Business Analyst

Title : Business Analyst(727006)

Location : Harrisburg Pennsylvania

Client : Commonwealth of PA

Note : This is a Hybrid position

Job Description:

• DOC requires the services of a Business Analyst staff augmentation consultant to assist the technical staff in gathering and documenting the system functional and system requirements for new development projects and enhancements to existing applications for DOC and Pennsylvania Parole Board (PPB) users.
  
• DOC IT primarily uses the Waterfall methodology. While we use Agile methodology for tracking project work (sprint planning and our development efforts) the candidate must have skill and expertise in eliciting and documenting requirements in a Waterfall environment. Experience with both waterfall and agile project methodologies is encouraged Agile is not required.
  

Specific Duties:

• Collects analyzes and documents business rules processes and legislation.
  
• Leads business requirements gathering sessions with business and technical resources for complex system development projects.
  
• Analyzes legislation or other business documentation (e.g. policies/procedures RFPs etc.) to determine necessary IT system changes or changes to business processes required to meet the objectives of an agency initiative.
  
• Works with business users to develop and implement improved business processes for their application to an IT system in support of agency program policy.
  
• Works with users to develop or enhance system requirements.
  
• Prepares or reviews detailed functional specifications for complex IT systems development or enhancement projects to be used by developers for system coding.
  
• Participates in the development of detailed functional specifications for highly complex system development and enhancement projects.
  
• Prepares use cases or other types of requirements documentation.
  
• Assists with system testing.
  
• Assists with preparation of system change requests.
  
• Assists with the planning and prioritization of system changes.
  
• Assist with the creation of training materials.
  
• Troubleshoots system data or process problems.
  
• Works with development and database teams to identify opportunities for data migration and correspondingly documents any necessary business rules.
  
• Works with development and database teams to identify opportunities for integration and correspondingly documents any necessary business rules.
  
• Prepares mockups to provide visual aids for requirements gathering.
  
• Prepares process flows to document for As Is and To Be business processes.
  
• Performs basic SQL queries (as needed) for analysis purposes.
  
• Performs related work as required.
  

Required Skills and Experience

• Required: Experience with Waterfall Methodology 5 years
  
• Required: Experience with writing use cases and requirements documents 5 years
  
• Required: Experience with developing business requirements 5 years
  
• Required: Experience with developing functional requirements 5 years
  
• 5Required: Experience business process reengineering 4 years
  
• Highly Desired: Experience in business change management 3 years
  
• Highly Desired: Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) 3 years
  

About Us:

TriForce is one of the fastest growing companies in the Philadelphia region by receiving the award 5 times and 3 times (Ranked #) on In c. 5000 fastest growing companies in the USA. TriForce Consulting Services In c. is an established consulting services firm offering innovative solutions to Government and Commercial sectors.

We specialize in building customized software applications solutions such as knowledge management systems business intelligence data analysis database support and maintenance data warehouse implementation and support systems architecture and systems integration for our clients. Our technical competencies are in Java.NET SharePoint PHP Business Intelligence (Cosign Data Warehouse) mobile applications platforms (iPhone iPad Android Blackberry) and various other technologies. We also specialize in providing resources to manage infrastructure projects.

TriForce is one of the fastest growing companies in the Philadelphia region by receiving the award 5 times and 2 times on In c. 5000 fastest growing companies in the USA.

Strong software architecture background. Strong experience in leading the design and development of component architectures, pluggable frameworks, extensible platforms, and RESTful APIs. Understanding of microservices architecture and experience in building scalable and modular applications using microservices patterns. Familiarity and experience in building loosely coupled systems. Solid understanding of common design patterns such as Singleton, Factory, Builder, Strategy, Observer, and Dependency Injection. Proven track record in integrating diverse systems. Ability to recognize and apply appropriate design patterns in different scenarios. Expert knowledge of C#. Knowledge of architectural patterns like MVC (Model-View-Controller), MVVM (Model-View-View Model), and Clean Architecture. Experience in implementing these patterns in .NET Core applications. Understanding of security best practices for web applications, including data encryption, secure authentication methods, and protection against common security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top Ten). Project leadership and management skills. Team leadership skills. Excellent communication skills that are able to convey design, ideas and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.