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 .