Job Description
Advanced Systems Design is seeking a Business Analyst, Advanced for our client located in Tallahassee, FL. This position is onsite in Tallahassee, FL, and requires in-person availability starting day 1. Job Overview: Background: The Department has identified Human Resources (HR) business process modernization needs to better serve all business units. The HR Office and Office of Work Program and Budget (OWPB) have jointly prioritized an HR workflow automation platform. HR Actions are HR transactions that have been initiated but not yet validated, approved, or executed in the system of record. These actions include four primary types: Authorization to Fill Vacancy, Appointment Package preparation, Pay Action Request, and Promotion or Reclassification. These workflows currently move through multiple systems and communication exchanges, contributing to operational inefficiencies, including elevated time-to-fill metrics and limited visibility into rate-impact reporting obligations. This initiative will deliver a custom application similar to an existing internal automation platform using ReactJS and .NET Clean Architecture, extending current capabilities. Problem Statement: The selected candidate will be assigned to support requirements gathering and analysis, backlog management, and quality assurance for the HR Automation initiative, starting with the HR Actions application development effort in collaboration with the HR Office and Office of Work Program and Budget. The candidate will serve as the primary liaison between OWPB Systems Support and HR subject-matter experts, translating HR business intent to actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria. Quality assurance and user acceptance testing will play a vital part in the overall delivery to ensure any discrepancies or gaps that may arise during implementation are quickly and properly addressed. As part of this effort, the candidate will participate in iterative release planning, support stakeholder engagement across HR and OWPB, and produce documentation that supports both the development team and end users. The selected candidate will be given access to existing source documentation and project staff and will be required to identify functional gaps, develop, and document all activities necessary for successful implementation. The submitted candidate must be able to perform the following duties and/or tasks. Duties of the selected candidate will include, but not be limited to: Coordinate the development of project schedules, implementation plans, and documentation for HR automation releases and present to management, customers, and technical staff. Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycles with HR Office stakeholders; confer with impacted personnel, such as the Budget Office, to ensure systems are performing as required. Oversee the development of testing strategies, data scenarios, and test plans to ensure functional requirements are addressed. Evaluate critical information gathered from multiple resources. Summarize detailed data into executive-level formats, as well as breaking down aggregate information into meaningful pieces. Develop standardized desk procedures that include the purpose, prerequisites, process flows, and narratives of business processes. Manage user stories, project backlog, sprint backlogs, participate in SCRUM meetings, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and sprint retrospectives within Azure DevOps. Produce deliverables including, but not limited to, project schedules, implementation plans, business requirements, functional specifications, supporting business processes, quality assurance plans, and user acceptance testing artifacts. Use subject matter expertise, industry methodologies, best practices, and automated tools to analyze and make recommendations on behalf of the Department for required changes to HR automations supporting HR workflow processes. Prepare business specifications to communicate department-specific functional requirements for remediation efforts and address dependencies with other interfacing systems and external stakeholder interfaces. Assist in business process redesign and documentation as needed to support ongoing efforts in the Office of Work Program and Budget and the Enterprise environment. Work with functional and enterprise system support staff during technical assessments of the Department's internal HR-related systems and integrations as needed. Facilitate work sessions with HR subject-matter experts to elicit and prioritize remediation requirements. Identify any functionality seen as needed, but missing, in department-maintained systems. Translate high-level business requirements into detailed business documents and/or funct