Business Systems Analyst

Title: Business Systems Analyst DSP02739

State Role Title: Info Technology Specialist III

Hiring Range: Negotiable and commensurate with experience

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Department of State Police

Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia

Agency Website: vsp.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

About the Position:

The Virginia State Police (VSP) is seeking to hire a Business Systems Analyst in our Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division at State Police Headquarters in North Chesterfield, Virginia. The job duties for this position include but are not limited to:

• Identifying business rules and requirements.
• Extracting and analyzing data.
• Recommending data quality improvements.
• Responding to audit requests and leading efforts to automate CJIS responses to frequently occurring audits.
• Reviewing and analyzing VSP operations, processes, system interfaces and technical solutions for the purpose of developing and implementing business requirements and improvements.
• Proposing, designing, and implementing public-facing services.
• Determining project scope and drafting project plans.
• Leading and coordinating VSP supplier and Information Technology (IT) Division system activities related to solution design, testing, training, implementation, and support.
• Providing support services for VSP operations and systems.
• Providing technical expertise to help ensure accurate data quality across all VSP systems.
• Performing detailed data analysis tasks including deriving requirements from existing data sources, defining what is accurate data, identifying/defining data relationships that allow for accurate data analysis, converting data from existing sources into databases to be used for analysis, conducting complex database queries to retrieve data for analysis, identifying data quality errors, documenting findings and making recommendations to improve data quality, and determining data conversion and system interface requirements.

About the Agency:

We are seeking to expand our diverse team of change makers and innovators. As a member of the VSP family, you would make a difference by serving every city, county, town, resident, and visitors of the Commonwealth through supporting our vast public safety mission. Challenge yourself to make a difference today by applying for a career with VSP!

VSP embraces inclusion and diversity in our workforce and in the protection of all people. We embrace our tradition of professionalism and excellence, and we are excited for our future as we continue our journey to become a best-in-class state government agency. We are firmly committed to our family-like culture and are seeking to expand our team.

Minimum Qualifications

This position is 100% on-site; no telework option at this time.

Knowledge:

• Of business analysis, data analysis, developing requirements, testing, and identifying and documenting system deficiencies are required.
• Of software development methodologies, including Agile, is required.

Skills:

• In strong analysis and problem-solving.
• In oral and written communications skills with team(s), management, and stakeholders are required.

Abilities:

• To successfully interact in a team environment and effectively communicate in English, both orally and in writing.
• To support and troubleshoot Information Technology (IT) applications are required.
• To work independently is required.

Experience:

• With business process analysis, process improvement and process design are required.
• With producing project deliverables such as requirements documents, Agile stories and test plans are required.
• Limited travel is required to outlying VSP Divisions and Area Offices is required.
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.

Additional Considerations

•Experience with automated reporting tools is preferred.
•Proficiency with Microsoft Office is preferred.
•Ability to create and analyze Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Statement of Works (SOWs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs), pricing and other documents required by state procurement processes is preferred.
•Ability to create and analyze Project Scope documents and project budgets is preferred.
•Experience supporting a criminal justice application is preferred.
•Experience working with technical staff i