| | | | Reports To | Product Manager, Student Information Systems | | | | Department | Information Technology | | | Office Location | Charles Town | | | Date Posted | May 1, 2008 | | | Date Closing | Open Until Filled | |
| Synopsis of Role: | | | | | This Business Analyst position offers the opportunity for an individual to learn baseline business components and technical support elements. | | | | |
| Essential Functions: | | | | | - Analyzes classroom, academic, finance, marketing, human resources, and other business functions in order to develop system enhancements or maintenance items.
- Participates in the business analysis process to define the functional and detailed specifications.
- Analyze and translate client needs and/or problems and use this information analysis to: Write formal function requirements; write formal functional design specifications; write detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify applications.
- Provides detailed information to be included in the Statement of Work and Business Case in support of a new project.
- Participates, with the project team in the implementation of design, development, and testing methodologies and procedures.
- Consults with business owners to obtain additional information during system development in order to evaluate an alternative approach.
- Assists in the development of plans to test business and functional processes during system development and user acceptance testing.
- Monitors and documents post-implementation problems and revision requests.
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| Preferred Education and Experience: | | | | | BS or BA in Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent experience. IT certification or understanding of project management techniques is desired. 3 to 5 years experience in IT or an Academic discipline. Exposure to design methodology such as Agile or RUP is required. Experience with application design/development of web applications is desired. Understanding of relational database concepts and SQL preferred.
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| Competencies Critical to this Position: | | | | | Acquire information and understands the business. Service and student orientation. Strategic thinking, change and innovation. Performance management. Planning and monitoring for results. Rational decision making. Communication & influencing skills. Willingness and ability to learn new skills. Work well in a fast-paced, shared-resource team environment with time sensitive deadlines. Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks. Demonstrated ability to work both as a member of a group & as an individual contributor.
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