Senior Business Analyst

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst Location: Hartford, CT - (Hybrid) Duration: 12 Months Candidate Must Be Local Only USC or GC candidates Job Responsibilities: This consultant will work for the DCF IS CSM and under the supervision of the IT QA Manager as a Business Analyst for current AFCARS(Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System), NCANDS, (National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System) NYTD(National Youth in Transition Database), IRS (Internal Revenue Service), along with some IV-E (Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility). In this position, the consultant will be part of the Federal Reporting team and can facilitate discovery, visioning, leaning, design, and analysis of current and new system. The analyst will document, plan and work to accomplish team goals, lead groups in performing a variety of requirement gathering and agile/hybrid iterative process refinement at the program and portfolio management level, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Responsibilities: Documentation of the current Business Processes and Automation. Migration and implementation strategy Development of request for proposals Development of Federal plans and reports. Work with other Connecticut state agencies, contracted third party vendors and federal agencies interfacing with DCF to establish new interface protocols. Management of business analysis, quality assurance, end user training, and application implementation. Negotiate with customers; emphasis on business process and user interface Review requirements; emphasis on functionality and system qualities Train, mentor other Analysts. Mediate between Business and other Analysts. Conduct meetings with Business SME and document business workflow, process. Analyze workflow and recommend improvements. Document issues with process, applications, automation. Maintain documentation up to date and distribute to project team members. Gather requirements, requests, and meet with team members to discuss solutions. Negotiate timelines with Business and Development Teams. Follow up frequently with Business SME on progress. Address questions, act as liaison between IT and Business. Minimum of 5 years' experience demonstrating the following knowledge and skills: Extensive experience and knowledge of Child Welfare, Business Process Mapping, SACWIS, Data Quality, Federal regulations and State regulations. Experience with working with high-level internal and external agency's management. Experience with DCF Development Practices and Methodology. Experience with Lean and Agile methodologies Understanding of the technical and business interdependencies that will exist between the legacy system and the modernized and upgraded application Understanding of legacy Batch systems Experience in the creation of detailed business requirements and business processes to meet the requirements of the next generation CCWIS application Experience with Data Quality and planning and testing of automated CCWIS processes. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook) REQUIRED SKILLS: AGILE - Agile Development Methodology Microsoft SQL Server Integration planning and strategy