Job Details: Business Analyst
| Job Title: | Business Analyst |
| Company: | Confidential |
| Position Type: | Contract |
| Pay Rate: | 35-40 hr |
| Date Posted: | Apr-14-08 |
Job Title: Business Analyst
Position Details:
The IT Business Analyst function is critical to the design and testing of system enhancements and development. Understands system users' needs and translates those into documented business specification for use in project plans. Brings an awareness of technology opportunities to the business. Meets with the customers to document detailed specifications of the system requirements and work closely with the technical staff during construction. Assists Project Managers with developing project estimates. Conduct testing to resolve any issues of the application.
Key Job Responsibilities (essential position functions):
· Application business analysis and IT technical solution consulting and application deployment planning and execution for both vendor and internally developed applications
· Need experience in formal requirements analysis and solicitation
· Technical knowledge of pipeline industry (i.e. liquids and gas management systems, GIS, SCADA, HMI, PLCs).
· Builds and manages relationships with key stakeholders involved with system enhancements.
· Researches and analyzes questions and issues to ensure a comprehensive design in development is made utilizing the best technology.
· Reviews and understands business details of application enhancement requests.
· Documents specifications to the appropriate detail level using the appropriate documentation.
· Collaborates with technical staff when developing a new system enhancement.
· Assists project managers with developing project task estimates.
· Participates in acceptance testing of enhancements for maintenance enhancements and new system releases. Makes sure that best practice testing processes are utilized.
· May also be asked to prepare, script, and execute test cases.
· Works with the Project Manager and Technical Team to resolve issues identified during testing.
· Effectively documents items for others to be used in decision making, coding and procedures. Ensures appropriate documentation is completed and stored in the repository database.
· Works with Project Manager to provide the necessary documentation so appropriate training can be delivered and appropriate procedure guides updated.
· Communicates status of project tasks to Project Manager. Is particularly diligent in reporting task changes that impact project schedules.
· Communicates with Technical Analyst with regards to specification changes.
· Communicates to business partners final specifications
· Bridging between the business partner and the technical team by acting as a technical liaison and stakeholder advocate
· Collaborate with customers to ensure alternatives have been carefully considered and that the chosen solution meets business objectives
· Eliciting, facilitating, documenting, and finalizing business requirements (e.g. process modeling, data, business rules, functions, etc.)
· Developing test cases and plans, run system testing, conduct testing validation
· Identifying alternatives in context of business opportunity and business processes
· Ensuring business' requirements are met
· Applying a foundation of technical knowledge to a variety of business needs using industry standards, Clientstandards and information protection policies
· Applying Operational Excellence principles, practices, and processes
· Contributing to enterprise architecture development from a business needs point of view
***One of the BA postions will also have a strong behavioral change management component to it so if we could find someone who has experience in preparing the business and support organizations for the behavioral changes required to successfully deploy a new IT system , to raise awareness and increases acceptance of the changes and to provide effective communications, and in ensuring that expectations are well managed and the business units are better prepared for what lies ahead.
| Location: [rss] | US-TX-Houston |
| Telecommute: | No (Onsite Position) |
| Contact Name: | Donny Newcomb |
| Contact Phone: | |
| Contact Email: | donny.newcomb@rcgit.com |
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