Business Analyst (Information Systems Analyst II, Option A)

State of Illinois•Springfield, IL

3d•$8,060 - $11,851•Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as a Business Analyst and Project Team Leader supporting the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM). The ideal candidate will have professional experience with Application Development and Data Management. This position will perform in-depth assessment and analysis to provide business process re-engineering and transformation services for highly complex enterprise-wide applications, while also participating in the design, testing, training, knowledge transfer, system tuning, and system implementation in order to translate and track results of business analysis through entire system development life cycle (SDLC).

Requirements

Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to four (4) years college with course work in computer science or directly related fields.
Requires three (3) years of professional experience in Applications Services or a related Information Services field.
Requires three (3) years of professional experience supporting Application Development and Data Management activities, including analyzing business requirements, documenting technical specifications, and ensuring data accuracy and integrity across enterprise applications.
Requires three (3) years of professional experience serving as a Business Analyst or project/team leader in a large IT organization, including facilitating requirements gathering, leading business process analysis, coordinating project deliverables, and ensuring alignment between technical solutions and business needs.
Requires three (3) years of professional experience utilizing SDLC methodologies, project management tools including Azure DevOps and MS Project, and enterprise technologies including DB2, SQL, Visual Studio, and .NET Framework to guide application development and system implementation.

Nice To Haves

Three (3) years of professional experience supporting Application Development and Data Management activities, including analyzing business requirements, documenting technical specifications, and ensuring data accuracy and integrity across enterprise applications.
Three (3) years of professional experience serving as a Business Analyst or project/team leader in a large IT organization, including facilitating requirements gathering, leading business process analysis, coordinating project deliverables, and ensuring alignment between technical solutions and business needs.
Three (3) years of professional experience utilizing SDLC methodologies, project management tools including Azure DevOps and MS Project, and enterprise technologies including DB2, SQL, Visual Studio, and .NET Framework to guide application development and system implementation.
Three (3) years of professional experience serving as a project or team leader with responsibility for coordinating staff, monitoring deliverables, and ensuring quality assurance and control measures.
Extensive knowledge of business process analysis, design, modeling, reengineering, or process visualization, with the ability to identify inefficiencies, recommend improvements, and develop solutions that align with organizational goals.
Ability to develop comprehensive IT technical documentation, including user stories, use cases, process models, and program specifications, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and traceability of requirements throughout the system development life cycle (SDLC).
Extensive knowledge of conducting feasibility studies, system evaluations, and impact assessments, with recommendations that support informed decision-making and successful system transitions.
Ability to analyze and resolve system and process issues, collaborating with technical teams and end users to ensure timely resolution.
Developed communication and presentation skills to facilitate workshops, deliver training, and present technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences, including non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Serves as a Business Analyst for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) supporting the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM), performing complex professional and advisory functions.
Participates in design, testing, training, knowledge transfer, system tuning, and system implementation to translate and track results of business analysis through entire system development life cycle (SDLC).
Conducts systems analysis, codes applications, and coordinates development efforts with other IT staff.
Analyzes and recommends new procedures and techniques to improve requirements gathering, articulation, process and data modeling, testing and documentation process.
Keeps abreast of new developments in the information technology field by continuing education through online training platforms, meetings, training sessions, seminars, and conferences to increase familiarity with and remain current on products, vendors, techniques, and procedures.
Attends demonstrations and exhibitions related to assigned operations.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Benefits

Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans
Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position)
10 -25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
12 days of paid sick time annually which carryover year to year
3 paid personal business days per year
13-14 paid holidays per year dependent on election years
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility