Business Systems Consultant 4 for State of NJ

From:
Tuli Mukherjee,
Rice FW Technologies
[email protected]
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This Business Systems Consultant 4 position seeks a Business Analyst with prior professional PMO and VoIP experience.
This position will be remote/off-site at this time with the exception of possibly an occasional (non-frequent) meeting in the office.
At that time, the selected contractor should be able to join without any relocation requirements. For this reason, all candidates submitted should be local to the NJ area and commutable.
Considering the PMO referenced areas below - this is still a Business Analyst. Acceptable candidates will have worked as a Business Analyst under a PMO structure
- Have solid understanding of Project Manage Office, Project Management, Applications development, Policies
development, Change Management, IT Systems development and Support planning solutions
- Previous professional work experience with business stakeholders as a representative of the PMO to
understand the Client's business requirements, i.e. VoIP, and business process flows, document current
state / future state processes; ability to then translate them into comprehensive, accurate and quality
requirements / specifications
- Evaluate data collected through Interviews, business process analysis, surveys and/or JAD (Joint Application
Development) sessions
- Liaise with the various business units SME's, NJ state agencies, departments and teams in defining business
processes, application(s) requirements and technical solutions.
- Provide suggestions to the project teams during the development stage to ensure the Client's business needs
are being met
- Communicate effectively with DHS Business Clients and IT staff on requirements and solutions
- Document results of the analysis and workflows as well as obtain sign-off(s) from the appropriate client
- Apply conceptual knowledge of business and technology processes to solve complex operations and/or
procedural problems.
- Participate in projects of a cross-functional nature and evaluate/deliver/negotiate processes and applications
to customers.
- Develop, document and execute test cases and scripts and coordinate UAT Testing with the Business Users
- Coordinate with the Business and IT teams who are involved in the Testing process and are responsible for
- validating test results and/or follow up on any outstanding testing issues
- Document and manage any Change Requests related to the working project
- Assist the PMO office in the introduction of any new technology tools, templates, policies, procedures, and/or
best practices
- The candidates must possess excellent organizational and time management skills, strong attention to detail
and accuracy; work independently and in a team.
EDUCATION
- BA degree from an accredited 4 year institution
- MBA degree preferred
- Minimum of 5 years Business Experience as a Business Analyst, Process Analyst or Business Systems
Analyst having VoIP experience
Required/Desired Skills
Skill
Required /Desired
Amount
of Experience
Prior professional experience working with SDLC methodology including Waterfall and Agile as a Business Analyst
Required
7
Years
Experience with Microsoft Suite products (Word, Power Point Excel, Visio)
Required
7
Years
Experience in developing business requirements, functional specifications and user manuals for medium to large sized projects
Required
7
Years
Prior experience interviewing user community and documenting needs of the client
Required
7
Years
Experience in requirements elicitation, translation to functional design, test planning and user documentation process
Required
7
Years
Current or recent experience working as a BA on application development projects
Required
5
Years
Prior working experience working as a BA for 4-5 projects simultaneously
Required
5
Years
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Required
5
Years
Experience in working with VoIP
Required
2
Years
Prior experience working with UML Modeling for Agile and BRD/FRD Creation in Waterfall
Required
5
Years
Prior experience doing all of the above within a PMO structure
Required
5
Years
Proficient in creating and executing system functional unit test cases and documenting test results
Highly desired
5
Years
Experience working with Government Agencies (State/Federal)
Desired
1
Years
Experience in developing and documenting business and system process flows
Desired
2
Years
Questions
No.
Question
Question1
Is candidate available for a webcam interview and able to commit, without relocation to working on site when required by the State?
Question2
The candidate will be based at 222 South Warren Street, Trenton, NJ but based on project needs, may be required to travel to other sites for offsite meetings, etc. Does the candidate have their own transportation? Note that there is no reimbursement by the State for travel expenses.
Question3
Where is the candidate geographically located?
Question4
If the candidate resides 1 hour or more from the client location will the candidate relocated for the position?
Question5
Does supplier accept the rate of NA.NA/hr for this position?
Question6
Please list projects where the candidate has worked as a Business Analyst utilizing VoIP directly for a PMO.