Business Analyst

Responsibilities

Solicits business requirements through interviews, site visits, workshops and/or existing systems documentation or procedures.

Conducts reviews of and analyzes business and information technology processes and prepares essential documentation of processes.

Alerts manager/team lead to potential risks and issues of importance.

Ensures requirements are understood, agreed to and signed off at the appropriate early stages in a project.

Provides detailed analysis resulting in clear, concise and unambiguous system requirements. Requirements analysis will undergo multiple iterations and refinements. Documents detailed use cases that cover all alternate and exception flows.

Provides UI mock-ups. Leads discussions to review design options.

Interacts with others in the business and IT organization.

Troubleshoot issues quickly and appropriately

Required

10+ years of experience in capturing, analyzing and documenting business requirements

Ability to capture requirements with efficiency, accuracy and attention to detail on a consistent basis

Ability to independently facilitate workshops and conduct interviews to gather pertinent information with groups of stakeholders on medium to large-sized projects that span multiple functional areas and teams

Ability to interact professionally with executives, managers, subject matter experts and development teams

Experience in and knowledge of UML

Experience In Documenting Requirements Using The Following

Experience with Sparx Enterprise Architect, Rational Rose, or other modeling software tools

Experience creating screen mock ups

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong organization and time management skills

Strong work ethic and ability to work in a team environment

Ability to decompose high-level business and user functions into requirements, specified in an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those who must base their work on those requirements, ensuring adherence to project scope

Ability to provide accurate time estimates for requirement activities

Document requirements using the right level of detail for the Solution Architects and Quality Assurance teams.

Work with the Quality Assurance team to review test plans, test scenarios, and test cases

Demonstrated ability to effectively negotiate and build consensus with various internal business partners.

Demonstrated accountability in project ownership.

Preferred

Knowledge of Process engineering

Knowledge in managing software development

Familiarity with railroad business

Business Analyst Certification (CBAP), Scrum Master Certification (CSM) is a plus

Innate curiosity about users, processes, and systems.

Understanding business process modeling (includes logical modeling and business process modeling)

Awareness of software Integration points and the technology and/or systems used in the organization.

Understanding of project management methodology (basic framework, phases, artifacts, process, and project funding)

Understanding of quality/testing methodologies

Ability to observe and model the current and proposed workflow for complex projects involving different teams and business processes

Education: 4-yr College Degree required, preferably in appropriate field of study, mathematics, engineering or computer science