April 12, 2024
NYSTEC has a job opening for a senior consultant – senior business analyst. Are you ready to contribute to our engaged workforce and to deliver the NYSTEC Experience?
Department: Data Services & Management
Location: Albany, NY
Salary: $79793 – $109716
About Us
NYSTEC is a nonprofit technology consulting company, advising agencies, organizations, institutions, and businesses since 1996. We’re independent and vendor-neutral, so we have our clients’ best interests at heart. At NYSTEC, we know that we succeed when individuals and teams flourish personally and professionally, so our benefits and perks support that mindset. Are you ready to contribute to our engaged workforce and to deliver the NYSTEC Experience?
About the Senior Consultant – Senior Business Analyst
The senior business analyst will work with the project director, project manager, and cross-functional teams to support the implementation of high-profile New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) initiatives. Within the systems development life cycle, the senior business analyst will take a lead role in the business and technical aspects of design and problem resolution and will act as a liaison between the project and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities: Senior Consultant – Senior Business Analyst
Overall, in the role of senior consultant – senior business analyst you will:
- Performing a gap analysis of commercial, off the shelf (COTS) applications and their ability to meet implementation requirements.
- Documenting business requirements and creating context diagrams.
- Developing and presenting justifications for system or business process requirements.
- Analyzing quantitative data to drive recommendations and decisions.
- Evaluating and providing feedback on vendor deliverables and/or artifacts throughout the project life cycle.
- Coordinating the elicitation, documentation, review, and approval of business requirements from key stakeholders using industry standard methods.
- Creating or improving templates for the business analysis functions.
- Participating in project meetings and calls with state, project, and vendor staff.
- Providing other business analysis support as required.
- This position will be onsite in Albany, NY
About You
Required Qualifications: Senior Consultant – Senior Business Analyst
Candidates applying for the role of senior consultant – senior business analyst should have the following knowledge, skills, and/or abilities:
- Minimum of seven years of experience working on complex projects with two or more years in a leadership role as a business analyst that included elicitation, documentation, review, and approval of business requirements from key stakeholders using industry standard methods.
- Minimum of seven years of client-focused business and requirements analysis experience and documentation, including conducting and leading requirements gathering sessions; analyzing gathered requirements; identifying, documenting, and validating system requirements for continuous integration and deployment; and preparing proposals for best fit technology based on requirements elicited.
- Minimum of five years of experience conducting business process analysis and optimization in a technology environment while documenting the as-is and proposing the to-be states.
- Minimum of five years of experience creating requirements documentation, such as use cases, screen prototypes, and specifications and adhering to preestablished templates and and a requirements management tool.
- Minimum of three years of experience on projects analyzing, extracting, transforming, and documenting legacy systems’ functionality, system logic, business rules, and context diagrams.
- Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications: Senior Consultant – Senior Business Analyst
- Master’s degree.
- Familiarity with the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK).
- Ability to apply industry best practices and state/federal mandates to system requirements.
- Experience identifying project risks/issues and proposing solutions.
- Ability to work independently and to manage work within a defined schedule.
- Current certified business analysis professional (CBAP) certification or similar.
Education and Experience: Senior Consultant – Senior Business Analyst
For the senior consultant – senior business analyst role, candidates should have the following education/experience:
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree with coursework in information technology, business or public administration, project management, and/or communications.
- An equivalent combination of education, experience, and training being considered.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
It is NYSTEC’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all individuals, regardless of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, military service and veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws and ordinances. NYSTEC is strongly committed to this policy and believes in the concept and spirit of the law.
Reasonable Accommodations
Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact Talent_Management-Confidential@nystec.com if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
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