Senior IT Business Analyst

Senior IT Business Analyst

Duration 1 year contract

Pay Rate $75.00 / hour - $78.00 / hour W2 (no 1099 or C2C)

Location Oakland, CA

• LOCAL CANDIDATES STRONGLY PREFERRED
• Remote with onsite requirement as needed

TOP THINGS :

1. Have a general familiarity with SAP capabilities in translating design information into costs, materials ordering, and accounting

2. Have an understanding of how individual Bill Of Material components (materials and labor, plus overheads) can be aggregated for estimating purposes into Compatible Units and assemblies is important

3. Be familiar with the sourcing / procurement process for non-standard or long lead time material

4. Lastly, and probably most important, have good general IT BA experience / skills

Responsibilities :

Responsible for the concurrent management of one or more medium to large complex IT Business Technology projects. These projects are one-time, multitask jobs that have clearly defined start and end dates, a specific scope of work, a budget, required resources, and a specified performance objective to be achieved. Specific responsibilities include :

Works with stakeholders and project team to elicit, analyze, validate and prioritize the business needs / requirements

Conducts interviews to gather customer requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods

Identifies and establishes scope and parameters of requirements analysis on a project-by-project basis to define project impact, outcome criteria, and metrics

Analyzes and verifies requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards

Participates in the QA of purchased solutions to ensure features / functions have been enabled and optimized

Participates in the selection of any software solutions that the organization may opt to use

Develops and utilizes standard templates to accurately and concisely write requirements specifications

Translates conceptual customer requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers / project team

Creates process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and / or the project team

Develops and conduct peer reviews of the business requirements to ensure that requirement specifications are correctly interpreted

Assists with the interpretation of customer requirements into feasible options, and communicating these back to the business stakeholders

Manages, enforce and redefine (as necessary) the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle

Communicates changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements verbally or through written documentation to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood

Participates in the testing effort throughout the project lifecycle, including test script creation

Minimum Qualifications :

BA / BS in Computer Science / Information Systems, Business, Engineering, etc. or equivalent work experience

5 years of related experience or equivalent

Experience in Waterfall, Agile and Scrum methodology

Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, and methodology development

Proven experience with business IT applications

Ability to lead and influence decision-making working with senior management at

Able to exercise independent judgment and take action on it

Excellent analytical, mathematical, and creative problem-solving skills

Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail

Highly self-motivated and directed

Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure

Strong customer service orientation

Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

Experience with MS Visio, Excel and PowerPoint

Working knowledge of SQL

Desired :

Master s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Business Administration

Experience working with Electric Generation Interconnection program

Experience working with Electric Distribution / Transmission / Substation work and asset management processes

Experience with LIDAR data, GIS and other PSPS related activities

Experience working with cloud technology : AWS, AZURE, One Cloud

Working knowledge of Enterprise IT infrastructure, Cyber Security, and other technology domain

Experience with dashboarding technology such as Power BI or Tableau

Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver on significant technology solutions / business process improvements from concept to implementation

Benefits : (employee contribution)

Health insurance

Health savings account

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Retirement plan

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. For Los Angeles, CA applicants : Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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