Business Analyst

Responsibilities: • Participates in the demand management process to assist the business in establishing business cases, scope, and requirements relating to requests for new systems or existing system changes • Primarily support IT acquisition of products or services by developing scopes of work • Consults with project teams and architects to identify currently know solutions or performs market research • Gathers information/documentation from vendors or contractors • Translates business needs into requirements and functional/non-functional specifications • Gather, clarify/define, and document scope, business scenarios, workflows, requirements, etc. • Conduct interviews, workshops, and JAD sessions • Analyzes and validates business requirements and processes, identifies opportunities for process enhancement to benefit the Department, identifies gaps in information • Uses a structured process to define priorities and opportunities and/or works with stakeholders to define the minimum viable product (MVP) and options for improvements via subsequent phases • Produces required work artifacts • Communicates and presents client's business requirements to implementation teams • Creates systems models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and system architects • Works with the team to define acceptance criteria or other metrics/performance goals for the system • Provides status updates, completes weekly work time logs, updates work tickets weekly • Provide estimates and target dates for task completion for incorporation into project schedules or work ticket.