For the given job description <<Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective. Familiar with industry standard business process mapping, and reengineering. Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as costbenefit, ROI, buybuild, etc. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.  This position will work on the Grants Management application. This position will perform the duties of a Business Analyst including requirement gathering, analysis of requirements, development of requirements and design for required system modifications, completing business requirement documents, user stories, and business area collaboration andor coordination. Will also work with technical teams to coordinate demos, UAT, code releases, and user communication as necessary. Must have experience working in an Agile environment. Some on-call support may be required depending on the project phase. II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS Minimum Requirements:Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skillsexperience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.YearsRequiredPreferredExperience8RequiredBusiness Analyst Experience8RequiredSQL Experience8RequiredSystem Reporting (Oracle, SQL)8RequiredSystems Testing (Unit, Integration, UAT)8RequiredExcellent communication skills (verbal and in writing)4PreferredAgile Software Development Methodologies Experience2PreferredProject andor Product Management experience1PreferredExperience with Jira III. TERMS OF SERVICE Services are expected to start 10022023 and are expected to complete by 08312024. Total estimated hours per Candidate shall not exceed 1850 hours. This service may be amended, renewed, andor extended providing both parties agree to do so in writing. IV. WORK HOURS AND LOCATION Services shall be provided during normal business hours unless otherwise coordinated through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Normal business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, excluding State holidays when the agency is closed.
The primary work location(s) will be at 701 W 51st St Austin, TX 78751. Any and all travel, per diem, parking, andor living expenses shall be at the Candidate's andor Vendor's expense. Texas Health and Human Services Commission will provide pre-approved, written authorization for travel for any services to be performed away from the primary work location(s). Pre-approved travel expenses are limited to the rates and comply with the rules prescribed by the State of Texas for travel by its classified employees, including any requirement for original receipts.
The Candidate(s) may be required to work outside the normal business hours on weekends, evenings and holidays, as requested. Payment for work over 40 hours will be at the hourly rate quoted and must be coordinated and pre-approved through Texas Health and Human Services Commission. V. OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Remote work Mon - FriLocation: within the state of TexasInterviews will be conducted through Microsoft Teams>> the resume: <<SummaryAn
accomplished professional with 8+ years (which includes 3 years as application
developer) of experience in business systems/data analytics, with in-depth
knowledge of business operations, analytics tools and data transformations.
Excellent problem solving skills with ability to think laterally for practical
solutions.
Areas of ExpertiseAGILE (Scrum) implementationsDesign, Gap & Risk AnalysisRegression AnalysisUser story & Use Case AnalysisTest Cases DesignQA Test automationSDLC implementationsData/Functional AnalysisData WarehousingObject Oriented ProgrammingData Mapping & AggregationBI Reporting and Analytics
SkillsProgramming Languages:SQL, PL-SQL, XML, C++, Java/J2EE, UML 2.0, VBA – Excel, SAS programmingTools/Technologies:ERWin, MS-Visio, SQL Developer 1.5.1, Toad, Teradata Client, Excel (Analytics),HP’s ALM,JIRA, SharePoint, JavaScript, JSP, Servlets, IBM’s RAD, EclipseDBMS:Oracle 10g, PostGreSQL, MySQL, MS-SQL, SQL Server, Teradata, Cassandra (No-SQL)BI& Reporting:Ab Initio, MicroStrategy, Informatica Analyst, Tableau Reporting 7.0, Cognos Reporting,SQL Server BI Integration (SSIS, SSRS), Big Data (HDFS)Business Domains:Retail Banking & Finance, Healthcare, e-Governance,Retail/e-commerce, Insurance
ExperienceSr. Data/Business Systems Analyst,05/2014-CurrentKoch Industries, Inc.–Malaga,NM,Improved development efforts by translating complex requirements to practical ETL implementations.Created easy-to-implement ETL code snippets for Ab-Initio that improved performance by over 20%.Reduced data-element-mapping (DEM) validation time by designing VBA-Excel based validation tools.Reduced UAT defects by 40% by creating SQL query components for advanced data analytics.Improved takeaways from JAD sessions by translating business requirements into actual workflows.Designed robust and extendable dimensional data models for data migration/reporting requirements.Created robust work-flow and data-flow diagrams to enhance takeaways from JAD sessions.Certified Scrum Master; worked to lead the agile transformation from waterfall based methodologies.Business Systems Analyst,11/2013-04/2014Corvel–Boston,MA,Improved complex CR (change request) implementation techniques by making requirements scalable.Expedited development efforts by 40% using segregation of ETL & report level implementations.Improved system design requirements by reverse-engineering SQL server stored procedures.Reduced requirements elicitation period by versioning of RTM (Requirements Traceability Matrix).Implemented V-model based mapping for correlating use cases of design with test case design in UAT.Data/Business Analyst,05/2012-10/2013Insuvi–Belleville,IL,Enhanced existing standalone application for entire SAP Global-IT using VBA-excel macros.Reduced cost of new application by over $100,000 usingTableaudashboards utility components.Optimized application design for a mobile app by developing 43 uses cases including prototypes.Increased accuracy of ERP based utilization forecasting apps by training teams to provide right inputs.Integrated client-side-scripting(CSS) based solutions for Jscript/HTML5 based mobile app development.Sr. Software Developer,01/2011-08/2011Noblis, Inc.–Arlington,VA,INDIACreated dynamic database models that are compatible with PostGreSQL, My-SQL & Oracle.Created scalable database schemas to reduce cost of redesigning based on changing requirements.Mentored team of 25 in database connectivity, query logic generation, SQL-stored procedures.Software Developer,04/2008-01/2011WIPRO Technologies–City,STATE,INDIADesigned and developed reusable Lean technical interfaces/implementations in JAVA/J2EE.Increased efficiency of JAVA/J2EE implementations by over 60% using PL/SQL stored procedures.Enhanced SDLC phases by fine-tuning AGILE methodologies from project level to module level.Excelled as specific-point-of-contact for customer to discuss impact of CRs, effort and cost estimates.
Education and TrainingMBA:Business Information Systems,Expected inApril 2013-University of Cincinnati-Cincinnati,OHGPA:Status-Course work includes: Operations Management, Project Management, Global Economics, Financial Economics, Statistical Decision Modelling, Leadership & Organization, Financial AccountingBachelor of Engineering:Computer Sciences,Expected inAugust 2007-Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad,TelanganaGPA:Status->>. The result is, Potential Fit

Fit assessment: Potential Fit