Technical Business Analyst

Technical Business Analyst 6 Month contract likely extending at the end of the FY Phoenix, AZ Hybrid Position Description The Technical Business Analyst's primary objective is helping business customers implement technology solutions in a cost-effective and technically feasible way by determining the requirements of a project or program, and communicating them clearly to stakeholders, facilitators, and partners. Candidates submitted for technical business analysis roles at ADE IT must have excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences and must have expertise working on SCRUM teams in Agile environments Job Duties: • Understand what business units (internal customers) do, how goals are accomplished, and key process dependencies that may exist; participate in the QA process by understanding the implementation and helping to define test cases based on user requirements; support development teams in obtaining clarification of requirements/features from business units in a timely manner to avoid delays in the development cycle • Identify, document, and communicate complex requirements across systems and business domains using ADE IT specified formats to ensure continuity of requirement documents across projects • Prepare business process maps, high-level workflows, use cases, functional specifications, wireframes, process flow diagrams, identify/suggest feature requirements, develop user stories, and report mock-ups; identify business processes for redesign; determine how to improve existing business process; identify modifications to automated processes • Develop Agile Product Backlog items for presentation to development teams and business owners including appropriate assumptions, acceptance criteria, user/system details, and non-functional requirements, as well as facilitate backlog grooming and sprint planning • Understand the integration of processes across domains, scope, charter, and plans • Other duties as assigned as related to the position Skills Required Knowledge in: • Strong knowledge, skill, and experience associated with analysis of business processes of IT system applications, including system design and implementation in a full life cycle project development arena • Work with complex requirements across systems and business domains using specified formats to ensure continuity of requirement documents across projects • Proficiency in facilitating backlog grooming and sprint planning • Experience working on an Agile/Scrum team • Experience gathering requirements for API rules • How to read and / or write basic SQL statements • Relational databases and database structures • Develop Agile Product Backlog items for presentation to development teams and business owners including appropriate assumptions, acceptance criteria, user/system details, and non-functional requirements • Develop and maintain Agile Product Backlogs • Experience generating requirements from business units and using business requirement documents • Process improvement, workflow, benchmarking, and/or evaluation of business processes required • Strong experience in eliciting, detailing, documenting, and validating requirements • Strong understanding of lean methodologies like Agile, Scrum as well as Waterfall Skills Preferred Preference will be given to those applicants with: • Application development in IT departments in government or the private sector • Education industry and working knowledge of Microsoft Team Foundation Server • Knowledge of current Microsoft .NET technologies including SQL and SharePoint • Scrum certification and IIBA certification • Knowledge of current Microsoft .NET technologies including C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net, and SharePoint highly preferred • Working knowledge of Microsoft Team Foundation Services preferred Experience Required • Minimum of 4 years' practical experience in technical business analysis required • Applicants must have a minimum of three years' experience in scrum/agile environments • How to read and / or write basic SQL statements Required Skills 4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst Basic SQL experience Preferred Skills Power BI experience Knowledge of current Microsoft .NET technologies including C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net, and SharePoint Agile/Scrum environments LinkedIn Profile at the top of the resume