Jr. Business Analyst

About the role

Pinnacle Method Consulting partners with job seekers to help them achieve their career goals by connecting them with top-tier opportunities. We do not act as a staffing firm or agency; instead, we source and verify positions directly from premier employers like Planned Systems International (PSI).

Responsibilities

• Identifying, coordinating, and reviewing Portfolio/Product/Project requirements/Epics/User Stories and User Acceptance criteria (interaction with product owner, Scrum Master, and other work streams/teams)
• Creating System of Records and workbooks for evaluating business risk and criticality based on the fit for purpose description of the requirements
• Evaluating, recommending, and implementing risk identification and business impact from a criticality point of view
• Maintaining and upgrading System of Record artifacts for systems under test (SUT) in approved enterprise repositories such as MS SharePoint
• Understanding project architecture, test environment, and test data needs based on the System build scope
• Conducting thorough evaluations of the SUT by analyzing and comprehending requirements
• Identifying and dispositioning risk assessment functions as per approved standards and processes
• Writing detailed functional risk justification and mitigation strategies reports to ensure that system/product/service requirements are met
• Serving as a facilitator providing pre-testing intake assessment know-how for the support of user requirements of routine, complex to highly complex software/hardware health and other IT applications
• Working both independently and as a team, promoting a collaborative work environment with team members and customers, defining, organizing, and/or presenting detailed information and data needed to accomplish organization and pre-test activity goals
• Actively participating in collaborative meetings with the VA customer, VA product development, testing assessment teams, and other key stakeholders as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, engineering, scientific, managerial, business, or related discipline
• Substitution: Four (4) years of relevant experience or an associate degree plus two (2) years of relevant experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree
• U.S. Citizenship is required, along with successfully passing a thorough Government background screening requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
• Able to obtain and maintain necessary security clearances as required for access to classified information
• Bachelor's Degree in a recognized technical, engineering, scientific, managerial, business, or other discipline related to area of expertise
• One to three (1-3) years' experience with business requirements management efforts
• One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to successfully perform the duties of the position
• Experience must include writing detailed reports, communicating statuses, and presenting justification with supporting data
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of and skill in using current information technology applications
• Experience using MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• PMP, CSM certifications are preferred but not mandatory, however, ability to obtain those certifications, if hired to perform above duties, is required

Qualifications

• Required Technical/Business Tools: Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and communication tools (Teams, SharePoint)

Skills

• Knowledge of and skill in using current information technology applications
• Experience using MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Communication tools (Teams, SharePoint)
• Knowledge of COTS and GOTS systems/products/services evaluation
• In-depth understanding and knowledge of Health Information Technology (HIT) policies and procedures, patient care/clinical business processes
• Experience using Risk based testing methodologies

Benefits

PSI offers full-time, benefits eligible employees a competitive total compensation package that includes paid leave, and options for employer-sponsored group medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, AD&D coverage, legal services, identity theft protection, and wellness programs.