acts as the Project Manager, plans coordinators includes monitoring scope, budget and schedule.
• Provide strategic guidance during systems planning, design, development, testing, and implementation activities to ensure successful delivery of technology solutions.

This job announcement has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this classification / job.

Schedule: 9/80, Monday through Friday /Every other Friday off. Monday through Thursday 9 hours per day, 8 hours per day every other Friday. Start times are no earlier than 6 am and end times are no later than 6 pm.

Hybrid: Metropolitan’s current practice in this position is a hybrid work schedule. This typically includes two days a week in person and the other days remote. This is subject to change dependent on organizational needs. In addition, a telework policy is scheduled for negotiations and once completed and implemented, will provide final direction on the hybrid schedule.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and six years of relevant experience
• OR Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and four years of relevant experience; or two years in a MWD Information Technology Business Analyst III.

Relevant Experience is defined as:

Experience in business analysis, requirements gathering and documentation, process analysis and improvement, stakeholder engagement, data analysis, and translating business needs into effective solutions.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

Employees in this position may be required to obtain and maintain the following certifications, licensing and registrations: License(s):

BENEFITS

• * Competitive compensation
• * Excellent medical, dental, life, vision plans.
• * Deferred compensation in the form of a 401(k) plan (with matching contribution) and a 457 plan.
• * Retirement benefits under the California Public Employees' Retirement System
• * Tuition reimbursement
• * Training and advancement opportunities
• * Excellent working environment
• * On-site fitness center
• * Hub of public transportation: rail, subway, buses, and taxis
• * Public transportation reimbursements

For more information on MWD benefits, please use the following link: Benefits Regular FT PT Employees (Represented)

ABOUT MWD

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a state-established cooperative that, along with its 26 cities and retail suppliers, provides water for 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Qualified individuals with disabilities, who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process, please call [phone] or email: [e-mail].

Metropolitan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic(s).

Application Filing Period: Closes at 4:30 pm PST on the date stated in the job announcement. However it may close prior to the filing end date if sufficient applications have been received. If sufficient applications have not been received, then the filing period end date may be extended.

Eligibility List*: An eligibility list is a list of qualified candidates created when a job posting states that one will be established.

Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications listed in the original posting and successfully pass all stages of the recruitment process-but are not selected for the initial vacancy-may be placed on this list for future openings.

The list may be used to invite candidates to participate in a selection interview for a future vacancy in the same classification / title (if there is one). The duration of the list depends on the applicable bargaining unit.

Qualifying Experience: Your resume must at a minimum include the month and year you began and ended employment, name of the organization, your title, and a brief description of your experience. If your employment was part-time, make sure you identify it on your resume next to the month/year.

Sponsorship: Applicants for employment with The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (i.e., H1-B or other employment-based immigration case).

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