Senior Business Analyst

DatamanUSA LLC is a full-service IT Solutions Company that provides a variety of technical, IT, professional and administrative support services to both State and Federal government agencies. We also support commercial Clients both large and small with staff augmentation and direct hire placement. If you are interested in this position and believe that this role is a great fit for your knowledge, skills, experience and career path.

Position: Lead Business Analyst

Client: Direct Client

Duration: 6+ Months (with high possibility of extension in FY)

Location: Austin, TX

Job Description

Essential Job Functions:

• Develops, manages, and implements the WIC(Woman Infant Child) MIS requirements documentation project plan. Coordinates all project activities, including reviewing the current MIS, translating current MIS functionality into usable system requirements, gathering and documenting business needs and system requirements, and performing a gap analysis of existing system documentation against federal, state and program requirements. Utilizes project management methodologies to develop a plan for the creation and documentation of business requirements for the existing WIC MOSAIC system, ensuring accuracy and effective communication with leadership and relevant stakeholders. (40%)
• Provides support, direction and guidance to team members in analyzing current systems and supporting documentation to develop business requirements and conducting a gap analysis of existing system functionality documentation against current documentation and program requirements. (25%)
• Develops expertise and assist team members in developing expertise in the assigned application, obtain stakeholder sign-off on requirements and priorities, (20%)
• Collaborates daily with team members to monitor progress, proactively identify issues, and report status. (10%)
• Other duties as assigned (5%)

Minimum Requirements:

Years-Required/Preferred-Experience

• 10-Required-10 years Business analysis experience, including requirements elicitation and documentation
• 10-Required-Knowledge of Project Management Framework
• 10-Required-Knowledge of large-scale IT operations and information technology industry trends.
• 10-Required-Skill in defining all types of requirements, functional specifications, and other deliverables.
• 10-Required-Skill in interpersonal relationships, ability to negotiate among multiple parties, resolve conflicts, and maintain effective working relationships with various levels of personnel
• 10-Required-Ability to create clear, complete, and actionable requirements documentation.
• 10-Required-Ability to ensure accuracy in documenting system functionality and regulatory requirements.
• 8-Preferred-Skill in interpersonal relationships, negotiate among multiple parties, resolve conflicts, and maintain effective working relationships with various levels of personnel
• 5-Preferred-Minimum 5 years of experience working with government regulations or compliance frameworks.
• 5-Preferred-Minimum 5 years of experience in project management
• 5-Preferred-Minimum 5 years of experience leading a team or workgroup
• 5-Preferred-Skill in policy interpretation and translating regulations into system requirements.
• 5-Preferred-Skill in requirements elicitation techniques such as reviewing current MIS functionality and translating into requirements
• 4-Preferred-Graduation from a four-year college or university with major coursework in business, communications, computer science, computer information systems, management information systems, or a related field.
• 2-Preferred-Experience with gathering management information system requirements at a large organization
• 2-Preferred-Experience creating solicitation or contract requirements
• 1-Preferred-Preferred PMI-PBA or IIBA CBAP