Business Systems Analyst - Mechanicsville, VA 23116 (Hybrid)

Job : Business Systems Analyst

Location : 7450 Freight Way, Mechanicsville, VA 23116

ON SITE REQUIRED : 4 days / week (no Exceptions). Parking is available on site at no cost.

Interview mode : ONLY IN PERSON will be conducted. No Exceptions

Duration : 12 months contract

ABOUT THE ROLE :

This is a BSA role NOT a BA role and calls for a seasoned Senior Business Analyst with Systems Analyst experience. Suitable candidates must be comfortable working in a highly dynamic collaborative work environment to meet the needs of multiple business lines and supporting a portfolio comprised of a wide variety of custom applications and third-party platforms and integrations.

As a Senior Business Systems Analyst on the team, you will be responsible for ensuring that business needs are well understood, documented, and communicated to the technical resources responsible. Assignments may include analysis and design of new features and platform implementation as well as partnering with both business stakeholders and technical resources to prioritize, manage, troubleshoot and implement small to medium-size enhancement. Problem-solving and triage support for urgent production break fix resolution is also required.

The applicant will perform a variety of tasks simultaneously working in a matrixed environment. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required. The applicant must rely on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. In addition, the analyst will be responsible for mentoring and assisting junior members of the team as they work to grow their BSA skillset.

Candidates will be expected to :

Workplace Fundamentals

• Demonstrate excellent meeting facilitation and time management during the course of assignments
• Demonstrate flexibility in dealing with shifting priorities and the ability to manage and balance multiple assignments at the same time
• Competently and professionally interact with, set expectations and resolve requirements & prioritization conflicts with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Have excellent level appropriate and concise communication skills

BSA Skills

Additional Skills :

Requirements Matrix :

Requirement

Required / Desired

Years

Writes clear, accurate and measurable requirements in the format of user stories with acceptance criteria

Required

3 Years

Creates and maintains documentation used to communicate business process information, system functionality and other materials needed for support

Required

3 Years

Experience writing interface requirements and related documentation such as source to target mapping

Required

3 Years

Facilitates, leads and participates in effective meetings to understand the problem / opportunity, gather requirements and faciliate UAT

Required

3 Years

Writes basic SQL queries (select statements only) to find, analyze and summarize data findings

Required

2 Years

Experience learning new systems, processes and procedures

Required

3 Years

Balances multiple complex assignments with minimal assistance

Required

3 Years

Tracks down the source & details surrounding a problem / opportunity, accurately analyzes it and clearly identifies the activities needed to address it.

Required

3 Years

Full SDLC experience on agile, waterfall and hybrid methodologies

Required

5 Years

Ability to read and interpret vendor API information

Highly desired

1 Year

Experience as a BSA supporting or implementing HR and / or eCommerce systems

Highly desired

1 Year

Experience working with and partnering with vendor support

Highly desired

1 Year

Experience using Atlassian JIRA to manage requirements

Highly desired

1 Year