Business Solution Analyst in Sacramento, California

Elegant Enterprise- Wide Solutions Inc

Minimum Qualification:

A bachelor's degree. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
A minimum of five (5) years of experience applying analytical processes on IT projects. At least three (3) years of that experience must have been in business systems analysis and design.
A minimum of five (5) years of experience, within the past seven (7) years, serving as a Business Solution Analyst on complex application development project(s) and have experience facilitating JAD workshops with Subject Matter Experts and gathering and documenting requirements.
A minimum of five (5) years of experience, within the past seven (7) years, being responsible for ensuring business needs are met by complex applications. This includes:

Developing requirements traceability matrix
Creating system design, configuration, and architecture specifications and diagrams
Data dictionary and data modeling documentation and diagrams
Documenting existing business processes
Identifying opportunities for business process improvements
Working with program areas to successfully implement business process improvements.
A minimum of three (3) years of experience, within the past five (5) years working on projects that followed the System Development Life Cycle process including iterative and agile methodologies.
A minimum of three (3) years of experience, within the past five (5) years providing mentorship, knowledge transfer, and training to staff that will be taking over the Business Solution Analyst activities.

Desirable Qualification:

Master's degree or doctorate from a recognized college or university. A recognized college or university is defined as an institution of higher learning approved by the Office of Higher Education of any given state or a foreign college or university of comparable standing.
Six (6) years of experience applying analytical processes on IT projects. At least four (4) years of that experience must have been in business systems analysis and design.
Six (6) years of experience, within the past seven (7) years, serving as a Business Solution Analyst on complex application development project(s) and have experience facilitating JAD workshops with Subject Matter Experts and gathering and documenting requirements.
Six (6) years of experience, within the past seven (7) years, being responsible for ensuring business needs are met by complex applications. This includes:

Developing requirements traceability matrix
Creating system design, configuration, and architecture specifications and diagrams
Data dictionary and data modeling documentation and diagrams
Documenting existing business processes
Identifying opportunities for business process improvements
Working with program areas to successfully implement business process improvements
Four (4) years of experience, within the past five (5) years working on projects that followed the System Development Life Cycle process including iterative and agile methodologies.
Four (4) years of experience, within the past five (5) years providing mentorship, knowledge transfer, and training to staff that will be taking over the Business Solution Analyst activities.
Three (3) years of experience, within the past four (4) years using all the following tools:

JIRA R4J, X-Ray
Microsoft: Project, Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook
Subversion (SVN)
Two (2) years of experience with the State of California Department or similar systems, applications, databases, and interfaces.