Responsibilities: The Business Analyst will support Barrow Wise's Chicago Public Schools project and perform the following duties:
- Conducts and facilitates requirement gathering sessions, performs fit/gap analysis, and develops and documents business and system requirements, user stories, and use case scenarios.
- Conducts and facilitates Joint Application Design sessions and develops functional and technical design documentation for use in developing business process changes and report creations.
- Performs and validates System Configuration and setup in all test environments, conducts Conference Room Pilots, and deploys changes into Production.
- Ability to document test strategy and test plan and write test scenarios, cases, and scripts.
- Experience leading testing efforts, including System, Integration, user acceptance testing, preparing User Training Material, and Delivering Training to the User community.
- Provide project defect management.
- Conducts and facilitates business process analysis sessions and develops documentation of business process models, workflows, business requirements, use case scenarios, user story documentation, functional specifications and designs, and requirements traceability matrix.
- Implements PMO documentation standards and SDLC processes and provides process improvement recommendations.
- Efficiently performs assigned Level 2 Support tasks in the functional area for the relevant Business Applications.
- Drives resolutions for any support escalations from Business Leaders and Technical Support.
- Ability to work effectively with business stakeholders at least two days onsite weekly.
An ideal candidate has the following:
- U.S. Citizenship
- Bachelor's degree or higher qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or other similar quantitative field.
- Certifications in PMI PBA, CBAP, or ITIL
- Business Analysis experience in cross-functional implementations
- Minimum five (3) years of related business analysis experience
- Preferred: Experience in Education (K-12) project or program work
- Preferred: Knowledge of urban education systems and the transportation industry.
Join the team at Barrow Wise Consulting, LLC for a fulfilling and engaging experience! Our team is dedicated to providing innovative solutions to our clients in an ethical and diverse work environment. We offer competitive compensation packages, excellent benefits, and opportunities for growth and advancement.
