Business Analyst - West Columbia, United States - Cynet Systems

Description

Job Description:

Pay Range $60hr - $65hr Responsibilities: Emphases for the System Business Analyst (BA) candidate will be part of a team focusing on agency efforts to understand the current and future state associated with agency financial and administrative systems.

The BA will need to learn system capabilities, analyze data and reports, and work with the system owner and SME to define business and technical requirements, and work breakdown.

This role supports the project team by performing administrative tasks such as taking meeting minutes, developing, and reviewing draft project documents, task tracking, communicating with stakeholders, and general assistance for assigned managers.

The candidate will work in a team environment with other Information Technology staff Program Area system Owners and Subject Matter Experts (SME).

Specific duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following. Study and learn system capabilities assigned associated with Financial and administrative systems. Work with Program Area System Owners to learn their business requirements and needs. Prepare and manage project documents. Scheduling stakeholder meetings and facilitating communication between the project team and stakeholders throughout the project life cycle. Support project team to help them complete project tasks. Monitoring project progress and creating project status reports for Finance and Operations and Office of Information Technology.

Create supporting work requests in the ticketing system when needed to support a project task or other approved solution like DevOps.

Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures. Problem-solving to resolve minor issues without assistance and escalation. ssist with ensuring customer and technical needs are met as the project advances. Create a positive project outlook to keep the team motivated.

Managing project management documents such as, without limitation, the project plan, schedule, work breakdown, lessons learned, or scope statement, as assigned.

Support team members when implementing risk management strategies. Develop reporting and dashboard capabilities using Excel and Power BI. dheres to Information Technology application development standards and security requirements.

ssist with a gap analysis of current state to a future state to ensure business and process requirements are met.

Work with Finance Program Area System Owners and Subject Matter Experts to learn their business functions, processes, and needs. Update SharePoint content associated with system collaboration sites. ssist with system validation to ensure technical requirements are met. ssist with production rollout to ensure minimal disruption of services. ssist with the system software life cycle process. Work with the Finance Program Area and IT to present key information for improvements. Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures.

ssist with the development of policies and procedures to conform and comply with agency standard cyber security policy design related to information risk management, designation of data as to criticality, confidentiality.

Module Support of the Project:
DHEC will require that selected personnel sign the DHEC confidentially agreement and/or Business Associate (BA) agreement if applicable. ll web services must be secure. DHEC will not accept any offers including an "up-lift" charge.

The rate paid per consultant must not exceed the maximum rate established for this position described in the State contract terms.

Contractors must be during each week throughout the term of the contract. Follow agency IT Standards, policies, and procedures to include documentation.

ll source code (compiled and uncompiled) will become the sole property of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

ny source code, data, product, or functionality resulting from this SOW or previously owned/developed by DHEC will remain the sole property of DHEC and is not to be incorporated into the core product of any vendor's application.

ny modifications and interfaces developed under said contract will not be used by the contractor for any independent project of the contractor or published or publicized by the contractor without written permission of DHEC.

DHEC has the final say on all programming choices.


Payment Schedule:
ll timesheets shall be entered and approved promptly per State contract terms. The State will not pay any extra costs (i.e. Travel, employee benefits, insurance, room and board, etc.) for temporary employees under this contract.


DHEC Support:

DHEC will provide:
ll required information including formulas, data, and mechanisms to check output. Staff to assist with any application or data questions. Conference rooms and scheduling for any application demos. Workstation and required software.


Skills:
bility to analyze and document, business and system processes using various methods and tools. Knowledge of the Information Technology Field, best practices, organization, and operations. Expertise in designing, implementing, and supporting Enterprise-grade technical solutions meeting complex business requirements. Written communications skills, verbal communications skills. Understanding of it development and implementation projects. Ms office (word, excel, powerpoint, visio), ms sharepoint.

bility to deal effectively with the needs of technical peers, technical and user management, users, vendors, and staff members, and to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written form.

Software Development Lifecycle

• SDLC.

Education:
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent work experience.


Skills:
Experience with security and data classification related to CDC, HIPAA, and CJIS. Experience with industry-standard information security practices. Ms project, ms devops.