What are the responsibilities and job description for the VDOT - Business Analyst - Hybrid position at CLOUDRAY?
JOB DESCRIPTION :
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Business Integrated Solutions Division (BISD) is seeking a highly experienced Business Analyst to join our Business Analytics and Testing Support Team. This role requires strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to take initiative with minimal supervision. The Business Analyst will serve as the voice of the customer, ensuring that business needs are clearly understood, articulated, and documented. The Business Analyst will work in both Agile (Sprint) and traditional Waterfall methodologies for the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), contributing to ensuring that customers' requirements are met through the development and delivery of requested enhancements.
Key Responsibilities :
- Act as the voice of the customer, working with project team members and business stakeholders to fully understand business processes, pain points, and customer needs.
- Develop expertise in customers' business applications and organizational data management concepts, advocating for the customer throughout the SDLC.
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis to identify system gaps and deficiencies that impact the customer and require a business, technical, or blended approach for resolution.
- Diagram current processes and propose modifications using process flows, context diagrams, and data flow diagrams to ensure clarity for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Client and document customer-centric requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria with a focus on improving business and technical processes.
- Decompose requirements into Epics and Features; create clear and concise user stories that are aligned with customer goals and are easy to implement by technical teams.
- Map user stories to technical designs for system modifications, ensuring that solutions meet customer expectations.
- Identify and group related user stories into Themes; document dependencies, ensuring alignment with customer priorities and business processes.
- Assist the Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog with a customer-first mindset.
- Perform Quality Analyst functions, defining test objectives, test plans, and test cases, while executing tests (including regression testing) to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Coordinate and facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business stakeholders, ensuring that the customer is at the center of the testing process and keeping Project Managers / Scrum Masters informed of progress.
Qualifications :
Preferred :
Please Fill the Skill Matrix and return while submitting : Skills Required / Desired Amount of experience Last used (MM / YYYY) Experience delivering business and systems analysis artifacts Required Experience as an Agile Business Analyst with a strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology. Required Proven experience in organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs. Required Proficiency in translating client and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories. Required Defining acceptance criteria and managing the acceptance process with development teams. Required Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with a proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers Required
