Technical business analyst [h1.location_city]

Title : Technical Business Analyst Duration : 6-12 months Contract Location : Hybrid- Phoenix, AZ Pay Rate : Upto $50 / hr on W2 (All inclusive / no benefits) Job 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 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 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