Senior Business Analyst
About The Position
ASSYST is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support its client’s HR Automation Platform Modernization project in Tallahassee, Florida. This is a hybrid position, with three days remote and two days onsite. The Senior Business Analyst will work with HR, Office of Work Program and Budget (OWPB), and enterprise IT stakeholders to analyze existing processes and design automated workflows. The role includes eliciting and documenting business, data, and integration requirements; preparing specifications and process documentation; translating needs into Agile user stories; and managing project and sprint backlogs in Azure DevOps. The position also supports systems and data analysis, executive reporting, and quality assurance. Responsibilities include developing testing strategies and materials, leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT), coordinating defect remediation, and obtaining formal acceptance of deliverables. The work is part of an initiative modernizing an HR automation platform using technologies including ReactJS, .NET Clean Architecture, and Azure DevOps.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 6 years of experience in business analysis and quality assurance.
- Experience with HR business processes, workflow automation, or state government administrative applications.
- Practical knowledge of Agile/Scrum frameworks, Azure DevOps backlog management and test execution, and QA standards review.
- Understanding of relational database concepts, application inputs and outputs, context diagrams, and technical architecture overviews.
- Expertise producing functional specifications, test cases, and user stories.
- Advanced proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
Nice To Haves
- CBAP, ISTQB, or similar certification.
- Direct experience with state government HR, payroll, or position management systems.
- Advanced data validation and analysis techniques.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate current ('As-Is') processes and design future ('To-Be') automated workflows with HR and OWPB stakeholders.
- Facilitate requirements sessions with subject matter experts and gather, prioritize, and document functional, data, and system integration requirements.
- Create functional and design specifications, wireframes or mockups, and standardized desk procedures, including process flows, narratives, and prerequisites.
- Translate business needs into user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
- Manage project and sprint backlogs, schedule estimates, and participate in daily Scrum ceremonies using Azure DevOps.
- Evaluate current and future data needs and analyze the impacts of existing and proposed system integrations.
- Support technical assessments with enterprise IT teams.
- Prepare executive-level reporting from complex operational data and break high-level information into actionable components.
- Develop QA testing strategies, test plans, test cases, test data scenarios, and test environments.
- Plan and execute UAT cycles with HR and enterprise stakeholders.
- Document defects, coordinate issue remediation, and obtain formal acceptance of deliverables.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
