Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States

Senior Business Analyst

 Job Description:

The Senior Business Analyst (BA) will work with stakeholders and development team members and the Project Manager (PM) from the Project Management Office (PMO) to provide analysis and related project support.

The Senior BA will (but is not limited to):

  • Provide a comprehensive, independent evaluation of existing efforts.

  • Support requirements elicitation, prioritization, validation, and documentation.

  • Coordinate open user stories/work items.

  • Develop test scripts and support testing.

  • Assist with implementation support and outcome documentation.

  • Provide guidance and serve as a liaison between the development team and project stakeholders to resolve issues.

  • Triage production issues and work with the development team and end users to successfully resolve the issue.

  • Attend sessions with stakeholders to identify the business and system requirements, create and submit the deliverables listed below, and coordinate deliverable approval.

The Senior BA will perform various testing and validation activities surrounding iterative releases as agreed upon by the projects governance team. Testing support activities include:

  • Developing and/or updating testing plans.

  • Coordinating and supporting system testing.

  • Coordinating and supporting user acceptance testing (UAT).

  • Coordinating and testing accessibility conformance.

  • Developing and/or updating test scripts and test cases.

  • Reporting system defects and issues.

The Senior BA will provide implementation support services related to releases, which may include:

  • Supporting the delivery of system training sessions to end users.

  • Supporting Go-Live activities.

  • Capturing and communicating implementation schedule changes.

  • Updating project documentation based on implementation outcomes.

The Senior BA will compile implementation documentation into Implementation Outcome Reports that include:

  • Session Notes

  • A list of required updates to previously developed project documentation

  • Recommendations for subsequent Go-Live planning

Senior Business Analyst level is defined as:

  • Five or more years of business analysis experience.

  • Capability to apply the listed knowledge, skill, competency, or perform the activity independently.

  • Ability to instruct and mentor others in the execution of business analysis responsibilities.

  • Mastery of industry standards and best practices for business analysis, with the ability to contribute to improvements in the practice.

  Required Skills:

Business