IT Business Analyst I # 012192

Kamehameha Schools has an IT Business Analyst I position available at KS Kapālama Campus, O‘ahu. Deadline to apply: 11/21/2011.

Educational Requirements:

***Master's Degree in Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Business Process Re-engineering, or closely related field

PLUS

1 -- 2 years of work experience in an IT or software development environment doing business analysis, test development and execution, and user engagement support.

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***Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Business Process Re-engineering, or closely related field

PLUS

Minimum 6 months of experience in an IT or software development environment doing business analysis, test development and execution, and user engagement support.

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***In lieu of Bachelor's Degree, High School Diploma, GED or equivalent with 4 years of experience in an IT or software development.

Minimum Requirements:

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• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a cohesive team.
• Ability to perform business analysis and understand the needs of the business as a whole and it's strategic direction when working with a team or coach.
• Ability to elicit simple requirements by employing a variety of techniques when working with a team or coach.
• Ability to specify simple requirements at the correct level of detail to allow successful implementation.
• Ability to develop and maintain clear and concise analysis documentation for simple projects including process flow diagrams, detailed use cases and activity diagrams when working with a team or coach.
• Ability to perform solution assessment and validation by verifying the correctness of a proposed solution, how to assess possible shortcomings of a solution and how to support the implementation of a solution when working with a team or coach.
• Ability to successfully engage in multiple simple initiatives simultaneously when working with a team or coach.
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills, including the aptitude to understanding how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements when working with a team or coach.
• Demonstrated ability to remain flexible in a demanding work environment and to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent time management skills to plan, organize, and manage simple projects when working with a team or coach.
• Demonstrated aptitude to work with a team or coach to learn the development and maintenance of a variety of analysis documentation types -- state diagrams, use cases, UI prototypes, relationship diagrams, data dictionaries, etc.
• Able to provide work samples that show clear and concise business writing style.

Duties:

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• Evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile simple conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Investigate business systems, identify options for improving business systems and bridge the needs of the business with the use of information technology.
• Act as liaison among stakeholders in order to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements for changes to processes, policies and information systems.
• Complete analysis to understand business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and work with the IT team to recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested applicants must apply online. Visit our website at http://www.ksbe.edu/careers & search Requisition Number 012192 for full job description, & to apply for this position. *Sorry, no resumes accepted via email, mail or fax.

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