Technical Business Analyst

Technical Business Analyst (Hybrid)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Technical Business Analyst for their Portland, Oregon location.  In this role you will provide technical business analysis support for small to medium-size business technology proposals and projects within the IT portfolio. Assignments are determined based on proposal or project needs and workload shifts. This position works closely with a variety of internal clients, stakeholders, vendors, technical subject matter experts (SMEs), and others with varying degrees of technical understanding.

This hybrid position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits!  If you feel this position aligns with your professional experience - we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities for Technical Business Analyst:

• Provide business analysis support and assistance, eliciting documents and managing requirements, to support the implementation of IT systems for a variety of internal clients implementing small to medium -sized projects, as per the organization’s established System Life Cycle (SLC) process.
• Collaborate with senior or lead org analysts or manager to identify and plan business analysis work needed to meet project needs. which may include:
  • Recommend the artifacts and level of detail for the business analysis effort, i.e. the analysis objective which supplies the technical team with information that assists in planning a system build.
  • Recommend the business analysis approach to satisfy the analysis objective, including the specific tasks and deliverables.
  • Collaborate with senior or lead org analysts or manager in planning the requirements gathering and elicitation strategy (e.g. techniques to be used, appropriate for the project type and the stakeholders involved).
  • Identify and recommend resource levels needed to accomplish the business analysis work in accordance with the project schedule.
  • Conduct preliminary analyses on proposals for IT systems.
  • Analyze the gathered information to present an organized, coherent understanding of the business problem and the proposed solution.
  • Collaborate with technical team representative, senior or lead analyst, or manager (as needed) to translate customer needs into product requirements in sufficient detail for technical teams to implement. This work may include:
  • Facilitate the requirements documentation throughout the entire lifecycle of the project.
• Facilitate a shared understanding of the customer needs and technical solution between business users and project teams.
  • Communicate effectively with and act as a liaison between a wide variety of technical and business teams and project stakeholders in a variety of settings.
  • Develop and maintain productive relationships with business users, technical teams, and other project stakeholders.
  • Present information effectively in a variety of formats, including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and Visio flowcharts.
• Schedule and attend vendor evaluation panels, as a non-voting, technical advisor, providing input and recommendations, as requested.
• Work with the project teams and vendor awarded the contract to identify the gap/analysis work needed to implement the solution.

Requirements/Qualification for Technical Business Analyst:

• U.S. Citizenship and a valid U.S. Driver’s License is required.
• A bachelor’s degree in information technology/systems, business administration, or a closely related technical discipline is preferred.
  • 7 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelor’s degree.
  • 11 years of experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
• Experience should be consistent with the specific requirements of technical business analysis and information technology and progressively more technical in nature
• Proficiency with Microsoft products, including Word, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook or similar.
• Technical interviewing skills that include:
  • Functional/process interviewing in the business environment.
  • The ability to facilitate groups through process design and requirements gathering sessions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with business and technical teams.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective client and stakeholder relationships.
•   Strong technical writing skills and the ability to present information in various forms (verbally, in writing, visually, graphically).

**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**

About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

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