Curam Business Analyst

AHU Technologies•Washington, DC

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The Curam Business Analyst assesses current challenges and partners with leadership to develop strategic plans and initiatives, identify opportunities for change, and recommend supporting initiatives. The role plans and leads workshops for gap analysis and training, and analyzes, validates, and supports implementation of requirements for client projects from inception through completion. The analyst evaluates current processes and recommends improvements, optimization, development, or maintenance by reviewing system performance, known system issues, documentation, and supporting technology. The position defines systems scope and objectives based on user needs and business and industry requirements; documents business and user needs; translates them into system requirements specifications; and devises or modifies procedures to address complex problems while considering computing capacity, limitations, operating time, and desired results. It also provides consultation on complex projects and contributes as a top-level specialist across systems analysis phases, considering the business implications of technology in current and future environments. The role requires customer-service orientation, strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, the ability to multitask, and excellent oral, written, and presentation skills. Candidates must be local to the DMV, and the position is onsite. The posting describes the engagement as 1099/W2 and lists compensation of $100–$105 per hour.

Requirements

16 or more years of Business Analyst experience.
16 or more years of Software Development Lifecycle experience.
16 or more years of requirements gathering and documentation experience.
16 or more years of MS Office and PowerPoint experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field, equivalent experience, or a current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Working knowledge of writing functional, technical, and performance requirements in a software development environment.
Excellent communication and writing skills.
Experience with data analysis tools and technologies, such as IBM Knowledge Center Bus Analysis Guide and Curam Data Dictionary.
Hands-on Systems/Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience.
Experience producing deliverable-quality documents.
Professional experience with MS Office applications, MS Project, and Visio.
Professional experience with Curam software version 6 or higher.
Project management experience in change and release management disciplines related to testing, updating, and integrating hardware and software technologies.
Experience working with MicroStrategy, HP Exstream, Tableau, Curam, JIRA, and Salesforce.
Proven experience driving functional design sessions.
Proven experience with project management methodologies.
Customer-service orientation, strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, and ability to multitask.
Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
Candidates must be local to the DMV; the position is onsite.

Responsibilities

Formulate and define systems scope and objectives based on user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements.
Devise or modify procedures to solve complex problems, considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and desired results.
Analyze business and user needs, document requirements, and translate them into system requirements specifications.
Provide consultation on complex projects and serve as a top-level contributor or specialist 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 opportunities for change and recommend supporting initiatives.
Plan and lead workshops for gap analysis and training sessions.
Analyze, validate, and support implementation of requirements for client projects from inception to conclusion.
Evaluate current processes and recommend improvements, optimization, development, or maintenance by analyzing system performance, known system issues, documentation, and supporting technology.