BUSINESS ANALYST - PROJECT LEAD
Cayce, SC
Public Health Financial and Administrative systems
Specific duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:
Study and learn system capabilities assigned associated with Financial and administrative systems
Work with Program Area System Owners to learn their business requirements and needs
Prepare and manage project documents.
Scheduling stakeholder meetings and facilitating communication between the project team an d stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.
Support project team to help them complete project tasks.
Monitoring project progress and creating project status reports for Finance and Operations and Office of Information Technology.
Create supporting work requests in ticketing system when needed to support a project task or other approved solution like DevOps
Assist with creating future state workflow and digagrams to streamline processes to meet business needs
Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures.
Problem solving to resolve minor issues without assistance and escalation.
Develop of test plans and work with program areas to develop their test plans
Assist with testing and tracking outcomes to include successful results, issues and/or bugs that require remediation
Assist with ensuring customer and technical needs are met as the project advances.
Create a positive project outlook to keep the team motivated.
Managing project management documents such as, without limitation, the project plan, schedule, work breakdown, lessons learned, or scope statement, as assigned.
Support team members when implementing risk management strategies.
Develop reporting and dashboard capabilities using excel and Power Bi.
Adheres to Information Technology application development standards and security requirements.
Assist with gap analysis of current state to future state to ensure business and process requirements are meet
Work with Finance Program Area System Owners and Subject Matter experts to learn their business functions, processes, and needs
Update SharePoint content associated with system collaboration sites
Assist with system validation to ensure technical requirements are met.
Assist with production rollout to ensure minimal disruption of services.
Assist with the system software life cycle process
Work with Finance Program Area and IT to present key information for improvements.
Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures
Module support of the project.
DPH will require that selected personnel sign the DPH confidentially agreement and/or Business Associate (BA) agreement if applicable. All web services must be secure.
DPH will not accept any offers including an “up-lift” charge. The rate paid per consultant must not exceed the maximum rate established for this position described in the State contract terms.
Contractors must be onsite during each week throughout the term of the contract.
Follow agency IT Standards, policies, and procedures to include documentation.
All source code (compiled and un-compiled) will become the sole property of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. Any source code, data, product, or functionality resulting from this SOW or previously owned/developed by DPH will remain the sole property of DPH and is not to be incorporated into the core product of any vendor's application. Any modifications and interfaces developed under said contract will be not be used by the contractor for any independent project of the contractor or published or publicized by the contractor without written permission of DPH.
DPH has the final say on all programming choices.
Payment Schedule:
All timesheets shall be entered and approved in a timely manner per State contract terms. The State will not pay any extra costs (i.e. Travel, employee benefits, insurance, room and board, etc.) for temporary employees under this contract.
DPH Support:
DPH will provide:
All required information including formulas, data, and mechanisms to check output.
Staff to assist with any application or data questions.
Conference rooms and scheduling for any application demos.
Workstation and required software.
Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):
5+ Years of Experience with Data Analysis & Data Mining using Excel and SQL
5+ Years of Experience with Workflow and Process modeling
5+ Years of Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), MS SharePoint
5+ years of experience in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), driving and supporting modernization initiatives.
Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):
Experience with security and data classification related to CDC, HIPAA, and CJIS.
Experience with NIST industry standard information security practices
MS Project, MS Planner, MS DevOps
Additional skills
Ability to analyze and document business and system processes using various methods and tools.
Knowledge of Information Technology Field, best practices, organization, and operations
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS, VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS.
UNDERSTANDING OF IT DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS
Ability to deal effectively with the needs of technical peers, technical and user management, users, vendors, and staff members, and to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written form
Required Education: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent work experience.
Required Certifications:
NONE
Interview Process (who will conduct i/v, phone or in-person, how many rounds of i/v’s)?
An interview panel will conduct one initial round of in person, video, or phone conference interviews. If no candidate is selected a second round of interviews will be conducted. Potential candidates, not initially selected, will not be disqualified until an offer is made and accepted.
Schedule Interview: How soon can you schedule an interview (date / times)?
After the closing date the top candidates will be notified of scheduled interview times.