Senior Business Analyst - Parsippany, NJ

SUMMARY :

We are seeking a Senior Business / Data Analyst Contractor that has Cloud-Data experience that will have the responsibility for eliciting business needs, performing detailed analysis and documentation, modeling processes, evaluating impacts, prioritizing business requests, and partnering with the project teams to ensure the successful delivery of new Cloud-Data Lake capabilities in support of various client applications.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Solve complex business problems utilizing business process redesign and cloud computing technologies

Assess AS-IS processes and develop new processes and / or business flows to leverage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) capabilities of Software-As-A-Service (SAAS).

Consult with data engineering team and functional unit owners and document a gap analysis of capabilities, requirements and needs against technology

Apply business process re-engineering methodologies for systems modernization

Develops new standard operating procedures documentation and a handbook for Data Lake

Prepare and present findings, recommendations, new operating models, and new workflows in consultation with the data engineering team

Creates methodology to measure process performance against established metrics

Responsible for completing assignments with the ability to work on 1-3 projects

Understanding the business needs and requests, identifying solutions, gathering information, and translating business needs into documented artifacts that are understandable to business and IT personnel alike

Work with the business users to analyze processes and system issues and turn them into actionable system changes that benefit the requesting party(s), improve efficiency in operations and overall performance

Collaborate with project teams and business partners during project planning, incremental software delivery reviews, and User Acceptance testing to ensure the software has been implemented based on the specifications.

LEVEL BASED COMPETENCIES

Very Strong Communication skills (verbal & written) (Perhaps : Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing)

Strong Collaboration skills

Very Strong Customer Focus and client interface skills (Perhaps : Ability to interact with business users and focus on customer needs)

Strong Skills in Building Working Relationships

Strong Planning, Organizing & Follow-Up skills

Strong Attention to Detail

Time Management

Meeting facilitation

Strong Relationship Management skills ability to interact well with all levels of management, quickly and effectively build credibility and relationships

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Experience in SDLC and Agile / Scrum methodology, including : eliciting / documenting user stories / acceptance criteria , backlog management, and Sprint reviews.

Modeling experience (e.g., process flows, use cases, swim lane diagrams, AS-IS / TO-BE diagrams, mock-ups / wireframes)

Experience in Google Cloud technology is a plus

Experience in data modeling

Experience in process re-engineering

Knowledge of Information Security Awareness

Understanding of web applications

Experience in Jira is a plus

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related majors.

10+ years of IT experience; preferably in enterprise Business-to-Business durableable goods, construction, or building materials manufacturing.

10+ years' experience in systems analysis, data analysis and design with proven record of successful large scale project implementations

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or similar certification is a plus.