Lead Business Analyst jobs in Alabama

Advanced Systems Design is seeking a Lead Business Analyst for our client located in Montgomery, AL.

Sorry, Remote work will not be considered or negotiated.

Job Overview:

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst who can support MES-CARES by proactively communicating with system users, managers, subject matter experts, and product owners to elicit requirements. You will work closely with product owners, QA, operations, engineering, business analysts, and many other cross-functional partners. Your duties and responsibilities:

• Liaise with internal and external customers, and development teams to build products.
• Elicit requirements and critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources.
• Decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information, and distinguish user requests from underlying true needs.
• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze trade-offs between usability and performance needs.
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates using natural language.
• Track progress and review project tasks to make certain deadlines are met.
• Deliver requirements documents, use cases, workflows, UI, and other deliverables as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• 7 years experience as a Business Analyst; prefer in the healthcare or Medicaid/Children's Health field
• Experience in facilitating product owners in gathering requirements and possess excellent writing skills to capture and document detailed requirements.
• Extensive experience with system requirements and their constraints/dependencies.
• Experience facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions and requirements sessions.
• Extensive experience with Software Development Methodology.
• Process knowledge and experience with Agile Software Development projects.
• Experienced in developing and negotiating win/win solutions to project issues
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Strong analytical and product management skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into the application and operational requirements.
• Ability to develop and negotiate win/win solutions to project issues.
• Must be able to work independently on all assigned tasks.
• Proficiency with MS Office (including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access) and Visio.
• Fully utilizing Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) to track requirements, work items, bugs, deliverables, and builds
• Strong analytical skills are required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into the application and operational requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Eligibility and Enrollment (E&E)
• Experience with Eligibility and Enrollment(E&E) for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) business areas.
• Experience Health Care Industry similar to Eligibility and Enrollment related areas.
• Working hands-on with all aspects of the System Development Life Cycle Extensive experience with Change Management.
• Experience with project development methodology and ability to apply the methodology in a practical manner

Education:

Required Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or another related field.

Or

Relevant equivalent work experience above the minimum required

Advanced Systems Design, Inc. is:

• A leading Information Technology provider for Federal, State & Local government agencies.
• A certified minority-owned small business government contractor with capabilities related to Public Health IT, Criminal Justice, Transportation, and Defense.
• A certified service-disabled veteran-owned company with a proud 42-year track record of providing successful innovative solutions for our government customers.
• A drug-free workplace in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988.
• Applicants who have a signed offer of employment or contractor agreement are subject to:
  • the pre-employment testing protocol:
    • background investigation
    • drug screening

Our Employees:

• Are actively working on next-generation technology projects with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, CDC, and a wide array of Federal, State, and Local agencies throughout the United States
• Are eligible for wide-ranging benefits and perks, including but not limited to:
  • Comprehensive Health Insurance with PPO and HDHP/HSA options
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Short/Long-Term Disability
  • Group Life Insurance - Company Paid
  • Voluntary Life Insurance
  • 401(k) Plan with Employer Match
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation/Sick)
  • Holiday Pay - Company Paid Federal Holidays
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Professional Certification Incentive Plan
  • Employee Referral Plan
  • Technology Exposure

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Advanced Systems Design is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.