Business Analyst
ACS Professional Staffing

Job Info

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• Location: Vancouver, Washington
• Type: Contract
• Job #7898

Overview:

ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Business Analyst 3 position focuses on providing advanced support and project management assistance to internal business operations teams within a large transmission technology environment. The Business Analyst will work closely with engineering and project management teams to manage and track project documentation, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and processes. Acting as the primary technical resource, this role will streamline documentation efforts and serve as the single point of contact for key project initiatives, contributing to transmission-related projects such as internal operations support, program planning, process management, and service delivery maturity. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.

Pay range: $42.20 - $60.29

Benefits:

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks

Responsibilities:

• Document Compliance Support:
• Work with Information Owners (IOs), IO Designees, subject matter experts (SMEs), and other document authors to determine Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) / Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) levels and appropriately mark documents before sharing with construction vendors. Facilitate turnaround in accordance with contract response times to avoid schedule delays.
• Create and maintain document lists for projects which logs decisions by Information Owners and Designees and links to transmittal information.
• Coordinate between project bundles (Building, Data Center/Control Room, and Telecommunications) and provide liaison for Technology stakeholder organizations in Transmission Technology (TT) / System Operations (TO).
• Act as point of contact for any questions from team members on status of document locations, markings and whether they are ready for distribution. Support the creation and maintenance of intuitive project file directories, the Project Support Library and associated tools to optimize the ease of finding information.
• Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails and records in accordance with compliance requirements. Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel (those with a Lawful Government Purpose (LPG) to know). Mark and maintain all official records in accordance with the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.
• Anticipate constraints due to resources or ambiguities and work proactively to address bottlenecks and recommend resolution(s).
• Support Requirements Development:
• Conduct interviews and facilitate workshops to elicit application requirements.
• Research, analyze, model and organize information for developing requirements.
• Decompose high-level information into details and abstract up from low-level information to distinguish between solution ideas and application needs.
• Facilitate requirements validation sessions, identify gaps and present findings.
• Resolve requirement conflicts between stakeholders. Engage manager for assistance with complex, sensitive or other unresolved conflicts.
• Research, document, and validate current and future state processes and designs (functional and technical).
• Help define approach, alternatives, and decision framework for alternative solutions analyses.
• Help define and execute business analysis approaches.
• Solution Development and Proposal:
• Facilitate design sessions, key decisions, team meetings, sponsor meetings, and stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Facilitate/assist in technical process improvement initiatives.
• Research and develop methods to automate repetitive manual data manipulations.
• Solution Build:
• Prepare functional and technical documentation for hand-off to IT workgroups.
• Work closely with IT development teams to encourage a smooth build.
• Draft documentation for user and operational manuals.
• Create queries and reports for extracting, manipulating, and reporting of business architecture-related information.
• Proactively communicate key updates and documents to team members, sponsors, and stakeholders.
• Support project manager in the maintenance of project information including scope, status, schedule, budget, forecast, risks and issues, resources.
• Support project manager in the coordination of multiple, internal teams contributing to the project.
• Implementation and Change Management:
• Support development and implementation of change management plans that reduce employee resistance and empower management as change sponsors.
• Facilitate various system verification activities such as systems and user testing.
• Facilitate system and data integration efforts to connect disparate systems that have various levels of System Life Cycle (SLC) maturity.
• Solution Maintenance:
• Provide first line technical support to business users of the developed solutions.
• Complete and improve user manuals, onboarding and training documentation.
• Analyze solutions and business practices for efficiency and effectiveness. Based on the analyses, initiate continuous improvement initiatives.
• Report Writing:
• Develop and draft associated documentation required for Mitigation Plans, Compliance Packages, Milestone Updates, Completion Mitigation packages and Data Requests.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Technical Management, Information Management, Engineering, Business Systems, Computer Science (or a directly related technical discipline) is preferred.
• 8 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelor's degree.
• 10 years of experience is required with an applicable associate's degree.
• 12 years of experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
• Experience should be consistent with the specific requirements of business systems analysis and progressively more technical in nature.
• Ability to read and understand government documentation to assist in application of Information Protection policies and procedures such as the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), Critical Information List (CIL), and the CUI Marking Guide.
• Advanced knowledge of Visio and/or other flowchart tools.
• Expert proficiency in Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Expert proficiency in writing technical reports.
• Experience in utilizing a requirements management tool.
• Experience using SharePoint, sufficient to manage documents:
• Proficient in the use of ProjectWise and Procore.
• Experience documenting processes.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.

Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.

Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship.

ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.

If you have any questions about the job posting, please contact recruiting@acsprostaffing.com

If you have any questions about our Reasonable Accommodation Policy, please feel free to email hr@acsprostaffing.com

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