Business Analyst Sr.

Anaheim, CA

Talent Orchard LLC, a Woman Owned Small Business with 8a designation has been contracted by a large defense contractor in their search for a Senior Business Analyst.

As a Senior Business Analyst, you will be responsible for gathering important information needed to generate requirements, use cases, business process models, and other artifacts necessary to document the changing business IT landscape of our client. Review, analyze and evaluate business systems and user needs. Our ideal candidate has the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and translate business data into digestible information that improves client processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive use cases at the application and multi-application levels
• Work collaboratively to ensure quality and delivery of all work products
• Determine and document user requirements for business processes and abide by those requirements for future projects
• Determine operational objectives by studying business functions; gathering information; evaluating output requirements and formats
• Construct workflow charts and diagrams; studying system capabilities; writing specifications
• Improve systems by studying current practices; designing modifications
• Recommend controls by identifying problems; writing improved procedures
• Define project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases and elements; forming project team; establishing project budget
• Monitor project progress by tracking activity; resolving problems; publishing progress reports; recommending actions
• Maintain user confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential
• Prepare technical reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Interpret, evaluate and interrelate research data and develop integrated business analyses and projections for incorporation into strategic decision-making
• Understand and communicate the financial and operational impact of any changes
• Suggest changes to senior management using analytics to support your recommendations.
• Actively participate in the implementation of approved changes

Qualifications

• Bachelors and five plus (5+) years or more related experience.
• Experience with assessment of user environments and their requirements, and identification of development constraints.  
• Experienced implementing and integrating Agile and DevOps methodology in an enterprise IT environment
• Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle database development, custom .NET/Java applications, and Open Source software.
• Proven ability to understand a customer's needs.
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Good time-management skills
• Great interpersonal and communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working in commercial and local governments business settings.
• ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation Certification.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow.

Established in 2010, Talent Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI.  Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery.

To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.talentorchard.com.