Business Analyst

PROJECT DESCRIPTION & MINIMUM SKILLS REQUIRED: This is a Senior Business Analyst position in a large, complex local government organization for the purpose of assisting in implementing a complex, large-scale application. The candidate must live in South Florida, candidates from other regions will not be considered, relocations are not accepted. This candidate will work alongside a diverse technical team of analysts working on a modernization project including the analysis, design, testing and implementation of a vendor application package, working directly with customers and vendor solution provider through the project lifecycle. Experience with the following is required: • 5+ years of experience in working with complex IT software projects in a large organization. • Proven experience with end-to-end software implementation from requirements gathering, design, development, testing, training, deployment, to support. • Strong experience in collaboration with stakeholders from various departments and professional background, to define project scope, requirements, business goals and technical deliverables. • Leading and facilitating effective requirements gathering sessions with business users and technical staff. • Performing business process analysis, including understanding, mapping and documenting current and future state business processes, and working with stakeholders to identify and implement efficiencies and improvements. • Proficient in developing test plans, scenarios, test cases for various types of testing, including working with and assisting end users during user acceptance testing. • Developing training materials and user documentation to support end user training. • Experience with data migration including source-to-target mapping, documentation of transformation logic, and validation of migrated data across systems. • Proficient in both written and verbal communications. MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Five years of experience in business analysis are required.