DHCF DCAS - Business Analyst - Curam

Collaboredge Inc.•Washington, DC

2d•$89 - $108•Onsite

About The Position

The Business Analyst (Curam) formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on user needs and an understanding of business systems and industry requirements. The role assesses current challenges and partners with leadership to develop strategic plans and initiatives, identify change opportunities, and recommend supporting initiatives. It also plans and leads gap-analysis workshops and training sessions. The Analyst analyzes, validates, and supports implementation of requirements for DCAS projects from inception through conclusion. The role evaluates current processes and recommends improvements, optimization, development, or maintenance by analyzing system performance, known issues, existing documentation, and supporting technology. The incumbent is expected to take ownership of platform-related problems and apply initiative and critical thinking to resolve challenges. The position is onsite, and only candidates local to the DMV will be considered. The contractor must be customer-service oriented, work well with teams, communicate effectively, and multitask when required. Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills are mandatory. The role requires an extensive national criminal background check before starting; federal background checks are not compliant under this contract. Candidates with criminal activity on the background check will be eliminated from consideration.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field, equivalent experience, or a current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
16 years of Business Analyst experience.
16 years of Software Development Lifecycle experience.
16 years of requirements gathering and documentation experience.
16 years of MS Office and PowerPoint experience.
At least 5 years of working knowledge writing functional, technical, and performance requirements in a software development environment.
At least 5 years of experience with data analysis tools and technologies, such as IBM Knowledge Center Bus Analysis Guide and Curam Data Dictionary.
At least 16 years of hands-on Systems/Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience.
At least 4 years of experience producing deliverable-quality documents.
At least 6 years of professional experience with MS Office applications, MS Project, and Visio.
At least 3 years of professional experience with Curam software version 6 or higher.
At least 4 years of proven experience driving functional design sessions.
At least 4 years of experience with project management methodologies.
Excellent oral, written, presentation, communication, and writing skills.
Customer-service orientation, strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, adaptability, analytical ability, and a goal-oriented, self-starting approach.
Ability to multitask when required.
Must be local to the DMV; the position is onsite.
Must complete the required national criminal background check before starting; federal background checks are not compliant under this contract.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of project management experience in change and release management disciplines related to testing, updating, and integrating hardware and software technologies.
At least 2 years of experience working with MicroStrategy, HP Exstream, Tableau, Curam, JIRA, and Salesforce.

Responsibilities

Formulate and define systems scope and objectives based on user needs and an understanding of business systems and industry requirements.
Devise or modify procedures to solve complex problems, considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operation time, and desired results.
Analyze business and user needs, document requirements, and translate them into appropriate system requirements specifications.
Provide consultation on complex projects and contribute at a specialist level across most phases of systems analysis.
Consider the business implications of applying technology to current and future business environments.
Assess current challenges and partner with leadership to develop strategic plans and initiatives addressing priorities.
Identify change opportunities and recommend supporting initiatives.
Plan and lead workshops for gap analysis and training sessions.
Analyze, validate, and support implementation of requirements for DCAS projects from inception to conclusion.
Evaluate processes and recommend areas for improvement, optimization, development, or maintenance by analyzing system performance, known issues, documentation, and supporting technology.
Take ownership of platform-related problems and use initiative and critical thinking to resolve challenges.