Business Analyst - Rules Verification

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CAI is a global services firm with over 9,000 associates worldwide and a yearly revenue of $1.3 billion+. We have over 40 years of excellence in uniting talent and technology to power the possible for our clients, colleagues, and communities. As a privately held company, we have the freedom and focus to do what is right—whatever it takes. Our tailor-made solutions create lasting results across the public and commercial sectors, and we are trailblazers in bringing neurodiversity to the enterprise.

Job Summary

Job Description

CAI is hiring! We are looking for a Business Analyst – Rules Verification for a full-time, long-term contract opportunity that is hybrid (3 days/week onsite) in Trenton, NJ. The selected candidate will verify civil service rules and write the test oracles (expected-result sets) for key initiatives supporting the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, including the agency's HR Modernization initiative. You will extract business rules from legacy source code and documentation, trace each rule to its origin, and build expected-result sets from production output that show the new system behaves correctly.

Only work authorizations not requiring sponsorship now or in the future will be considered. Local candidates only, please.

What You’ll Do

Civil Service Rule Verification

• Identify and verify the civil service rules that govern titles, eligibility, appointments, promotions, seniority, and personnel actions
• Verify extracted rules against applicable civil service regulations and DCF policy
• Resolve conflicts between legacy code, documentation, and current practice with business owners, and record the outcomes

Legacy Business Rule Extraction

• Extract business rules from legacy source code, such as stored procedures and batch logic, and from legacy documentation
• Record every rule with traceability to its origin, such as source file, procedure, or document section
• Flag undocumented, conflicting, or obsolete logic for review and decision

Test Oracle Authorship

• Build expected-result sets from production output to serve as the test oracle for the new system
• Define input and expected-output pairs for standard, boundary, and exception scenarios
• Partner with QA and test automation staff to load expected results into the reconciliation harness

Specification & Traceability

• Write extracted rules in a specification format suitable for machine ingestion
• Maintain the requirements traceability matrix, linking each rule to its origin, specification, and test
• Manage changes to rules through the program's change control process

What You'll Need

Required:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• 5+ years of experience in business analysis, including business rule extraction
• Demonstrated ability to extract business rules from legacy source code and legacy documentation, with traceability from each rule to its origin
• Ability to read legacy source code such as SQL, PL/SQL, or comparable languages
• Experience building expected-result sets from production output
• Experience maintaining a requirements traceability matrix
• Ability to write extracted rules in a specification format suitable for machine ingestion
• Working knowledge of SQL for data querying and analysis
• Strong analytical rigor and attention to detail
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

 Preferred:

• Experience with civil service, public sector HR, or payroll rules
• Experience with parallel-run or dual-run validation on a modernization effort
• ISTQB or comparable testing certification
• Experience supporting State of New Jersey agencies
• Experience within Human Services, Child Welfare, Public Health, or Social Services programs

 Physical Demands

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state and local standards
• Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.
• Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor

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Reasonable accommodation statement

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employment selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected] or (888) 824 – 8111.

EEO Statement

It is the policy of Computer Aid, Inc.(CAI) not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. It is also the policy of CAI to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.

Employees and applicants of CAI will not be subject to harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. Additionally, retaliation, including intimidation, threats, or coercion, because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination, engaged or may engage in filing a complaint, assisted in a review, investigation, or hearing or have otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal, State, or local EEO law is prohibited.

The pay range for this position is listed above. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including location, experience, and education. Benefit packages include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as 401k retirement account access. Employees in this role may also be entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.