Request ID:IN-8076-1 (96090531)
Business Analyst/Technical Writer with SQL Server and BA certification
Location:Columbia SC
Duration:12 Months
REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
ANALYTICAL/LOGICAL THINKING
VERBAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS GATHERING
TECHNICAL WRITING
TESTING
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
MS SQL
SOFTWARE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
1. Work with the project manager to plan and deliver meetings and collaborative sessions with the agency’s appointed project stakeholders.
2. Proactively facilitate, communicate, and collaborate with external and internal entities to analyze information needs and document such needs.
3. Work collaboratively with stakeholders to elicit requirements using document analysis of project templates, phone interviews, on-line workshops/webinars, surveys, and occasionally on-site visits.
4. Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish unique requests from the underlying true needs.
5. Participate in the writing, editing, and finalization of the business requirements and test plans and any other project documentation that is required.
6. Identify, escalate and propose timely solutions to any and all issues which pose risks to either the on-time completion or to the quality and completeness of the project.
8. Report project progress weekly to Director, Project and Application Management and the Project Manager.
Experience
AdministrativeVerbal Communication SkillsYes1IntermediateCurrently Using1 – 2 Years
AdministrativeWritten Communication SkillsYes2IntermediateCurrently Using1 – 2 Years
Database PlatformsMS SQLNo2IntermediateWithin 6 Months1 – 2 Years
MiscellaneousAnalytical SkillsYes1IntermediateCurrently Using1 – 2 Years
SpecialtiesBusiness Analysis experience to include data flow diagrams, requirements specifications, use case scenarios, and acceptance testing.Yes3IntermediateWithin 6 Months1 – 2 Years
SpecialtiesDemonstrates ability to understand software requirementsYes1IntermediateWithin 6 Months1 – 2 Years
SpecialtiesApplication DevelopmentNo2IntermediateWithin 6 Months1 – 2 Years