Business Analyst Job at HonorVet Technologies in Des Moines

Title: Business AnalystDuration: 6+monthsLocation: Des Moines, IA The Business Analyst will participate in all phases of the Systems Development Lifecycle [SDLC] including eliciting and defining Requirements for Design, Development, Testing, and Implementation of software systems and processes. This request is for two (2) Business Analysts (BA6) roles to be involved with multiple projects, primarily for department, though that will expand to other departments as needed. The current need is for coverage in the department EDBI group [Data Warehouse] working with Elias reports, department's Medicaid Enterprise, and other areas with new projects currently in the pipeline.Responsibilities of the Business Analyst role include but are not limited to:•Working directly with business leaderships, SME's, and technical partners on system-aligned teams, to gather and document requirements for various Iowa applications and systems.•Creating, presenting and maintaining user stories, acceptance criteria, and design documents in HHS defined systems to be used by team members at all levels.•Directly responsible for documenting, tracing, maintaining, prioritizing, and assessing changes to business practices, workflows, and associated system processes.•May act in the role of project manager / quality assurance analyst for smaller efforts.•Conducting research to query data, analyze problems, and determine solutions, such as the installation of alternate methods and procedures, implementing changes in processing methods, or the redesign of products or services.•Consistently updating project information, statuses, risks, issues, and timelines for reporting purposes.•Working within an agile methodology framework with a focus on delivering value while adjusting rapidly to produce the most effective outcome.•May be called upon to participate in database and forms analysisA successful candidate for this role is expected to possess the followingskills and experience:•Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and 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 all phases of a project life cycle (requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, training, and measuring effectiveness.)•Experience delivering software as part of anAgile delivery team.•Strong ability to work effectively andautonomously against deadlines and potential priority shifts.•Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite includingExcel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio.•Experience with requirement gathering softwaresuch as Azure DevOps, TFS, Jira, or RTC•Ability to analyze business strategies and userneeds, document specifications, and translate business objectives into propersystem requirements and specifications.•Guide stakeholders through business casedevelopment for new applications/functionality, including cost benefitanalysis, risks and issues, and impact analysis.•Ability to recognize value through benefitrealization, avoidance of cost, new opportunities, and organizationalmodernization.•Experience with continuous process improvementvia underlying technologies and system support.•Strong ability to break down complex conceptsinto smaller, simply defined tasks, while maintaining a focus on end-to-endbusiness processes.•Work closely with other Business Units toidentify and deliver Enterprise value.•Skilled at consulting with executive-levelstakeholders to define business needs or problems.•Experience providing consulting services togovernmental entities is a plus.REQUIRED SKILLS•Experience working on large, complex IT systems (8years)•Experience eliciting requirements, writing userstories and design documents, defining acceptance criteria, testing outcomes,and facilitating communication between business stakeholders, developers, andproject teams. (8 years)•Experience with SDLC procedures and systemdevelopment methodologies. (8 years)•Experience managing stakeholder expectations andpriorities. (8 years)•Experience working within a project governancestructure (methodology, required templates, and reporting). (8 years)•Excellent task management skills. Ability tobalance and manage multiple tasks, with changing priorities, in across-functional environment. (8 years)•Ability to prioritize and manage multipleprojects, and project activities, simultaneously, while meeting establisheddeadlines. (8 years)•Experience with Microsoft development platformsand software. (8 years)•Experience in an Agile environment. (6 years)•Experience with Application Lifecycle Management[ALM] tools; Microsoft's Team Foundation Server (TFS), Visual Studio TeamServices (VSTS), Azure DevOps (ADO), Atlassian's Jira, IBM's Rational TeamSuite (RTC). (5 years)•Working experience with Microsoft SQL ServerManagement Studio or other relational database software. (5 years)•Familiarity with advanced information managementpractices, data modeling standards, and/or architecture design and analysis. (3years)•Bachelor's degree in management informationsystems, Business, or related field, and/or relevant experience (8 years)