A Business Analyst provides strategic management consulting to companies and businesses. Advises on ways to improve operations, increase efficiency, reduce costs and increase revenues; may recommend systems or organizational change. May specialize in an area of business practice or a specific industry; may also specialize in consulting with government agencies.
ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Business Systems Analyst 3 position serves as a key link between business stakeholders and technical teams, gathering, analyzing, and documenting business and functional requirements for new and existing operational technology systems. The role supports system development and enhancement projects by evaluating business processes, translating complex needs into detailed technical specifications and user stories, and ensuring solutions align with operational objectives. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, Washington.
Pay rate:
$50.53 - $72.19
Benefits:
Paid holidays: 11
PTO:
Starting at 10 days
Sick Leave:
Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
EAP:
Employee Assistance Program Benefit options: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%) Other benefits include the following:
Calm App, LifeBalance Discount Program Responsibilities:
Work associated with this position will be directly related to business process support for systems change management, process and compliance requirements for the organization. Analyze system infrastructures, functional requirements, and technical capabilities for system acquisitions. Develop or review specifications, verifying that all essential requirements are documented. Distribute requirements to hardware and software configuration items or manual operations using appropriate modeling techniques including automated structured analysis tools. Review the logical top-level design for applications and information systems (including test plans and procedures). Verify that project software specifications, interface requirement specifications and software development plans are correct and of adequate scope. Review and validate that configuration management policies and procedures provide thorough requirements traceability through version release and adequate documentation to support system operation and maintenance. Code, test, install, and document detailed programs while applying applicable standards to all products. Prepare and conduct program presentations, in-house and client training, and functional education. Develop and present recommendations and support analysis for management decisions. Plan/recommend project operations' schedules. Provide recommendations to client management for staffing requirements and resource allocations for projects. Prepare technical reports, documents, studies, and system documentation as required. Develop technical system concepts and designs to support proposal development and position papers. Attend meetings, conferences, and seminars to support the customer needs. Attendance also assists in maintaining currency of technical, procedural and acquisition knowledge. Monitor system performance to determine whether adjustments need to be made, and to determine where changes will need to be made in the future. Confer with system users to document and solve existing system problems. Communicate with management and co-workers by telephone, written form, e-mail, or in person. Support organizations change process and configuration management efforts. Serve as a process point of contact for the organization Support system modeling Define, develop, and document new processes and procedures as required Support management approved process and procedure roll-out Develop and provide training as required Develop and document processes and procedures to support NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation) Mandatory Reliability standards CIP (Critical Infrastructure Protection) and Department of Energy
NIST/FISMA
(National Institute of Standards and Technology/Federal Information Security Management Act) security requirements. Develop training materials and job aids to support above Facilitate the development of necessary documentation to support reporting and audit requirements Provide quality assurance and oversight for organization to ensure compliance to above standards and guidelines Provide support to NERC annual certification process and any other spot audit or compliance request
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Systems, Engineering or a directly related field is preferred. With an applicable Bachelor's degree, 8 years of experience is required. With an applicable Associate's Degree, 10 years of experience is required. Without an applicable Bachelor's degree, 12 years of experience is required. Experience should include demonstrated analysis work, requirements engineering and operations management. At least 5 years of experience in all aspects of the software development lifecycle for a high availability environment. 3 plus years of experience in the use of change and configuration management tools/systems. 3 plus years of experience in compliance and/or audit support. 1 year experience with process development and roll-out. Minimum 3 years of experience performing systems/requirements analysis on enterprise applications utilizing Java/JEE and/or .NET (.NET Core/ASP.NET) architectures. Demonstrated ability to analyze and map data structures (XML, JSON) and test application endpoints (APIs) using tools like Postman within Java/.NET environments. Knowledge of and experience working with: Software development Lifecycle methodologies Demonstrated ability to act as a principal liaison between business stakeholders, cyber security teams, system administrators, and software developers to translate complex technical requirements into business impacts and vice versa. Proven track record of drafting high-quality, professional technical documentation, including System Requirements Specifications (SRS), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), system design documents, and user manuals. Systems development and maintenance environments. High availability environments Change management concepts and practices Configuration management concepts and practices Project management and coordination concepts and principles Compliance and standards as applied to systems development Process and procedure development Experience in any aspect of the software development lifecycle for a utility environment Experience with the set-up, configuration or oversight of change and/or configuration management tools Experience developing processes, procedures to support compliance efforts Experience with the design and implementation of security standards, policies or procedures in a high availability environment. Experience implementing
NIST/FISMA
standards/guidelines Valid U.S. Driver's License is required. Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position. Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship. ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested. If you have any questions about the job posting, please contact recruiting@acsprostaffing.com If you have any questions about our Reasonable Accommodation Policy, please feel free to email hr@acsprostaffing.com