RQ11120 - Business Analyst - Senior

Must Have

• Experience to feed work to the team and dedicated to looking ahead at upcoming work and grooming requirements so that they're well-understood, documented, and ready to go
• Experience with Agile project methodology
• Experience assembling requirements into coherent user stories
• Experience in managing the Product Backlog Items, refining them and communicate changes to project manager/Team Lead
• Requirements documentation experience in the format of concise and clear user stories
• Knowledge of design, develop, test and implement systems solutions, and evaluate software/ hardware
• Proficiency in SQL database querying
• Knowledge in API design, integration and technical requirement definition
• Hands-on experience with creating and managing user stories using Azure DevOps
• Establish effective working relationships with I&IT management, clients, internal and external partners/ stakeholders and project staff
• Communication skills to discuss client requirements;
• To discuss of systems development options and technical processes among project team;

xperience and Skill Set Requirements

Core Skills - 45%

• Experience to feed work to the team and dedicated to looking ahead at upcoming work and grooming requirements so that they're well-understood, documented, and ready to go
• Experience with Agile project methodology
• Experience assembling requirements into coherent user stories
• Experience in managing the Product Backlog Items, refining them and communicate changes to project manager/Team Lead
• Requirements documentation experience in the format of concise and clear user stories
• Breaks epics down into stories and defines acceptance criteria in each story
• Provides the team with the context they need, i.e., what part of The Big Picture they're working on
• Expert in detailed analysis, conversations, and documentation that all user stories call for
• Experience establishing the backlog as a source of truth from which the team can deliver
• Meets with the Product Owner to understand the team's work
• Story writer experience, make sure the myriad pieces of information that are discussed during a team standup are included in the stories; details, decisions, and dependencies, are documented in the in the right user story.
• Explain and present very complex technical analyses, options, proposals, reports and recommendations to clients
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to assess clients' business priorities and needs; to evaluate business and technical design alternatives
• Experience with user testing; working with UI/UX designer and business analyst to plan user testing sessions including screening and recruiting, facilitate user testing sessions, document and present research findings

Technical Skills - 35%

• Working knowledge of business system technologies to provide technical expertise and advice
• Knowledge of design, develop, test and implement systems solutions, and evaluate software/ hardware
• Proficiency in SQL database querying
• Knowledge in API design, integration and technical requirement definition
• Hands-on experience with creating and managing user stories using Azure DevOps
• Experience using AI tools on business requirements documentation and analysis

Communication Skills - 15%

• Strong communication, consultation and interpersonal skills to determine client needs;
• Explain technical concepts to non-technical and technical audiences;
• Establish effective working relationships with I&IT management, clients, internal and external partners/ stakeholders and project staff
• Communication skills to discuss client requirements;
• To discuss of systems development options and technical processes among project team;
• To discuss with clients, development and operational recommendations given limitations and considerations Writing skills to prepare project reports and presentations to explain analysis and recommendations;
• To prepare business cases for recommended approach to systems development or acquisitions;
• To prepare systems documentation and manuals;
• To prepare metrics and dashboard reports; and,
• To prepare research finding summary reports

Public Sector Experience - 5%

• Experience within the public sector, particular with education systems •