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 with the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI) and will collaborate across internal programs and San Diego County to gather requirements, assure correct understanding by informatics specialists, and facilitate alignment towards planning and implementation to streamline data exchange efforts between state and county data systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience as a business analyst, project, or implementation manager
• Experience writing Use Cases to document requirements
• Experience collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to translate user and technical requirements and lead the team through smooth and continuous delivery
• Knowledge and experience with project management methodologies, principles and processes
• Experienced in change management and risk management principles and processes to provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and change management initiatives and their roll-out
• Experience using data to make decisions, gathering data insights by design to improve outcomes
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external partners and can effectively promote collaboration among differing viewpoints
• Strong understanding of technical concepts and legacy systems
• Experience using SAS, R, Python, or SQL
• Knowledge of user experience design and user research principles and concepts
• Ability to communicate and articulate problems and resolutions to technical and non-technical teams
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; and the ability to develop productive working relationships with colleagues and partners
• Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

• Lead or participate in requirements gathering sessions, working closely with Product Manager, Program Manager, informaticists, developers, subject matter experts, vendors, and users
• Inventory current mechanisms San Diego is currently sharing data with CID programs, including types of files, frequency, delivery methods
• Define and document requirements for each set of data to be integrated into an automated and standardized data delivery process
• Outline proposal for implementation plan and work with 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
• Defining tailored architecture plans required to facilitate centralized data transmission from San Diego for multiple file formats and use cases
• 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
• Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management
• Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements. Monitor service level agreements