Business Analyst

Job Description:

The following are primary objectives for this role. These may be expanded or retracted as determined by the Engagement Manager. Define the business requirements and creates technology-independent process and data models for technology solutions that meet the business needs of a single business area. Bridge the gap between the business customer and the technology solution providers (ie, vendors, infrastructure team, development team, etc. requires 3-5 years experience in defining requirements and business analytics.

Additional Skills:

- Analysis
- Developing Charts
- Developing Diagrams
- Ability to follow up
- MS Project
- Oracle

The Business Analyst will have experience in performing business analysis activities at the strategic, operational and organizational level, focused on producing business and functional requirements.

Responsibilities include:

- Actively participates in Requirements Elicitation sessions, and takes ownership in implementing standards
- Create specifications that include detailed descriptions of business processes and data flowcharts to describe the interrelationship between business rules and application development
- Conduct preliminary tests of business system applications before the application is sent to quality assurance
- May participate in determining what computer hardware and software will be needed to implement the application

The appropriate candidate will have:

- Proven experience in ensuring that deliverables are consistent with customer's business expectations and strategies.
- Extensive experience facilitating requirements elicitation (JAD) sessions and analysing and evaluating possible solutions to meet requirements
- Proven experience in documenting requirements, creating use cases, and writing and executing test plans
- Proven experience creating various UML diagrams
- Excellent problem solving, written and verbal communications skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Hands-on proven problem solver with a strong analytical background
- Highly motivated with a strong desire to learn about technology
- Highly adaptive; able to manage multiple priorities
- High level of initiative and holds self and others accountable for deliverables and deadlines
- Ability to manage own workload and work independently
- Familiarity with advantages and disadvantages of various SDLC models
- Familiarity with Microsoft web application technologies - eg,.Net
- Familiarity with Microsoft TFS or similar collaborative tool with regards to requirements/user story tracking and traceability, bug tracking and testing

Minimum requirements for position:

- 3-5 years of IT experience with Business Analytical focus
- Able to communicate effectively and represent the group in meetings
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project)
- Ability and desire to work within a team environment with people from multiple business units to create the highest degree of standardization and leverage possible.

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.