Business Analyst

DataStaff is seeking a Business Analyst for a contract-to-hire opportunity with one of our direct clients located in Richmond, VA. • This position is hybrid; the selected candidate must be able to come on-site to pick up equipment and for occasional training. Job Responsibilities: • Ensures compliance with the project management standards and procedures for development, enhancement, and deployment of applications developed or procured by the service to deliver services that satisfy user requirements and established standards. • Provides project planning and management. • Ensures production of quality deliverables through the coordination of requirements to test output. • Develops detailed knowledge and functional area expertise of business processes for supported units. • Participates in teams and maintains positive, professional relationships with colleagues and customers. • Demonstrates initiative, timeliness, and self-professional development. • Assist in the planning of changes to systems and the implementation of new systems. • Analyze client Policies and procedures to identify agency needs related to systems. • Elicit and document technical and business requirements. • Evaluate the impact of system changes on client Policy. • Manage expectations of change sponsors and stakeholders. • Serve as a liaison between the client’s users, ITU and vendors. • Assess, test and report on system application and enhancements. • Create test schedules and strategies in accordance with project scope and delivery dates. • Analyze impact of testing defects and recommend corrective action to stakeholders and software vendor. • Test system applications to identify defects (regression testing), and tests system enhancements to ensure agency needs are met. • Execute program enhancements. • Coordinate project release communication to all stakeholders, their contingency plans and conduct release meetings with key stakeholders. • Partner with internal and external resources. • Work with other leadership teams to identify and resolve cross-divisional issues. • Provide training to end users. • Assess training needs based on user knowledge and system applications. • Implement and evaluate training materials to ensure staff can independently use the system. Required Skills: • Must be able to be hired directly by the agency without sponsorship • 5 Years: Expert and applied skill in negotiation, facilitation, and consensus building • 5 Years: Demonstrated skill in requirements solicitation techniques • 5 Years: Professional oral and written communications skills • 5 Years: Project management experience Desired Skills: • 5 Years: Prefer working knowledge of a variety of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes including Waterfall, Agile, and Iterative • Considerable experience, knowledge and understanding of a variety of technologies: .NET, C#, Microsoft SQL Server, ETL, BizTalk • Considerable experience, knowledge and understanding of a variety of technologies: MicroStrategy, relational databases, hardware, telecommunications • Considerable experience, knowledge and understanding of a variety of technologies: messaging, network protocols, Dynamics • Prefer experience, knowledge and understanding with web application development/GUI development, reporting, data movement, reporting, data warehousing • Prefer experience with data analysis, data profiling, mapping, and validation • Prefer bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Information Technology or a related field or equivalent training or experience This opportunity is available as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401K program available for employees after 6 months.