Vaco Looking for Business Analyst | 6mC | $55-60/hr | Columbus, OH Full Time

Job Description

Job Summary

The Business Analyst’s primary role is to study, discover and clarify the needs, behaviors, and goals of our clients technology consumers and serve as a liaison, sharing and clarifying the consumers’ interests with their specific IT development team.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities

% of Time Spent

Essential Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities

30 %

Work very closely with the Product Owner and Subject Matter Experts to determine the essential details, value and priority of each business request. Work collaboratively as a part of the development team to develop sometimes ambiguous ideas into valuable IT solutions.

Deal with conflicting ideas and interests effectively and professionally through negotiation and problem solving skills.

20 %

Capture important details and communicate clearly and concisely with both business experts and technical team members through face to face conversations, documenting real-time clarifications and design details (e.g. via mockups, whiteboard, wiki updates, …) and written correspondence.

10 %

Present your work, or the work of the team, to various audiences including other IT teams, end-users, company leaders and other stakeholders to explain and promote changes and elicit constructive feedback.

10 %

Comply with established delivery processes and help examine and evolve team specific guidelines to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the software delivery lifecycle.

10%

Contribute to elevate the team culture with an open-mind to constructive criticism, sharing honest non-judgmental feedback, and embracing a positive and pragmatic attitude towards continuous improvement.

20 %

Other duties as required or assigned.

Skills and Qualifications

• 3 Years minimum BA specific experience
• Proficiency in Agile development techniques
• A solid understanding of application development, analysis techniques, and tools used in the software development lifecycle.
• The ability to interact with and professionally present to a diverse group of stakeholders, including end-users, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Able to organize, coordinate, motivate and influence users and teams.
• Analytical, problem solving, and strategic thinking skills.
• A natural curiosity to explore and try new approaches, technologies and techniques.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of the relationship with the Business partners
• Be precise, concise and clear in all communication – Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Be prepared to succeed in a fast moving, rapidly changing environment
• Ability to gather and interpret relevant data and information
• Must have flexibility and the ability to learn quickly in various technical and creative environments, while delivering quality work within tight deadlines
• Protect and take care of our company and member’s data every day by committing to work within our company ethics and policies

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