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Technical Business Analyst
Location: Ann Arbor MI
Local resources ONLY or those willing to relocate Day 1. Onsite presence is required 3 days per week.
Technical Business Analyst will be responsible for working in a consultative manner to both technical and business teams. Previous hands on technical experience is required for this role.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Information Technology or Computer/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
At least three years of applicable IT experience working on a large custom application initiative. NOT looking for resources with ERP project experience.
Excellent communications skills, both written and oral. Adept at engaging equally in business-level discussions with stakeholders and technical discussions with peers.
Ability to comprehend complex technical concepts and disseminate them both verbally and in writing.
Experience gathering highly technical requiirements and translating them into technical specifications.
Must have the ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
Strong experience working with JSON files.
Good knowledge of database concepts.
Working knowledge of one or more programming languages is required, C# OR Java highly preferred.
Working knowledge of one or more operating systems. Unix/Linux experience is a plus.
Ability to troubleshoot and manage problems independently.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Leads development of requirements documentation and related specifications, documentation and business cases
Decompose, refine, and document requirements using appropriate graphical & textual techniques, including use cases, diagrams, process models, wireframes, functional and technical specifications.
Leads the collaboration with business customers to define scope for new projects, documents risks and assumptions, develops the delivery approach, and estimates cost and timings
Responsible for the functional systems design:
Leads and coordinates project team members through all phases of the systems development lifecycle
Participates in and facilitates system design workshops with the business community to solicit and document requirements (e.g. creation of user stories).
Researches, reviews and analyzes existing processes and develops strategies for enhancements.
Business process analysis and modeling
Participation in architecting the logical design of the system with the technical team, including screen design and specifications, data modeling, and documentation of logical processing flows.
Participates in screen design and specifications.
Responsible for facilitating/brokering communication between project customers and the development team.
Works closely with the technical delivery managers for overall coordination of project activities.
Communicates with Development and QA teams regularly to ensure accurate understanding of requirements.
Assists with research on software and hardware products.
Act as translator between business and technical community interpreting user needs and translating them into more technical language for the developers (and vice-versa).
Collaboratively document test criteria with requestors, developers, and QA teams.
Coordinates and performs tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new processes/systems, and other post implementation support.
Write user training manuals, help files, and facilitate training sessions for large applications, as needed.
Coordinate knowledge transfer from Development Teams to the Help Desk, Admin, and other support team(s).
Location: Ann Arbor MI
Local resources ONLY or those willing to relocate Day 1. Onsite presence is required 3 days per week.
Technical Business Analyst will be responsible for working in a consultative manner to both technical and business teams. Previous hands on technical experience is required for this role.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Information Technology or Computer/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
At least three years of applicable IT experience working on a large custom application initiative. NOT looking for resources with ERP project experience.
Excellent communications skills, both written and oral. Adept at engaging equally in business-level discussions with stakeholders and technical discussions with peers.
Ability to comprehend complex technical concepts and disseminate them both verbally and in writing.
Experience gathering highly technical requiirements and translating them into technical specifications.
Must have the ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
Strong experience working with JSON files.
Good knowledge of database concepts.
Working knowledge of one or more programming languages is required, C# OR Java highly preferred.
Working knowledge of one or more operating systems. Unix/Linux experience is a plus.
Ability to troubleshoot and manage problems independently.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Leads development of requirements documentation and related specifications, documentation and business cases
Decompose, refine, and document requirements using appropriate graphical & textual techniques, including use cases, diagrams, process models, wireframes, functional and technical specifications.
Leads the collaboration with business customers to define scope for new projects, documents risks and assumptions, develops the delivery approach, and estimates cost and timings
Responsible for the functional systems design:
Leads and coordinates project team members through all phases of the systems development lifecycle
Participates in and facilitates system design workshops with the business community to solicit and document requirements (e.g. creation of user stories).
Researches, reviews and analyzes existing processes and develops strategies for enhancements.
Business process analysis and modeling
Participation in architecting the logical design of the system with the technical team, including screen design and specifications, data modeling, and documentation of logical processing flows.
Participates in screen design and specifications.
Responsible for facilitating/brokering communication between project customers and the development team.
Works closely with the technical delivery managers for overall coordination of project activities.
Communicates with Development and QA teams regularly to ensure accurate understanding of requirements.
Assists with research on software and hardware products.
Act as translator between business and technical community interpreting user needs and translating them into more technical language for the developers (and vice-versa).
Collaboratively document test criteria with requestors, developers, and QA teams.
Coordinates and performs tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new processes/systems, and other post implementation support.
Write user training manuals, help files, and facilitate training sessions for large applications, as needed.
Coordinate knowledge transfer from Development Teams to the Help Desk, Admin, and other support team(s).
