Job Title: Business Analyst with COTS exp (061713-KAFO-IO37-E-RAJ)

Location: Silver Spring, MD.

Duration: 1+ year contract

Visa:       GC/USC/EAD (No-C2C)

Description:

*Analyze complex business problems and determine proper resolution path

*Assist in the design, delivery, and improvement of COTS software applications

*Provide technical expertise in identifying, evaluating and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet user requirements

*Serve as liaison between business organizations, COTS vendors and IT groups (production support, development, test, release management etc.) providing application expertise to resolve production issues and support maintenance releases and projects

*Assess available technologies and recommend solutions to team

*May play a key role in the training of business users and technical support personnel

*Work under general supervision with latitude for independent judgment

Business Services Supported:

Linear and Non-Linear Program Scheduling

Television and Digital Media program inventory

Television and Digital Media production management

Contract rights management

Linear and Non-Linear Program Scheduling

Document Management

Operational & Analytical Content Reporting

Key Responsibilities:

Work with business users to gather process, functional, and data requirements

Develop detailed requirements documentation including business process models, business requirements, use cases, wire frames and systems requirements

Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of business processes within assigned areas

Work with vendor of COTS products to review requirements and design specifications and clearly communicate solutions and options with the business

Perform database queries and analyze large data sets in support of requirements development

Develop and validate requirements for data conversion and migration

Assist Product Managers in prioritizing issues/enhancements

Assist Product Managers in developing assessments with high level requirements and levels of effort

Participate in the technical design process to ensure that business requirements are being satisfied

Engage in peer reviews to ensure completeness and sufficient detail of business and system requirements

Plan and facilitate User Acceptance Testing including duties such as test case creation, environment and user ID set-up, data set-up, tracking and resolution of issues

Execution of all SDLC milestone/sign-offs and SOX evidence

Assist in implementation shakeout and post-implementation support

Facilitate updates to application support plans for production support teams

Review application support documentation design, test scripts, training and online help

Perform administrative duties as required including completing timesheets, submitting expense reports and providing regular status reports

Collaborate with team members to analyze, design, build, or support a solution

Provide feedback for process improvements to help improve self-effectiveness and team efficiency

 

Metrics:

On-time delivery of requirements and analysis

Managing time, tasks, and expenses

Quality of business requirements gathering and analysis (minimizing re-work)

Quality of solution delivery (user acceptance, training, post-implementation issues)

Ability to form productive working relationships with supervisor, software developers, peers, external partners, and customers

Independent judgment

Requirements :

Minimum 8 years experience in Information Technology and/or software systems

Minimum 5 years of business and/or systems analysis experience

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Management Information Systems or related field

Strong written, oral communication and presentation skills

Minimum 3 years experience as a lead business and/or systems analyst - leading analysis activities and peer reviews, authoring requirements and analysis

documentation:

Experience with COTS applications, database driven applications, metadata, system interfaces and data conversion

Prefer experience in the media & entertainment industry

Prefer experience with digital asset managementbroadcast and digital media program scheduling solutions

Prefer experience with managing interactions with COTS vendors

agile and/or scrum development methodology

Positive attitude, good problem-solving skills, self-starter, self-motivated, team player

Strong knowledge of business planning, terminology, best practices, tools, and technology

Ability to work on multiple projects at one time and to ensure that overall priorities are being met

Ability to develop and execute simple SQL queries to produce ad hoc reports, analyze business data, and perform system testing duties

Possesses understanding in the areas of application programming, database and system design

Willingness to work weekends in support of software releases

Legal right to work in the United States

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