Business Analyst (8623)

Job Description Position Title: Senior Business Analyst Client: STATE Location: North Chesterfield, VA 23235 Position Status: 12-Month Contract (Potential Extensions) Schedule: 100% Onsite Key Responsibilities • Lead the review, analysis, and evaluation of current business systems and user requirements • Perform gap analysis and re-engineer business processes to align with new system capabilities • Elicit and document functional and non-functional requirements using techniques such as brainstorming, interviews, data mining, and document analysis • Maintain traceability matrices and process flow diagrams. • Coordinate and document communications between project teams, interface partners, and suppliers • Identify how new applications and business processes could replace existing software or processes • Ensure supplier deliverables align with documented requirements and project schedules • Conduct quality assurance and testing oversight, including writing and reviewing test plans • Develop and distribute management reports on testing progress, risks, and issues • Produce comprehensive requirement artifacts: use cases, business rules, interface requirements, activity diagrams, wireframes, test cases, traceability matrices, and error validations • Define roles, access rights, and manage user profile security • Support and lead user acceptance testing (UAT) in collaboration with QA teams and business stakeholders • Provide training and support for end users during system rollout • Represent client in vendor interactions and ensure alignment with agency goals REQUIREMENTS: • 10+ years in business analysis, including COTS and SaaS implementations • Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid development experience (Preferred) • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Teams) • UML and business analysis tools • JIRA • Understanding of systems architecture, APIs, databases • Experienced in all phases of testing from planning through execution • Proficiency in business process modeling, system integration, and SaaS/cloud-based implementations