Business Analyst

Paladin Consulting is a nationwide Talent Acquisition and Placement consulting firm. We connect Top Companies with Top Talent to create Win-Wins for both parties. At Paladin we put Tech Talent, Experienced Engineers and Business Pros in a position to succeed through a deep vetting of Clients and Opportunities to ensure that their needs align with your skills.

* Define, gather, and analyze system and customer requirements. * Ability to see the business needs through system requirements for smooth implementation of projects. * Develop system deliverables in requirements format. * Work with business clients to document, review, revise, estimate and prioritize requirements. * Work with developers to plan, develop and design to ensure requirements are being met. * Resolve any requirements issues. * Work with testers and review test plans/ test cases to ensure requirements are thoroughly tested. * Coordinate defect resolution with developers and testers and ensure retest fixes any issues. * Assist with user training and User Acceptance testing (UAT) and documentation of training material development. * Business Analysts must be competent to work on complex projects and or multiple projects simultaneously, with the ability organize and manage project work to drive predictable delivery. * The incumbents may also provide guidance to, and assist in training less experienced staff.

* Prior experience as a Business Analyst in a software development environment with extensive experience implementing or supporting other related business processes. * Extensive experience in analysis, design, and user interface flows requirement gathering, business process mapping, process improvement mapping, and functional implementation. * Experience with hardware configuration management and documentation a plus. * Familiarity with Mainframes a plus. * Applied knowledge of various Systems Life Cycle development methodologies. * Candidate must be skilled in leading cross-functional and distributed teams on large initiatives. * Skilled in developing project documentation such as scope definition, requirements complete with conditions of acceptance, sprint planning, release plans, and risk assessment and management. * Great initiative, highly motivated and dependable. A quick learner, a team player also capable of working independently with an open mind. Adapt quickly and easily to multiple simultaneous changes. * Experience with demonstration of a product or service with an audience. * Excellent written and verbal communication and interview skills are a must. * Strong use of MS Office tools (Excel, Word, Project, Visio) as well as Share Point