Senior Business Analyst Job at Crescens in Raleigh

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst Location: Raleigh, NC (Remote) Duration: 11 months DESCRIPTION: Primary tasks include: Identify and document stakeholders, data flows, and current and future state process flows. Gather, document, validate, and maintain business, functional, and technical/non-functional solution requirements needed as input to market analysis, software procurement, and solution development process. Translate client's business needs into agile themes, product backlogs, epics, user stories or detailed business requirement documents and use cases depending on development approach. Work with Product Owner, business SMEs to groom user stories and define acceptance criteria to ensure that stories meet the team-defined definition of ready. Work with vendor or internal developers and testers to confirm the functionality meets the story's acceptance criteria. Participate in gap analysis and detailed requirement development efforts. Assist the Business/Product Owner in planning, preparing for and conducting user acceptance testing, including developing test scenarios and test cases. Perform requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle to support user acceptance testing and production rollout. Develop procurement documents such as Requests for Proposals, Requests for Quotes, and Requests for Information. Support vendor proposal evaluation efforts and assist in documenting evaluation results. Support process improvement initiatives Perform market research for proposed automation projects. Support options analysis and business case development for proposed automation projects. Document meeting agendas and notes. Facilitate requirements gathering meetings Support project manager in maintaining project artifacts and developing status reports Support the development of surveys, assessment tools, project methodologies, policies and procedures Maintain SharePoint site for each assigned project Perform other analysis assignments as assigned Required/Desired Skills: Extensive knowledge of business system techniques and testing methodologies for software development Demonstrated experience in gathering business requirements and development of business rules and process flow. Proven experience with business process design, definition and/or re-design Solid understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid development frameworks, including BA role High proficiency in Microsoft Office products (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SharePoint Knowledge creating Context, Data Flow, and Functional Decomposition Diagrams Experience in planning & coordinating user acceptance testiing including developing and executing test scenarios and test cases Experience facilitating small to large meetings Demonstrable analytical skills and attention to detail Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) Demonstrable analytical skills and an attention to detail Excellent creative thinking and problem-solving skills Working knowledge of Jira and Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Quality Center (QC) Experience in development of procurement related documents including RFP, evaluation criteria as well as vendor evaluation Experience working for State government Healthcare or Medicaid related experience Experience using Microsoft Project Working knowledge of Jira, Confluence and Micro Focus Quality Center