Business Analyst with State Client

Location: Brooklyn, NY (Hybrid Onsite) – Work Location: 505 Clermont Ave, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11238 or alternate DSS locations within the five boroughs of the New York City area

Employment Type: Contract

About the role

We are seeking experienced Business Analysts to support a government client’s IT systems development, modernization, and maintenance initiatives. The selected candidates will work with technical teams, business stakeholders, system integrators, and government human service agencies to analyze requirements, design solutions, and oversee project deliverables across multiple application systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform extensive business and data analysis to support IT project initiatives.
• Elicit, analyze, document, and manage business and functional requirements, functional specifications, and functional report specifications.
• Design web‑services‑based applications, document management systems, Active Directory‑based security, telecommunications systems, workflow systems, payroll management systems, and 3‑tiered applications.
• Analyze infrastructure security vulnerabilities and support remediation efforts.
• Work and coordinate with technical teams, business stakeholders, system integrators, and external support providers to collect and analyze requirements.
• Oversee project deliverables to ensure completeness, quality, and timely delivery.
• Apply Agile and waterfall methodologies with a solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Use business analysis tools including JIRA, Balsamiq, MS Visio, MS Project, SharePoint, and the MS Office Suite.
• Write SQL queries for data analysis and reporting; use Power BI, MS Excel, and VB Script for analysis and reporting support.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while setting priorities and meeting deadlines.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Business Analyst in an IT environment (some assignments require 4–6 years).
• Strong knowledge of business and data analysis practices and structured design methodologies.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft Office Suite and business analysis tooling.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong organizational and time‑management abilities.
• Critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience working with government human service agencies is a plus.

Skills

• Business analysis tools: JIRA, Balsamiq, MS Visio, MS Project, SharePoint, MS Office Suite.
• Data analysis and reporting: SQL, Power BI, Excel, VB Script.
• Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, SDLC.
• Domain knowledge: web services, document management, Active Directory security, telecommunications, workflow, payroll management, 3‑tiered applications, infrastructure security vulnerability remediation.