Remote Business Analyst

Summary

Join the CDC Foundation as a Business Analyst to support the development and delivery of technical projects that improve the use of public health data to inform decision making. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI) and will collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to gather requirements, assure correct understanding by implementation teams, and facilitate alignment towards planning and implementation of public health data modernization projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead or participate in requirements gathering/JAD sessions, working closely with Project or Program Manager(s), developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users
• Define and document requirements and use cases, and ensure these are correctly understood by implementation teams
• Define and document implementation plans for data modernization projects, working closely with Project or Program Manager(s), developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users
• Develop comprehensive test cases at the application and multi-application levels
• Work with user community, technical teams and vendors to meet implementation timeline
• Conduct and direct end-user testing responsibilities
• May perform data quality assurance; troubleshooting application and/or interfaces as problems arise and report issues
• Facilitate business/functional requirement review, approval, and sign-off sessions
• Document business practices and workflows, identify opportunities for improvement, support process improvement, discover issues and deliver improved value
• Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements
• Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management
• Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements. Monitor service level agreements