L&I IT Business Analyst - Journey
About The Position
Our Mission: Keep Washington Safe and Working! Our Values: Customer Focus, One L&I, Respect, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Learning and Growth, Reliability. This announcement represents multiple opportunities for an IT Business Analyst - Journey. The Strategic Investment Office (SIO) is a program within the Information Technology department reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer. Within the SIO program, is the Business Analysis Office (BAO), which is responsible for effective planning and execution of IT projects in collaboration with the Project Management Office (PMO). The Project Management & Business Analysis Program is responsible for the effective planning, execution and delivery of IT projects agency wide and is comprised of two areas of support: Business Analysis Office (BAO); and Project Management Office (PMO). The BAO consists of IT Business Analysts defining systems scope, design and objectives based on business needs and technical requirements ensuring a solution achieves successful technology outcomes. As an IT Business Analyst (IT BA) Journey, you will provide business and system analysis for all applications and projects within IT and perform some project coordination activities for smaller projects. The IT BA is a key facilitator within L&I, acting as a bridge between the client, stakeholders, the solution team, and the internal/external customers. In this critical role you will be active in all phases of the lifecycle of a project, from initially analyzing a request for change through development to ensuring a solution meets enterprise-wide goals and adds value to the organization.
Requirements
- A minimum of six (6) years of experience performing business systems analysis, or other closely related IT function
- Education may substitute year for year for experience up to four (4) years for a bachelor’s degree and up to two (2) years for an associate’s degree in computer science, information technology, or technical/business discipline.
- A relevant IT certification or Business Analysis Certification, CBAP/CCBA, can substitute for one (1) year education or experience.
- For this position ‘closely related IT function’ is defined as experience including, but not limited to: Application development Consulting Performing complex data analysis IT project management Writing complex queries for reporting
Nice To Haves
- Certified or professional level certification as a business analyst.
- Successful completion of certified International Institute of Business Analysis classes.
- Certification as a Lean consultant.
- Certification as a Project Manager.
Responsibilities
- Analyze current business processes and understand how they work today.
- Define future goals and the changes needed to reach them.
- Assess risks and recommend ways to manage them.
- Define change strategy.
- Plan business analysis activities, approach, and communication.
- Conduct stakeholder analysis.
- Plan requirements management and Test planning.
- Prepare for elicitation.
- Conduct elicitation activities.
- Document and confirm elicitation results.
- Trace, maintain, prioritize, assess and approve requirements.
- Specify and model requirements.
- Verify and validate requirements.
- Define requirements architecture.
- Analyze potential value and recommend solutions.
- Measure solution performance.
- Analyze performance measures.
- Assess solution limitations.
- Recommend actions to increase solution value.
- Test development, execution, reporting, training.
- Organizational change management.
- Plan, resource, and scope, Manage IT project deliverables.
Benefits
- paid leave
- tuition reimbursement
- Infants at Work Program
- generous retirement package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
