Senior Business Analyst - San Francisco, United States - Saxon Global

Description

Requirements

• Five (5) years' experience performing a variety of business analyst functions such as each of the following:
  • Assessment of analysis scope and tasks;
  • Planning business analysis tasks;
  • Elicitation, definitions and documentation of various business, user, and system requirements;
  • Writing functional design specifications;
  • Requirements traceability matrices;
  • Perform analysis for business process improvement, application design and workflow automation;
  • Documenting as-is and to-be processes
  • Modeling and documenting functional designs and process workflows;
  • Developing test scripts;
  • Transition plans and/or implementation requirements;
  • Managing/updating configuration;
  • Implementing best practice solutions;
  • Providing ongoing support as required; and
  • Leading and working within cross-functional teams that include business subject matter experts (SMEs), architects, developers, and testers.
• Five (5) years' experience following system development lifecycles (SDLCs) in order to identify, evaluate, and recommend business or technical requirements applied to the design and development of systems and networks.
• Five (5) years' experience with working directly with end users in a production support environment.
• Five (5) years' facilitating, collaborating, and negotiating with all levels of stakeholders, up to, and including executive-level decision-makers.
• Three (3) years' expertise with complex process and systems requirement documentation standards, such as requirement traceability matrixes, as-is and to-be diagrams, Use Case modeling, User Story creations and narrative description.
• Three (3) years' experience working independently and as part of a team, meeting deadlines and demonstrating problem-solving skills.
• Two (2) years' experience with process analysis; systems analysis; process architectures and systems analysis methodologies; and project management methodologies including both Waterfall and Agile.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Two (2) years' experience using SQL or other query tools to perform analysis.
• Three (3) years' experience using requirements management industry best practices.
• Three (3) years' experience developing training plans and training end users of all levels.
• Two (2) years' experience refining solutions for requirements management methodology.
• Two (2) years' experience facilitating joint application design (JAD) and/or collaborative design sessions.
• Two (2) years' experience mentoring less experienced business analysts to develop their skills.
• Two (2) years' experience working with State of California government Environmental Information Technology (IT) offices.
• Two (2) years' experience working with PAL processes and documentation .