VSP - System Analyst 4 - CRIS Go-Live Planning & Coordination

Engagement Type

Contract

Short Description

VSP - System Analyst 4 - CRIS Go-Live Planning & Coordination

Complete Description

Virginia State Police (VSP) is looking for a Senior Systems Analyst with 6+years of experience to lead go-live planning and coordination for the Criminal and Rap Back Information System (CRIS) project.

The incumbent will serve as the Team Leader for a go-live planning and coordination team and will lead all aspects of the implementation of CRIS during the first half of 2025.

The incumbent will collaborate with CRIS suppliers, interface partners, the VSP Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) and Information Technology (IT) Divisions on testing and implementation activities.

• These duties involve the following : Leads all aspects of the implementation of CRIS; plans and coordinates CRIS testing, release rollout and post-release refinement;
• collaborates with VSP IT and each interface partner to document and coordinate their tasks in the release plan; plans and leads simulated rollouts before each CRIS release;
• analyzes CRIS solution to define implementation requirements; plans and coordinates with the test data team the creation, scrubbing and use of test data to support various testing scenarios;
• coordinates business change management such as assisting management to create change management plans; update staffing plans and job descriptions;
• coordinate employee training; coordinate the assignment of CRIS user roles to end-users; coordinate with external stakeholders and customers;

solicit and analyze employee input and guidance. Candidates for this position are required to have experience developing and executing system test and implementation plans.

• Also, candidates for this position should possess strong leadership skills, strong organization, administrative, analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills;
• be self-motivated and able to develop rapport and positive working relationships with coworkers and the agency at large;
• be proficient in Organizational Change Management; have prior experience implementing cloud-hosted Software As A Service (SaaS) solutions;
• be able to manage security access and user profile management; be able to work collaboratively with various groups within VSP and VSP vendors to ensure requirements are vetted and documented;
• be able to analyze functional / nonfunctional system requirements; possess excellent communication skills in English and the ability to communicate with internal customers in nontechnical terms;

be proficient with Microsoft Products (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint); be proficient in creating business and system requirements.

Candidates should highlight any experience working on criminal justice projects. The incumbent must work full-time onsite at VSP headquarters, North Chesterfield.

Required / Desired Skills

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

experience developing and executing system test and implementation plans

Required

Years

strong leadership skills, strong organization, administrative, analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills

Required

Years

be proficient in Organizational Change Management;

Required

Years

experience implementing cloud-hosted Software As A Service (SaaS) solutions; be able to manage security access and user profile management

Required

Years

be able to work collaboratively with various groups within VSP and VSP vendors to ensure requirements are vetted and documented

Required

Years

be able to analyze functional / nonfunctional system requirements

Required

Years

possess excellent communication skills in English and the ability to communicate with internal customers in nontechnical terms

Required

Years

be proficient with Microsoft Products (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint); be proficient in creating business and system requirements

Required

Years

Candidates should highlight any experience working on criminal justice projects

Desired

Years

Questions

Description

Question 1

Commonwealth of Virginia security policies prohibit the use of offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside within the US for the duration of the assignment?

Question 2

Please list candidate's email address.

Question 3

Is your candidate comfortable interviewing ON-SITE? If not, DO NOT SUBMIT!!!

Question 4

Is your candidate comfortable working ON-SITE from Day 1? If not, DO NOT SUBMIT!!!