Sr. Business Systems Analyst

Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Sr. Business Systems Analyst for their Vancouver, Washington location. This hybrid, one-year renewable contract includes employee benefits.

About the role

This role supports the Operational Technology Services Work Planning & Delivery organization, performing systems analysis, interfacing with users to support functional requirements development, analysis of tools and techniques, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and improvement of systems used by Operations functions. You will work closely with the Project Manager and other BSAs on the day-to-day deployment of major software, telecommunication, cyber security, infrastructure, and virtualization projects to ensure continuity and coordination.

Responsibilities

• Conduct interviews and facilitate workshops to elicit application requirements.
• Help define approach, alternatives, and decision framework for alternative solutions analyses.
• Assess and document descriptions of complex technical systems.
• Facilitate design sessions, key decisions, team meetings, sponsor meetings, and stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Complete all documentation in support of the solution, including use cases, requirements, test plans, process maps, and desk procedures.
• Assist in the development of Business Cases/Justifications for identified improvement opportunities and present proposed solutions in both verbal and written formats to key stakeholders and sponsors.
• Prepare functional and technical documentation for hand-off to IT workgroups.
• Create queries and reports for extracting, manipulating, and reporting business architecture-related information.
• Support project manager in the maintenance of project information including scope, status, schedule, budget, forecast, risks and issues, resources.
• Support development and implementation of change management plans that reduce employee resistance and empower management as change sponsors.
• Facilitate various system verification activities such as systems and user testing.
• Facilitate system and data integration efforts to connect disparate systems that have various levels of technical maturity.
• Analyze solutions and business practices for efficiency and effectiveness; initiate continuous improvement initiatives based on analyses.
• Work with team members to verify assigned project(s) follow the OT SLC process and complete the process steps and required artifacts.
• Interview Subject Matter Experts and prepare drafts of OT SLC artifacts.
• Facilitate reviews and incorporate feedback on OT SLC artifact drafts.
• Obtain Project Sponsor feedback and final approval of SLC artifacts.

Requirements

• A degree in Information Technology, Technical Management, Information Management, Engineering, Business Systems, Computer Science, or a directly related technical discipline is preferred.
• 10 years of experience is required with an applicable Associate’s degree.
• 8 years of experience is required with an applicable Bachelor’s degree.
• 12 years of experience is required without a degree.
• Experience should be consistent with the specific requirements of business systems analysis and progressively more technical in nature.
• Advanced knowledge of Visio and/or other flowchart tools.
• Expert proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience utilizing requirements management tools.
• Expert knowledge in supporting the full lifecycle of projects through the IT Systems Development Lifecycle.
• Expert knowledge in IT planning, functional and technical specifications, and system life-cycle (SLC) management.
• Experience supporting requirements development, including:
  • Conducting interviews and facilitating workshops to elicit business requirements.
  • Researching, analyzing, modeling, and organizing information for developing requirements.
  • Decomposing high-level information and abstracting up from low-level information to distinguish solution ideas from business needs.
  • Facilitating requirements validation sessions and presenting findings to stakeholders.
  • Collaborating to resolve requirements conflicts between stakeholders.
  • Researching, documenting, and validating current and future state processes and designs (functional and technical).
  • Helping define best approaches, alternatives, and decision frameworks for alternative business solutions analyses.

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