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The Business Analyst- IT brings value to the organization by articulating the needs and the rationale for change, and to design and describe solutions that can deliver value. This position not only outlines the initial specifications but also coordinates all the moving parts and teams throughout the SDLC. In addition to discovering and documenting requirements, the BA creates and facilitates the execution and validation of the acceptance criteria, manages the BA deliverables, and often assists in supporting existing applications and customers.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Elicit high level requirements from project sponsor in initial meetings and facilitate subsequent meetings with SMEs to obtain enough detail to write user stories, use cases or functional specifications
• Create the project plan/charter/vision document (problem statement, stakeholders, success criteria, high level requirements, constraints etc.)
• Identify, document, and manage assumptions, issues, and risks to project success
• Create and maintain product backlog using user stories
• Progressively add details to the user stories with acceptance criteria, tests, and visual models to create shared understanding with the team
• Provide ongoing consultation and clarification of the Features and Stories to development team throughout the development process to ensure their understanding of the functionality and desired outcomes
• Write and execute tests, create defect tickets in backlog
• Oversee and manage regression testing activities
• Coordinate and lead demo sessions of in-progress software with internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborate and create user training documentation as needed
• Manages project process (collaboration, status updates, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OF POSITION

• Bachelor's degree or high school diploma and 4 years relevant work experience
• Project Management

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS OF POSITION

• 5-7 years working as a Business Analyst in an Agile environment
• Manufacturing industry experience

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Wireframe tools such as Balsamiq
• Strong emotional intelligence - ability to see other perspectives, self-reflect, and find innovative ways of meeting business goals
• Ability to simplify user demands and work in fast moving environment
• Highly organized, self-starter, with strong analytical and communication skills
• Basic SQL skills, comfortable working with data, both analyzing existing data sets, as well as validating test results or triaging issues by inspecting data in the database
• Experience with agile tools such as Rally, Jira, Azure Dev Ops etc.
• Knowledge or understanding of how web applications work. Exposure to application components: UI, web services, server architecture, basic networking, databases

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent sitting for long periods of time
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Some Limited Travel

The national pay range for this role is listed above. The pay range may be slightly lower or higher based on the geographic location. The actual pay offered may vary based upon, but not limited to: education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift and location. In addition to base salary, depending on the role, the total compensation package may also include participation in a bonus, commission or incentive program. Imagine offers benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, disability insurance, 401(k) with match, life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, plus tuition assistance, caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and employer/partner discounts.

The Imagine Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.