Position Title: Business Analyst, Business Analyst, MS Project

Years of Experience: 5+

Location City, State: Pittsburgh, PA (Downtown)

Length of Assignment: 6 Month Comtract

Job Description:

We have the following exciting opportunity with our client:

Our client is currently seeking an IT Business Analyst with experience in the full SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle). Some Project Management experience would be needed, and candidates should have a career goal of moving from a Business Analyst role into a Project Management role in the future.

The primary responsibilities of the Business Analyst portion of the role include:

- Elicit business requirements from business users and subject matter experts

- Define and document requirements

- Analyze and prioritize requirements

- Write functional specifications

- Model the requirements/specifications

- Perform business process design in conjunction with operations teams

- Lead requirements validation and traceability analysis

- Manage scope and requirements throughout the project lifecycle

- Lead development of common standards and tools

- Assist in operational rollout and support

Required Skills:

•           5+ years experience as a Business Analyst

•           Experience ensuring that business requirements are effectively translated into detailed functional specifications

•           Experience creating detailed functional use cases and functional specifications

•           Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline-intensive environment

•           Excellent written and oral communications skills; ability to communicate with professionals at any level throughout the organization

•           Ability to take initiative and be accountable for results adhering to project objectives and deadlines

Other Competencies Critical to the role:

•           Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

•           Ability to adapt to change, reprioritizing as necessary

•           Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment

•           Ability to act as a team player who works well with technical and non-technical resources

•           Ability to take strategic direction from executive management

•           Ability to take initiative and think proactively

•           Ability to see tasks through to completion without significant guidance