Senior-Level Business Analyst

Azule Staffing has an opportunity for an experienced, high-level Business Analyst to work with our client's team for a project that is currently scheduled to last at least 11 months. Our client is located in St. Paul, MN, which is where the assignment will take place. This opportunity is scheduled start in early-mid October, with the planned end date being September, 2016.

What follows are the key requirements of this consulting role.

REQUIRED SKILLS

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B.S. or BA Degree
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6 years' experience in a Business Analyst role
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2 engagements of at least 12 months duration where responsibilities included performing business process reengineering
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5 engagements of at least 12 months where responsibilities included gathering, analysing, managing and tracing requirements
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3 engagements of at least 12 months where responsibilities included conducting Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions or facilitating business requirement gathering sessions for IT projects over $300,000
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3 engagements of at least 12 months where responsibilities included developing Gap Analysis determinations for IT projects over $300,000
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3 engagements of at least 12 months where responsibilities included determining and controlling scope
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2 engagements of at least 12 months where responsibilities included researching and evaluating solution alternatives
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6 years' experience developing and maintaining deliverables such as: business cases, scoping documents, charters, Requirements Specifications, use cases, user stories, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, process models
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3 engagements of at least 12 months where responsibilities included developing project cost and duration estimates
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3 engagements of at least 12 months where responsibilities included developing risk assessments and risk plans
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3 years of Business Analyst experience working in a state governmental organization on complex IT projects of over $2 million
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3 engagements of at least 12 months where responsibilities included Quality Assurance activities such as developing test plans, test scripts and test cases
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1 engagement of at least 12 months duration where responsibilities included ensuring the usability of the solution.

DESIRED SKILLS

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3 years' experience using the Agile Software Development Life Cycle;
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Lean Six Sigma Certification
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2 years' experience using Agile Development Software such as Rally or JIRA.
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3 years' of Business Analyst experience working on Financial Systems IT projects.
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Experience preparing and delivering presentations and demonstrations to Senior Management.
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2 engagements of at least 12 months in duration where responsibilities included creating and maintaining SharePoint sites.

Keys are a background in multiple large, long-term project experiences performing most common functions performed by an IT Business Analyst, a Baccalaureate Degree (or higher) and heavy involvement in the Quality Assurance/Testing aspect in IT projects.

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