IO Datasphere, Inc. has been providing project management, software development and IT staff augmentation services to our clients in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. since 1996. We are an approved vendor on contract to provide software development and IT staff augmentation services for the States of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. We also provide these services to businesses, as well as local and county governments, in the Midwest and nationwide.

Our client is seeking a Business /Systems Analyst. This role is responsible for the enterprise architecture, development, system testing, analysis, and maintenance of systems that capture and report critical data for certain client systems, including finance, budget, and data collection applications.

This position will be involved in maintaining and enhancing the client s most complex enterprise applications by bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions. The position plays a critical role in understanding business requirements, analyzing systems, and translating those needs into clear functional specifications for development teams.

Tasks:

• Requirements Gathering & Analysis: Interact with internal and external stakeholders to define and document business needs and develop business requirements for new systems/data collections, system/data collection enhancements, and maintenance projects. Analyze current workflows and identify areas for improvements.
• Business Process Modeling: Work with stakeholders to assess and document current business processes, create process flow diagrams, and recommend process improvements to streamline operations. Develop a deep understanding of client operations to effectively meet their IT needs.
• Elicit Functional Specifications: Collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams to translate business needs into functional and non-functional requirements. Develop detailed documentation including business rules, use cases, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• System Design Consultation: Work closely with developers to ensure business requirements are accurately and fully translated into technical specifications.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Act as a liaison between client business units, developers, quality assurance teams, external vendors and customers ensuring that all stakeholders have a clear understanding of system requirements and business needs. Demonstrate project milestones to make sure the system functionality is well understood by the stakeholders/ product owners and address any concerns or questions so that the delivered product meets customer needs.
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Development of test plans, UAT, and ensure that solutions meet business requirements. Facilitate feedback collection and assist in resolving defects.
• Production Verification: Support post-deployment verification to ensure that systems are functioning as expected in the production environment, addressing any issues that arise.
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including functional specs, use cases, and end-user guides. Proficient in writing user stories with acceptance criteria to guide development. Ensure documentation is up-to-date and accessible for future reference.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently
• Experience working with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to grasp technical concepts.

NOTE: Candidates MUST be WI residents or willing to relocate to WI prior to starting the role at their own expense. This position can work 100% remote (within the state of WI).

Location: 100% Remote within the State of Wisconsin

Contract: 1 year

Skills Required:

• 8+ years - Experience in business analysis and requirements gathering
• 6+ years - Experience in writing user stories with acceptance criteria
• 6+ Years - Experience in systems analysis and design
• 6+ years - Experience in quality assurance
• 6+ years - Experience in Agile
• 6+ years - Scrum and Waterfall Methodologies
• 6+ years - Experience with customer/ product owner/ Stakeholder management
• 6+ years - Experience with UAT
• Experience preparing and executing test plans
• Experience creating test data
• Experience performing regressions testing for IT systems
• Experience / ability to communicate effectively with development teams in a .NET-based development environment
• Familiarity with API integration and testing, system integration, and data validation processes
• Experience using tools like Microsoft Azure DevOps (or equivalent) to manage requirements, track progress, and communicate with development teams
• Experience with SQL and relational databases, including the ability to write queries for data analysis

Skills Desired A plus to have:

• Knowledge of database development technologies such as SQL Server or Oracle PL/SQL
• Knowledge of Project Management tools like JIRA, Azure Boards, Asana
• Knowledge of data analysis techniques and needs assessment processes
• Experience working in the K12 education domain, particularly with education software systems at the school, district, or state level
• Experience with Cloud solutions and distributed systems

***Rate depends on experience

*** Local candidates preferred, not mandatory

*** Candidates authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are not sponsoring H1B candidates at this time.

*** Companies submitting candidates should only submit direct W2 employees for this position.

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