Business Analyst

Schedule: Full-time

COMPENSATION

Salary Range: $70,000.00 – $90,000.00 annually

Dependent on experience and interview process

WELLNESS BENEFITS

At LIS, we strive to offer competitive benefits that support you throughout your career with us so you can plan for today and the future. We offer a comprehensive state benefits package including:

MEDICAL COVERAGE

Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits

Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance

Dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums are free after completed eligibility period

Leave

Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave

11 paid holidays per year

Childbirth/Adoption leave

Disability and bereavement leave

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee’s salary.

Deferred Compensation

The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan.

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a Model Employer of Individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs, and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

When you join our team, you’ll experience the flexibility, autonomy, trust and collaboration we believe creates a safe, innovative, and thriving environment. After all, we’ve hired you not only for the skills and experiences you possess today, but also where you’ll grow tomorrow.

Collaborative environment

Continuous Learning + education and conference allocation

Business casual dress code

RESPONSIBILITIES

You’ll work with clients and software engineers as we solve some of the biggest challenges facing the organizations we serve. You will be expected to approach user needs with pragmatic problem solving and solutions. You’ll demonstrate a strong aptitude for learning new skills and play an integral role in impacting team culture, practice, and engagement. As a valued member of our team, you’ll:

Participate in all aspects of the SDLC

Collaborate with other business analysts to conduct assessments of user needs and understand user environments

Work to understand the birds-eye view of systems and the impact of any changes to them

Collaborate with software engineers and domain experts to ensure work products of LIS meet the highest standards of quality

Create software documentation and participate in bug tracking and reporting procedures

Contribute to test plans

Participate in testing in order to recommend feature or bug fixes for release to production

QUALIFICATIONS

Human Skills:

Strong Communicator - written, verbal, listening, and questioning

Ability to convey ideas from analysis to synthesis

Problem Solver - solutioning through understanding the problem, rather than just executing a task

Self-starter – having the initiative, drive, and willingness to engage in improving the team and the solutions we build

Critical Thinker - approaching problems with curiosity in order to build solutions that solve our clients’ challenges

Continuous learning mindset

Openness to receive guidance and feedback from senior team members as well as peers

Collaborator - ability to work and share knowledge as well as feedback across teams and roles

Technical Skills:

Knowledge of the SDLC and Agile practices

Experience in requirements gathering and documentation

Eagerness to stay up to date on industry and technology advancements

Experience with the basic principles of software testing

Experience with managing stakeholders, including negotiation of solutions, setting of expectations, and communication on progress milestones

Preferred Skills:

Experience with Confluence, Jira, or other collaborative team workspace tools utilized in agile project management