Job Title: Sr Business Systems Analyst I
Job Location: Columbia, SC (Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite)
Duration: 6 Months
Day to Day Responsibilities:
- We are modernizing our data warehouse.
- This involves helping DBAs to thoroughly document the current state and to map to the future state.
- We will be upgrading our IIAS/DB2 to a brand new appliance, upgrading Business Objects to new windows servers, and moving DB2S and SAS from Unix servers to Linux servers.
- This will also require project management skills including helping data analysts stay on track with converting their SAS code as part of the project.
Duties:
- Defines customer needs in technical and business contexts.
- Ensure the proposed technical and business solutions meet the customer's objectives for the work effort.
- Provide guidance with planning and prioritization of business analysis activities in support of large project and support efforts.
- 25% Elicit and document user requirements to meet a business objective.
- Identify and validate requirements and organize the information into a logical document using business analysis models that is understood by the customer and Information Systems.
- 20% Respond to questions and ensure understanding of why the business solution was chosen.
- Guide both technical and customer departments in the development of the systems
- 15% Ensure the accurate deployment of solutions through review of problem logs, assisting with test plans and test matrices, and other analysis activities
- 15% Validate the business need for solutions to business problems and process improvements.
- 10% Facilitate the transfer of knowledge about the big picture direction of the business units to others who support them.
- 10% Provide input on the business direction for system changes.
- 5% Mentor less experienced business systems analysts.
Skills and Abilities:
- Demonstrated expertise in the concepts of the supported business unit.
- Demonstrated knowledge of standard industry practices and procedures for the business unit.
- Able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, including the ability to express complex technical and business concepts to all management levels, peers, and the business units.
- Able to influence and negotiate solutions to business problems.
- Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills.
- Understands how IT affects an organization and is able to link it to business processes.
- Excellent analytical and conceptual skills.
- Able to read and comment on test plans and test matrices, project plans, and scope and design documents.
- Has a conceptual understanding of project management techniques.
Top 2-4 REQUIRED technologies:
- Flow Charts
- Project Plans
- Business Analysis
- Analysis/Documentation
- Microsoft Project
top 2-4 PREFERRED/Nice to have technologies:
- IBM DB2, Business Objects, SAS, SQL
Preferred Software and Other Tools:
Visio, MS Project or similar software, data mining using DB2, SQL, and/or other tools.
Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or other job related field. or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or other job related degree
Required Work Experience:
- 6 years of IT business analysis experience.
- Degree Equivalency: 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or other job related degree
Preferred Licenses and Certificates:
- Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), HIPAA, LOMA