Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Job Type: Contract to Hire/Direct Full Time Hire
Client Type: IT
Rate: DOE
Client Interview: Immediate
Job Description:
• Eliciting requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task and workflow analysis.
• Critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts, decomposing high-level information into details, abstracting up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguishing user requests from the underlying true needs
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and delivering the following artifacts as needed: (Functional requirements (Business Requirements Document), iii. Use Cases, GUI, Screen and Interface designs)
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language
• Collaborating with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
• Successfully engaging in multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Work independently with users to define concepts and under direction of project managers
• Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
Required Skills:
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts
• Success being the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams
• Participation and/or leadership in requirements sessions
• Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
Some nice to have skills:
• IBM Rational Tools Suite
Required Experience:
• Experience in an IT or Software Engineering environment.
• Previous Software Development experience or combination of Business Analyst in a Software Development environment and/or software quality assurance is strongly preferred.
Education:
• Completed Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Information Science or similar. Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of Degree.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Job Type: Contract to Hire/Direct Full Time Hire
Client Type: IT
Rate: DOE
Client Interview: Immediate
Job Description:
• Eliciting requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task and workflow analysis.
• Critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts, decomposing high-level information into details, abstracting up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguishing user requests from the underlying true needs
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and delivering the following artifacts as needed: (Functional requirements (Business Requirements Document), iii. Use Cases, GUI, Screen and Interface designs)
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language
• Collaborating with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
• Successfully engaging in multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Work independently with users to define concepts and under direction of project managers
• Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
Required Skills:
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts
• Success being the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams
• Participation and/or leadership in requirements sessions
• Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
Some nice to have skills:
• IBM Rational Tools Suite
Required Experience:
• Experience in an IT or Software Engineering environment.
• Previous Software Development experience or combination of Business Analyst in a Software Development environment and/or software quality assurance is strongly preferred.
Education:
• Completed Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Information Science or similar. Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of Degree.