Software Analyst

i-Link Solutions; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

i-Link Solutions invites applications for a Software Analyst – Expert to support the State of New York Office of Mental Health on a 30-month contract. You will drive requirements across the SDLC, collaborate with PMs, analysts, and SMEs, and translate business needs into validated requirements and artifacts.

The role emphasizes elicitation, analysis, documentation, and governance, including SSDLC compliance and stakeholder workshops. Bachelor's degree required; CBAP preferred.

Qualifications

• 84 Months Experience eliciting then analyzing the stakeholder's business needs using a variety of analysis techniques and converting those into verified and validated functional and non-functional requirements for development.
• 84 Months Experience in creating and maintaining software development artifacts for communication of requirements, including context diagrams, textual use cases, swim lane diagrams, report specifications, wireframes, user interface specifications, and non-functional requirements specifications
• 84 Months Experience facilitating requirement workshops, JAD sessions and structured walkthroughs, conveyed and met
• 72 Months Experience managing requirements throughout the Requirements Management Lifecycle, including creation and execution of a Requirements Management Plan, requirements traceability, establishing requirements baselines and managing requirements change control.
• 64 Months Experience creating test plans and test cases and working with users on User Acceptance Testing
• 64 Months Experience working on Health Care billing systems
• CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) certification by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the project manager, technical team members and other project stakeholders to provide guidance throughout the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Work closely with Business Systems Analyst and the project team to identify and scope the stated business problem, provide guidance and recommend/execute approach to problem.
• Work as a liaison to stakeholders, software users and Subject Matter Experts to elicit, analyze, communicate, validate and verify the requirements for complex changes to current business processes, policies and information systems and for the development of new business processes, policies and information systems.
• Conveys the demands of software users to the developers and requirements artifacts.
• Create as-is and to-be business process flows and supporting software to meet agency needs.
• Conduct requirements workshops and JAD sessions with agency subject matter experts as one of the many techniques to be used to elicit requirements.
• Create business requirements documents, context diagrams, business requirements document (BRD), system "as-is" and "to be" states, system specifications, use cases and workflow diagrams, report and screen mockups, swim lane diagrams, and prototypes.
• Ensure that artifacts required by ITS governance process and Secure Systems Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) are created and support the project scope.
• Manage requirements through the life of the contract using a requirements management plan and traceability to ensure coverage between the source of each requirement and the test case(s) it will be tested by.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Requirements documentation

JAD sessions

Requirements management

Test planning & testing

Healthcare billing systems

CBAP certification

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/IS

Job description

Agency: Office of Mental Health

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Job Title: Software Analyst – Expert
Task ID: HBITS-08-15007
Position Duration: 30 Months
Client: State of NY
Agency: Office of Mental Health

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Description

• Work closely with the project manager, technical team members and other project stakeholders to provide guidance throughout the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).


• Work closely with Business Systems Analyst and the project team to identify and scope the stated business problem, provide guidance and recommend/execute approach to problem.


• Work as a liaison to stakeholders, software uses and Subject Matter Experts to elicit, analyze, communicate, validate and verify the requirements for complex changes to current business processes, policies and information systems and for the development of new business processes, policies and information systems.


• Conveys the demands of software users to the developers and requirements artifacts.


• Create as-is and to-be business process flows and supporting software to meet agency needs.


• Conduct requirements workshops and JAD sessions with agency subject matter experts as one of the many techniques to be used to elicit requirements.


• Create business requirements documents, context diagrams, business requirements document (BRD), system \"as-is\" and \"to be\" states, system specifications, use cases and workflow diagrams, report and screen mockups, swim lane diagrams, and prototypes.


• Ensure that artifacts required by ITS governance process and Secure Systems Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) are created and support the project scope.


• Manage requirements through the life of the contract using a requirements management plan and traceability to ensure coverage between the source of each requirement and the test case(s) it will be tested by.

Mandatory Qualifications

1 84 Months Experience eliciting then analyzing the stakeholder's business needs using a variety of analysis techniques and converting those into verified and validated functional and non-functional requirements for development 2 84 Months Experience in creating and maintaining software development artifacts for communication of requirements, including context diagrams, textual use cases, swim lane diagrams, report specifications, wireframes, user interface specifications, and non-functional requirements specifications 3 84 Months Experience facilitating requirement workshops, JAD sessions and structured walkthroughs, conveyed and met 4 72 Months Experience managing requirements throughout the Requirements Management Lifecycle, including creation and execution of a Requirements Management Plan, requirements traceability, establishing requirements baselines and managing requirements change control. 5 64 Months Experience creating test plans and test cases and working with users on User Acceptance Testing 6 64 Months Experience working on Health Care billing systems 7 CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) certification by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)

Required Documentation

• Résumé


• Copy of Candidate Identification

(i.e., Driver's License/Green Card/Visa and Passport if applicable)

• Any documents referenced in the above Requested Qualifications

(i.e., professional certifications, degrees, etc.)

i-Link Solutions requires a Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems or a closely related field of study for all positions.

Disclaimer:

i-Link Solutions Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We especially invite women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply. EEO/AA/M/F/Vet/Disability