Sr. Business Analyst
Professional - Non IT
Washington ,  DC Contract Apr 4, 2024
Employment Enterprises, Inc. is currently working with one of the world’s largest scientific organizations that is a leader in providing academic and career resources, industry news, research, and scientific publications. We are seeking a hybrid Senior Business Analyst based in Washington, DC to plan, design, develop, and launch efficient business applications for their publication divisions research group. The core duties include gathering and analyzing functional and data requirements in support of business cases, proposed projects, and systems requirements. This position is located in Washington D.C. with a pay range begins at $60.40 per hour.

Senior Business Analyst Responsibilities:
  • Lead design sessions in prototyping new systems for the purpose of enhancing business processes, operations, and information process flow.
  • Review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
  • Identify and establish scope and parameters of systems analysis to define outcome.
  • Conduct research on software and hardware products to make recommendations.
  • Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions.
  • Coordinate and perform in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, for modified and new systems, and other post-implementation support.
  • Assist in project planning and provide business systems analysis on front end of projects.
  • Develop effective business and technical designs for new applications based on business unit requirements.
  • Coordinate the technical activities of a development team following the direction of a project manager if one is assigned.
  • Understand relationships between applications within the Software Engineering Department portfolio.
  • Participates in all phases of the software development lifecycle including analysis of business function, software design, specifications development, software development, prototyping, user-feedback sessions, testing, documentation, ongoing maintenance, adding functionality and planning for redesign or transition to another platform.
  • Perform in-depth application testing and integrate quality into all work.
  • Troubleshoot problems in development, staging and production environments.
  • Regularly communicate development status to project managers and other interested parties.
  • Produce comprehensive business and technical documentation relevant to completed projects.
  • Assist in the development of standards, policies, and methodologies within the development group.
Senior Business Analyst Qualifications:
  • Must have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, may have an advanced degree.
  • Eight or more (8+) years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst. 
  • Ability to work with customers to provide software solutions to develop and deploy complex applications.
  • Strong analytical skills, data modeling and logical database design with Erwin or equivalent data modeling tool, Microsoft Office, knowledge of SDLC, process modeling, UML, Visio, or equivalent modeling tool. 
  • Familiarity with the capabilities and uses of the following technologies: prototyping, wireframes, Java, Visual Basic, SQL is desired.   
What we offer:
  • 401K retirement plan
  • Medical and dental benefits for qualifying professionals
  • Flex spending account
  • Credit Union Membership
  • Voluntary Supplemental Insurance

“Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Employment Enterprises, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, assign, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, U.S. Veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.”