Senior Technical Business Analyst

Our client is seeking a highly motivated Senior Technical Business Analyst with expertise in supporting full software development and data management lifecycles on projects. In supporting the types of projects the Senior Technical Business Analyst will play a critical role in ensuring the business process, technical and data architectures are well documented and maintained through strong change control.

The Senior Technical Business Analyst role will continually look to enhance these processes through discovery, diagramming, documentation, mapping, analysis, and in recommending improvements. Utilizing common IIBA Business Analysis frameworks, toolsets, and\or methods will ensure quality improvements, business continuity, and internal knowledge repository which is paramount.

The Senior Business Analyst roles will grow as their knowledge of the business grows, the candidate is to acquire this needed knowledge quickly and possess excellent technical, writing, modeling, data analysis, and presentation skills. Once a trusted expert you will be called upon to participate in recommending current and future strategy for the business and technical leadership.

The candidate is required to have project management experience, able to plan agenda and manage meetings, have prior experience in working within governance structures, in keeping minutes, conducting peer reviews, maintaining project risks and defects (In excel, Jira or other tracking system), reporting on project status, in job and time estimating, and working in a matrixed but highly collaborative environment.

Requirements

Core Business Analysis Skills:

• Plan and Develop (Functional Decomposition) a deep understanding of the business environment, its leadership, its business processes, its system processes, its data flows, data sources & integrations.
• Manage “document” and “requirement” traceability within the business, system, data, and technical domains; through common requirement documents (BRD, TRD, DFD), and ensure proper adherence with defined EOTSS\EOHHS Policies and Standards.
• Gather, document, and analyze the many data schemas and master interface control documents “sources to target” inventory all in support of the businesses data integration needs.
• Lead and facilitate requirement gathering, document creation, solution design, and when required help develop appropriate user & system test scripts which require negative test scenarios.

• Maintain and enforce through proper change control; the businesses document repository to ensure proper business impact and dependencies are understood when changes are required which may have business or technical impacts. Ensure changes and updates are maintained.
• Present findings and/or recommendations as required to internal and external stakeholders.

Data Analysis & Mapping Skills:

• Provide subject-matter expertise in data discovery, mapping, analysis, and report creation using native database discovery and documenting tools to help improve operational efficiency, accuracy and consistency.
• Experience in data quality & integrity management processes including merging and analyzing disjointed data sources to formulate business insights (example DIFF Comparisons)
• Define & document data mapping, validations, and transformation rules to facilitate the exchange of data between different systems using common Webservices (SOAP & REST).
• Perform or define data extraction, mapping, analysis, and quality assurance activities to assist in program evaluation, survey operations, and cost assessment decision making; develop and deliver presentations with insights and recommendations for leadership.
• Design sampling plans, data flows, data processing, and/or reports and briefing presentations to optimize the information gained from data collections.
• Create detailed technical documentation, including data mappings, transformation rules, data dictionaries, and system interfaces, to facilitate future reference and knowledge transfer, ensuring alignment between stakeholders and development teams product goals and objectives.
• Lead and oversee the end-to-end business process & data discover and mapping in the full Integration lifecycle, from concept to launch, demonstrating project management skills and technical expertise.
• Work closely with business, project management, development and testing teams to capture and\or integrate Webservices solutions with existing or new systems and applications, ensuring smooth data flow and minimal disruption to operations.
• Adhere to EOTSS\EOHHS Privacy and Security policies when processing confidential data and ensure updates are made in information guidelines.
• Evaluate and ensure proper change control and update