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Job Description:
The Business Analyst may be responsible for any of the following tasks: identifying business needs from the customers and gathering requirements, creating BRS documents from the requirements, designing new applications (including the look and feel along with workflow processes), organizing, and prioritizing project workloads within the team.
This is a full-time/permanent on-site role in Lincoln, Nebraska. Not eligible to be a contracted position.
**The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services does not sponsor or transfer non-immigrant work visas for this position and does not accept STEM OPT (Form i-983) at any time. **
Examples of Work
- Work directly with business users to understand business objectives, gather detailed requirements, and document these into clear requirements.
- Work directly with business users to define and document user stories, functional requirements, and business goals related to web applications for technical developers.
- Recommend and implement strategies to enhance website functionality, user experience, and overall performance.
- Propose and design technical web applications, including website structure, features, and user flows, to meet business needs.
- Design reports and dashboards to meet business leader’s needs.
- Act as a liaison between application developers, business users, and vendors to analyze, and design new or improved systems functionality.
- Research, analyze and communicate existing business processes to business users.
- Work with technical architects to propose sound technical solutions to business users.
- Responsible for creating and executing detailed system test cases to validate that all requirements have been met.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining system and training documentation.
- Provide IT production support to business end users by responding to questions, investigating system issues, testing changes/corrections to the system, and providing resolutions for issues.
Requirements/Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: Post high school coursework, training, or experience in the analysis of business processes and system requirements, and the creation of business process applications.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in information systems, Information Technology, Business, Computer Science or related field.
- 5+ years working as a business/solutions analyst.
- Experience in full scale web design and development for internal and public facing applications.
- Understanding of SDLC methodologies.
- Knowledge of Clarity, Workfront and JIRA.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook / Word / Excel / Visio / SharePoint).
- Experience working with DHHS systems.
Other: Regular and reliable attendance. Not a remote position - must report to the Nebraska State Office Building (NSOB) in Lincoln, NE.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Strong interpersonal and analytical skills.
- Ability to clearly and concisely communicate (written and oral) technical information to non-technical audiences.
- Strong verbal/written communication, and presentation skills.
- Experience working directly with various levels of business and technical staff to determine sound technical solutions for business requirements.
- Effectively communicate with internal and external clients, peers, and management.
- Self-motivated / self-starter with the ability to work individually
- Strong organization, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to multi-task with changing priorities and requirements.
- Experience in a fast-paced collaborative team environment.
- The position must be able to perform work assigned with minimal supervision, meeting deadlines for timely completion of concurrent projects.
- Experience in meeting facilitation / information gathering / research exploration and problem resolution
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Benefits
We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.
Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits
Equal Opportunity Statement
The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.
Skills Required
- Post high school coursework, training, or experience in analysis of business processes and system requirements.
- Associate or bachelor's degree in information systems, Information Technology, Business, Computer Science or related field.
- 5+ years working as a business/solutions analyst.
- Experience in full scale web design and development for internal and public facing applications.
- Understanding of SDLC methodologies.
- Knowledge of Clarity, Workfront and JIRA.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio, SharePoint).
- Experience working with DHHS systems.
- Create and execute detailed system test cases and maintain system and training documentation.
- Provide IT production support to business end users: investigate issues, test changes, and provide resolutions.
- Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication, presentation, planning, organization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Self-motivated, able to work with minimal supervision and meet deadlines for concurrent projects.
- Regular and reliable attendance; must work on-site at the Nebraska State Office Building in Lincoln, NE (not remote).
What We Do
The Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs is a state agency dedicated to providing support, benefits, and assistance to veterans and their dependents within Nebraska.
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