Our client in Philadelphia, PA has an immediate contract to hire opportunity for a Sr. Business Analyst/Solution Designer.
Candidate will be responsible for interfacing with business units to understand their needs, working with various architecture and development teams to create a solution to the business need utilizing application and services infrastructure, and then working with impacted development and testing team(s) to ensure successful delivery of the proposed solution. Projects will include working with business needs for Video, High Speed Data, Digital Voice and other emerging technologies. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and a background in architecture and business/system analysis. Proven experience in requirements gathering techniques, use case definition, architecture diagramming, sequence diagrams, test planning/execution and system requirement analysis.
Resonsibilities:
-Collaborate with business units requesting systems changes to clarify and document business requirements and business process flows.
-Work with business to identify ROI of proposed changes/enhancements to systems
Partner with Architecture and Development teams to identify feasible solutions and Services that meet the business need
-Document requirements, use cases, architecture diagrams, sequence diagrams and data flow diagrams
-Create test plans, including detailed test scenarios and test environment assessment
-Conduct user interviews, JAD sessions, and other forums to define and capture requirements and design of the solution
-Collaborate with application development and test teams to ensure that use cases and system requirements are understood and actionable
-Monitor, support and report out on activities through the lifecycle of a project
-Utilize requirements management tools to maintain traceability between requirements, design elements, and development work
-Present solutions to executive leadership, business requesters, architects, development and testing teams
-Make informed decisions and choices based upon priority, business necessity and bottom line impacts
-Assess work effort, provide timelines for completion of work and deliver within set expectations
-Creates regular status reports
Creating and Delivering Solutions
· Solves complex problems; takes a new strategic and/or tactical perspective on existing solutions
· Is creative in approaching issues and opportunities
· Proven ability to successfully handle multiple projects at one time and delegate tasks to available team members as necessary; drive successful outcome with minimal supervision
· Responds to demands created by diverse tasks, complicated assignments and/or fluctuating volume of assignments by putting in time and effort necessary to complete the work
· Ability to produce the desired result in accordance with specified standards and department metrics
· Completes work assignments accurately and without substantive errors
· Assures that all aspects of each work assignment are present and properly organized
· Assumes responsibility for quality assurance of their own work
· Owns the project and problem resolution
· Make informed decisions and choices based upon priority, business necessity and bottom line impacts
· Proven ability to understand all aspects of the business need and key business drivers and translate into technical solutions that help anticipate and facilitate possible future business needs
· Identifies issues, assesses and communicates risks and mitigations; recognizes and engages escalation efforts as needed
· Proactively attempts to resolve issues before they become issues and/or escalations
· Ability to develop, maintain and strengthen partnerships with others
· Strong personal leadership skills: interpersonal communications, collaboration, and negotiation
· Must be able to use resolution skills to negotiate “win-win” solutions
· Contributes to the achievement of team goals; team player and team leader
· Encourages and coaches the exchange of ideas amongst all members of the team
· Explains difficult concepts, persuades, and negotiates with individuals with diverse backgrounds and business interests to adopt a point of view
· Keeps others fully informed using all available means demonstrating responsiveness and follow-through to customer needs
Minimum Qualifications:
· College/University graduate or equivalent experience
· Minimum 5-7 years writing IT requirements experience in a complex work environment
· Minimum 8-10 years working in IT with SDLC
· Proficiency in documenting Use Cases, Requirements, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Data Flow Diagrams in a technical environment
· Experience writing test plans and test cases
· Understanding of SOA and experience writing requirements in a SOA environment
· Experience, leading creating and working with detailed architecture diagrams and design tools
· Experience conducting JAD/RAD/AGILE /Waterfall scrum sessions
· Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills
· Advanced proficiency with use of Microsoft Office applications including, Word, MS Project, Excel and Visio and other tools that facilitate the requirements gathering and design phases of the SDLC
· Ability to work and deliver under the pressure of deadlines and commitments to the customer
· Demonstrates professionalism in all areas of work
· Proficient at time management and meeting deadlines and flexible with changing priorities
Additional PreferredQualifications:
BA/BS or Associate degree in Computer Science or related field
Experience in cable, telecommunications, and/or wireless
Experience writing code as a software developer
CBAP Certification
DOORS experience or other requirements management and traceability tools
About Harvey Nash
• Global recruitment and talent solutions company
• Placing thousands of skilled business professionals every year
• Operations in the United States, Europe and Asia
• Headquartered in the UK and traded on the London Stock Exchange
• Over 25 office locations worldwide
• Dedicated to providing talented professionals with top career opportunities
Interested candidates should submit a word formatted resume to cheryl.blumenberg@harveynashusa.com .
No third parties please.
Apply now if your skills and experience are a good match for the position and remember this: At Harvey Nash, the door to opportunity is always wide open.
