Business Analyst

Direct End Client: State of Vermont
Job Title: Business Analyst
Duration: 3 Months
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Remote Role 100%
Position Type: Contract
Interview Type: WebCam
Ceipal ID: SVT_BA924_DK
Requirement ID: 061924

Department: The Department of Children and Families (DCF).

Description: The Agency of Digital Services, on behalf of the Department of Children and Families, is seeking IT business analysis support for a short-term IT project in partnership with the Agency of Human Services. The Department of Children and Families (DCF) would like to identify, groom, and document the requirements for a modernized and unified database for Child Integrated Services (CIS), to be completed in the summer of 2024.

Responsibilities:

• Produce the deliverables specific to BAs as agreed to in the Project Plan and/or as directed by the EPMO project lifecycle.
• Produce such other Business Analysis deliverables as directed by the State EPMO including but not limited to user stories, product backlog, UAT Test Cases and Test Scripts.
• Organize and archive project artifacts in the appropriate State- designated document repository.
• Work with State staff, including such contractors and agents authorized and designated by the State, as necessary to produce and execute all associated artifacts, deliverables and plans.
• Coordinate, create and/or improve information with respect to impacted business processes and systems to assist, direct, and execute incident identification, business impact, and resolution.
• Communicate changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood by these stakeholders.
• Work with the EPMO designated Manager to manage impacts from changes to scope on analysis work.
• Prepare and submit for approval any proposed changes in analysis scope for a given project and refrain from implementing until such changes are approved in writing by the State.
• Ensure that each Business Analysis deliverable is documented on the approved project deliverable acceptance form and has the formal sign-off in accordance with the deliverable acceptance process defined and agreed to by the State.
• Recommend specific corrective actions that can be taken to resolve the analysis-related issue or risk.
• Engage State project sponsors, project stakeholders and others as may be required to address issues, risks, scope creep, or other problems requiring sponsor involvement.
• Schedule and lead regular Elicitation Meetings, Interviews, and Workshops.
• Provide agendas and capture action items, issues, and key decisions made.
• Distribute the documented notes to attendees as directed by the State.
• Attend such meetings regarding the projects as may be directed by the State.
• Provide guidance to increase the likelihood of successful completion of project and related analysis deliverables.
• Provide deliverables to the State Authorized Representative's designee and, as required, federal agencies in the agreed upon format and timeframe.
• The parties agree that the State, in its sole discretion, will determine whether furnished deliverables are deemed acceptable.
• The Parties understand and agree that a deliverable will not be deemed acceptable unless and until the State provides written acceptance of the deliverable.

Required Skills:

• 5 years of IT Business Analysis Experience.
• Expertise in User Story Development.
• Ability to create systematic and consistent requirements specifications in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Experience in Government IT projects.
• Experience in Human Services field preferred.
• Experience with projects for system replacement and/or upgrade.
• Experience using Azure DevOps preferred.
• International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) certification at the CCBA or CBAP level preferred.

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