Business Analyst Job at gonzer in Latham

Details: L.J. Gonzer Associates is looking for individuals to join our pool of qualified candidates for potential assignment as a Business Analyst. The Business Analyst will define and streamline business processes across various divisions, critical to the success of our clients projects, aligning with strategic objectives and ensuring a comprehensive approach to IT solutions. Day-to-day tasks include: Working closely with program staff, vendors, and other stakeholders to define requirements. Eliciting, analyzing, communicating, and validating requirements. Analyzing high-level design recommendations. Analyzing and researching impacts to other agency systems. Working on complex software in a fast-paced, high volume work environment. Utilizing effective communication and facilitation skills to reach consensus among stakeholders. Delivering oral and written communications to business owners, IT program team members and management. Logging, analyzing, testing, and troubleshooting defects found in the test and production environments. Providing guidance in the development of test scenarios and internal software training documents. Evaluating existing manual test cases and identify opportunities for automation. Creating manual and automated test plans, cases, and scripts. Developing and documenting internal training as it relates to business analysis and testing. Serving as a point of contact to manage multiple stakeholder teams and vendors assigned to the project to ensure team actions remain in synergy. Preparing presentations and communications for executives or the board to keep the project aligned with their goals. Conducting and leading presentations for executives or the board with clarity and confidence. Performing quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the standards expected. Developing and documenting internal training as it relates to PMO services. Leveraging agency software to assist in the management of project's SDLC. Job Requirements Details: 7 years of experience in Information Technology supporting complex software systems or applications, developing requirements, business process flows, fit-gap analyses, or functional designs solutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the business processes. 7 years of experience analyzing complex business processes and creating and reviewing test plans. 7 years of experience logging, analyzing, testing, and troubleshooting defects found in test and production environments. 7 years of experience providing written communications to business owners, IT program team members, and management. 7 years of experience eliciting and writing high quality functional and technical requirements in project specific protocol through use cases, user stories, functional design documents, and business design documents. 2 years of experience reviewing and contributing to the development or enhancement of quality user interface and user experience (UI/UX) including mobile and accessible application navigation. 7 years of experience in reviewing and evaluating technical specifications for compliance with business objectives and requirements. A Bachelor's degree.