IT- Business Analyst - Senior

Job Title : IT- Business Analyst - Senior

Job ID : -

Location : Oakland, CA

Duration : months on W Contract.

Description :

OPEN TO NON -LOCALS BUT HM PREFERS LOCAL Non-locals must be willing and committed to work PST hours.

Remote, onsite as needed and will probably be limited to - times / month

TOP THINGS :

• Asset Work Management, Electric Generation Interconnection (EGI)
• utilities similar to Client
• SAP Work and Asset Management focusing on Electric Distribution, Transmission, Substation
• Good to have : Power gen exp (MSP note : assets for Power Generation, could be hydro, electric, etc.)
• Good to have : SAP Module : Field Service Management - Very good to have

Client laptop will be provided to local or located within client's service territory. If outside the Client territory and / or out of state, vendor should provide the equipment or worker's personal.

Responsibilities :

Responsible for the concurrent management of one or more medium to large complex IT Business Technology projects. These projects are one-time, multitask jobs that have clearly defined start and end dates, a specific scope of work, a budget, required resources, and a specified performance objective to be achieved.

Specific responsibilities include :

• Works with stakeholders and project team to elicit, analyze, validate and prioritize the business needs / requirements
• Conducts interviews to gather customer requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods
• Identifies and establishes scope and parameters of requirements analysis on a project-by-project basis to define project impact, outcome criteria, and metrics
• Analyzes and verifies requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards
• Participates in the QA of purchased solutions to ensure features / functions have been enabled and optimized
• Participates in the selection of any software solutions that the organization may opt to use
• Develops and utilizes standard templates to accurately and concisely write requirements specifications
• Translates conceptual customer requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers / project team
• Creates process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and / or the project team
• Develops and conduct peer reviews of the business requirements to ensure that requirement specifications are correctly interpreted
• Assists with the interpretation of customer requirements into feasible options, and communicating these back to the business stakeholders
• Manages, enforce and redefine (as necessary) the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle
• Communicates changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements verbally or through written documentation to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood
• Participates in the testing effort throughout the project lifecycle, including test script creation

Minimum Qualifications :

• BA / BS in Computer Science / Information Systems, Business, Engineering, etc. or equivalent work experience
• years of related experience or equivalent
• Experience in Waterfall, Agile and Scrum methodology
• Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, and methodology development
• Proven experience with business IT applications
• Ability to lead and influence decision-making working with senior management at Client
• Able to exercise independent judgment and take action on it
• Excellent analytical, mathematical, and creative problem-solving skills
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail
• Highly self-motivated and directed
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure
• Strong customer service orientation
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Experience with MS Visio, Excel and PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of SQL

Desired :

• Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or Business Administration
• Experience working with Electric Generation Interconnection program
• Experience working with Electric Distribution / Transmission / Substation work and asset management processes
• Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver on significant technology solutions / business process improvements from concept to implementation.

The hourly rate for this position is between $ - $ per hour.

Compensation :

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography / market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate .