Technical BA

Job Title/Req No- Technical BA

Client location - Des Moines IA

Interview Type - Either Web Cam or In-Person Interview

Work Arrangement - Hybrid

Only USC/GC

*Note: Local to Iowa.

*Note: Local DL.

*Note: No C2C Only W2.

*Note: Experience 10+ Would Prefer.

Short Description-

Technical Business Analyst is skilled at consulting with business stakeholders and technical resources to define requirements and validate conversion for a large-scale data migration effort for Unemployment Insurance Modernization.

Full Job Description -

This position requires that someone is available to work onsite 2 days per week, so the priority will be given to local resources.

Complete Description: Iowa Workforce Development has an immediate need for a Technical Business Analyst skilled at consulting with business stakeholders and technical resources to define requirements and validate conversion for a large-scale data migration effort for Unemployment Insurance Modernization. Specifically, this role will be dedicated to gathering necessary documentation, participating in technical requirement discussions, and performing validations.

This individual will participate in testing and group sessions to define and validate requirements, identify gaps and analyze process needs.

This individual will participate in vendor-hosted data conversion sessions, articulating and/or documenting needs clearly and accurately to vendor teams.

This individual will perform data validation for a large-scale data migration effort, as legacy data is migrated to a modernized system, working in partnership with IWD IT resources and vendor project team to prepare test cases as necessary, document test results and articulate needs.

Iowa Workforce Development is a state agency with a remarkable amount of modernization taking place. These projects will transform agency business operations, eliminate technical debt, improve user experience and return significant cost savings.

The UI Benefit Modernization will move a 40-year-old legacy mainframe system to a contemporary web-based solution. The new system will be a modified/configurable off-the-shelf product, developed and hosted by a third-party vendor.

This position will work closely with the UI Benefits Modernization project manager and data conversion workstream lead, as well as IWD technical resource and UI SMEs, while interacting daily with the vendor's project management and business analyst teams.

Skill Requirements

Involvement in prior medium to large-scale data conversions

Demonstrated ability to elicit, document and understand business and technical requirements

Experience preparing data flow diagrams, system architecture mapping, business process flow documentation

Demonstrated strong communication skills across technical teams and business stakeholders

Proficient understanding of the software development lifecycle and related methodologies

Experience testing systems against test cases and technical specifications, analyzing and documenting results

Experience preparing test cases and technical specifications

Proficient in the use of MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, Jira (or equivalent)

Demonstrated ability to facilitate productive meetings with technical teams and business stakeholders

Working knowledge using SQL Intermediate level or higher

Involvement in milestone/stage gate sign off and approval, ensuring technical and business readiness

Experience partnering with vendor project teams and managing relationships

We are seeking a Business Analyst with data migration experience to analyze and triage data migration testing results. The testing phase is complete, and all scripts for the data migration have been written. The original data mapping and requirements have also been finalized. We need a Business Analyst who can review the script results, identify discrepancies, and determine necessary changes to the data mapping requirements. This role involves working closely with both the business side to refine requirements and the technical team managing the data warehouse. While prior testing experience is not required, as the scripts are already in place, the ideal candidate should be able to understand why discrepancies exist and revise the requirements accordingly.

Skills Matrix -

Involvement in prior medium to large-scale data conversions Required 7 Years

Demonstrated ability to elicit, document and understand business and technical requirements Required 7 Years

Experience preparing data flow diagrams, system architecture mapping, business process flow documentation Required 7 Years

Demonstrated strong communication skills across technical teams and business stakeholders Required 7 Years

Proficient understanding of the software development lifecycle and related methodologies Required 7 Years

Experience testing systems against test cases and technical specifications, analyzing, and documenting results Required 7 Years

Experience preparing test cases and technical specifications Required 7 Years

Proficient in the use of MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, Jira (or equivalent) Required 7 Years

Demonstrated ability to facilitate productive meetings with technical teams and business stakeholders Required 7 Years

Working knowledge using SQL Intermediate level or higher Required 7 Years

Involvement in milestone/stage gate sign off and approval, ensuring technical and business readiness Required 7 Years

Experience partnering with vendor project teams and managing relationships Required 7 Years

Questionaries -

Question 1

Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI Management in advance and contact information must be provided to CAI so that a resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if she or he does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you agree to this requirement?

Question 2

The Contractor must report any disciplinary action, misdemeanor, or felony convictions to the State for any temporary IT staff provided. Do you agree to this requirement?

Question 3

What is your candidate's email address?

Question 4

Have you completed and submitted the Right to Represent form, making sure to do so exactly as instructed? The form is located at https://www.cai.io/media/documents/msp/ia/ia_e-rtr_template.doc.

Question 6

PROVIDE CANDIDIDATES CURRENT LOCATION (CITY/STATE) HERE:

Question 7

SHOW YOUR WORK - In the summary of qualifications field under the details tab of the candidate's profile, you should explain why your candidate is the best fit for this position. Please confirm that you have thoroughly validated and attested to the accuracy of the credentials listed throughout this candidate's VectorVMS profile and resume according to Section 5.2.5 of ITS-009440. Do you confirm? Candidates will get rejected if an agency cuts and pastes the candidates' resumes into this field [REQUIRED]

Question 8

Background Check Requirements: DOM contractor personnel are required to undergo additional background check investigations (run by DOM) before starting, requiring the completion of several waiver forms & fingerprint processes. The selected candidate will be responsible for completing all the necessary waiver forms, scheduling and completing the fingerprinting process, and returning all completed items to DOM for processing. This is in addition to the National Criminal and Sex Offender check that the vendor

Question 9

PROVIDE CANDIDATES FULL PHYSICAL ADDRESS where DOM DoIT Background Check form and Fingerprint cards are to be mailed [REQUIRED]

Question 10

INTERVIEW DATES: Interviews will be conducted on [OCTOBER 16, 17, 18] Only submit candidates available for interviews on the date(s) provided.