Beacon Technologies is seeking a Business Analyst IV for our client partner. The Business Analyst IV will provide technical assistance and consultation to our client's child welfare application, Wisconsin’s Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (eWiSACWIS). This position supports the overall planning, development, testing, implementation, and support of eWiSACWIS. This position is responsible for analyzing business requirements for the development of technical requirements resulting in a new feature or enhancement of eWiSACWIS. This position works with the vendor to define and develop detailed specifications and designs for system development. The position will work with County and State programmatic staff and Child Welfare project management staff to define and develop applications to support business processes. Duties include developing and executing system test plans, evaluation of system effectiveness, documentation review, ongoing application training, creation of training documents, and technical support for eWiSACWIS. This position will have major responsibility for the review and analysis of changes in eWiSACWIS, including detailed specifications for programming staff, developing test criteria, and post implementation evaluation. Duties will also include analysis of business flow for all aspects of Child Protective Services and reporting requirements to the Federal Government to document for future automation. Business Analyst/Consultant capabilities with eight or more years of experience in the field or in a related area. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Independently, performs a variety of complicated tasks. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates documentation, and performs business analysis tasks and system testing. Experience with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Can perform with no direct supervision.

Top 3-4 desired skills required for the position:

• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and experience with "Waterfall" and "Agile" methodologies.
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
• Creating and maintaining artifacts such as: business requirements documents, requirements traceability matrices, and test plans.
• Ability to independently analyze, document, and speak competently to business objectives, gaps, needs and problems.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Develop use case scenarios 8 years
• Understanding of project management methodologies and experience with "Waterfall" and "Agile" methodologies and software 8 years
• Analytical/problem solving skills 8 years
• Excellent oral and written communication skills 8 years
• Ability to navigate and query a relational database 8 years
• Excel (MS) 8 years
• MS Office products 8 years
• Outlook (MS) 8 years
• PowerPoint (MS) 8 years
• Word (MS) 8 years
• Bug reporting and tracking tools 8 years
• Knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL 8 years
• Oracle 8 years
• Participate in design reviews 8 years
• SQL 8 years
• Business process improvement 8 years
• Documenting application requirements 8 years
• Documenting business processes 8 years
• In-Depth Knowledge of System Development Life Cycle Deliverables for each Phase of Development 8 years
• Requirements analysis 8 years
• Requirements gathering 8 years
• Requirements validation 8 years
• Ability to perform testing of applications, facilitate testing by others, document results 8 years
• Develop sample test data 8 years
• Develop test plans and procedures 8 years
• Maintain testing histories 8 years
• Manage systems testing and support user acceptance testing 8 years
• Testing methods/techniques including creation and execution of unit, system, and user acceptance plan 8 years

About Beacon Technologies

Are you looking to advance your career in information technology? Beacon Technologies offers career advancement opportunities, extensive training, and excellent benefits including paying for health and dental premiums for salaried employees. In addition to providing interesting opportunities, Beacon Technologies provides that old fashioned, personal touch, so you feel like a part of the Beacon team.

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