Business Analyst - w/Reporting and Analytics (Remote)

Govcio LLC

1d•Remote

About The Position

GovCIO is currently hiring for Business Analyst with a strong background in analytical and reporting requirements. This position will be a fully remote position located withing the Continental United States. Please note: The MOD for this work has not yet been awarded. This position is currently unfunded and is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or other related discipline with 5+ years (or commensurate experience)
Functional experience of products in the landscape of BPM, Case management, process automation, workflow management
Five (5) years' experience of which at least three (3) must be specialized. Specialized experience includes superior functional knowledge of task order requirements
5 – 7 years of business analysis and requirements gathering skills in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
3+ years of functional experience in the requirements analysis, design, implementation, test and deployment of Appian or a similar product
Experience gathering requirements for reporting and analytics.
Experience supporting visualization of reports through the business system.
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and written with ability to tailor the communication of complex information for different audiences balancing internal and external stakeholders
Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner and success working in agile teams
Great understanding of technical requirements in alignment with the business needs
Experience in creating user stories, use case diagrams, mockups, process flow charts for gathering requirements from customers/external stakeholders.
Facilitate workshops, conduct interviews and JAD sessions for requirements gathering.
Experience using Jira and Confluence for requirements documentation.
Must be a team player and be able to adjust to a dynamic working environment that supports a government agency
Must have strong written, verbal, and listening skills
Must have strong analytical skills and can demonstrate strong problem-solving skills

Nice To Haves

2+ years of recent work experience on a software development project in a federal government setting
Previous expertise in the role of a functional analyst for product implementation
3+ years of experience with Agile Framework.

Responsibilities

The analyst will apply their business analysis, requirements gathering, elicitation, elaboration and refinement techniques to gather functional requirements from the client.
They will try to learn the legacy systems and interact with various stakeholders to understand the business requirements of the future system.
They will translate functional area requirements into technical requirements, and support design and implementation of Appian Business Process Model for the client.
Analyze business user needs and document them as epics and decompose epics into user stories and tasks as needed by the agile scrum teams
Analyze information system baseline and perform gap analysis between the baseline, user operational requirements, and the operating capability of products
Analyzes user needs to determine functional and cross-functional requirements. Performs functional allocation to identify required tasks and their interrelationships.
Elicit and document requirements and specifications from functional users and subject matter experts
Translates customer requirements into a best fit within the application, and supports configuration and development Appian BPM product, processes and documentation
Develop and maintain standard systems requirement documents including but not limited to business process workflows, Functional Requirements Documents; Requirement Traceability Matrix, and use cases
Support application configuration and security setup as needed
Implement complex enterprise system configurations and end to end development design
Create business process models and identify business process improvements
Review and comment on proposed functional/capability configuration for each of the product modules
Evaluation and feedback on system and functional design documents, test plans and scenarios, and other associated artifacts
Define test scenarios based on requirements; create test scripts to prove each scenario through system and user acceptance testing
Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple, dynamic priorities
Effective communication skills and demonstrated experience working in a team-oriented environment
Apply HCM knowledge and industry best practices in developing the to-be business processes and procedures