Business Analyst (hybrid)

Vitaver and Associates • Tallahassee, FL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Business Analyst will support HR automation releases for a client in Tallahassee, Florida. The role is a temporary project with an estimated duration of 12+ months and possible extensions. The work setting is hybrid, with three days per week onsite at the client's location; candidates must be able to relocate as required. The opportunity is offered through approved staffing partners and is not available through direct application to the client.

The analyst will document and improve HR business processes, elicit and translate requirements, analyze data and integrations, and prepare functional specifications, schedules, implementation plans, and QA documentation. The role involves close collaboration with HR subject-matter experts, management, customers, technical staff, and system support staff.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience in business analysis, requirements engineering, and quality assurance documentation.
• Experience with human resources business processes and state government workflow practices.
• Experience translating HR domain knowledge into functional requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Experience producing legible and complete functional documentation that captures business processes and inputs and outputs.
• Experience analyzing and defining processes and workflows to design efficient information solutions.
• Experience identifying and documenting requirements for maintenance, enhancement, or development of computer application systems.
• Experience with relational database theories and concepts.
• Experience testing complex applications and interpreting whether requirements and designs were met.
• Experience preparing schedule estimates for requirements analysis and QA tasks in an iterative software delivery environment.
• Experience preparing functional specifications and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Experience preparing test plans and designing test cases, test data, and test environments.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
• Experience with workflow automation, human resources, or government administrative computing applications.
• Experience with Agile Project Management methodologies and practices.
• Experience with the SCRUM framework.
• Experience with Azure DevOps for backlog management, sprint planning, and test execution.
• Experience performing QA reviews to determine whether standards are met.
• Availability to work onsite at the client's Tallahassee location three days per week.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with state government human resources systems, payroll systems, or position management applications.
• Experience with data analysis techniques, data validation approaches, and validating data relationships.
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) certification.
• International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) certification.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate development of project schedules, implementation plans, and documentation for HR automation releases, and present them to management, customers, and technical staff.
• Analyze current business processes, document and evaluate business needs, and develop redesigned To-Be process documentation to automate HR workflows.
• Translate high-level business requirements into detailed business documents and functional specifications.
• Facilitate work sessions with HR subject-matter experts to elicit and prioritize business and functional requirements, including data and integration requirements.
• Analyze data to understand existing and future needs and document data requirements.
• Evaluate existing integrations with internal and external applications, conduct impact analysis, and propose integrations to support future business needs.
• Work with functional and enterprise system support staff on technical assessments of the client's internal HR-related systems and integrations as needed.

Benefits

• Potential project extensions.
• Opportunity to work extra hours.
• Support and advice from Vitaver consultants working at the client's site.
• Eligibility to participate in the Vitaver Successful Completion Bonus Program.
• Statement that employees are paid in full and on time.
• For full-time permanent employees: health, dental, and vision insurance; retirement system; paid holidays and paid leave options; work-site child care; tuition assistance; and other benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed