Telecommunications Analyst jobs in Prattville, AL

Position: Business Analyst

Duration: 4 months- will extend after fiscal year in Sept (will be long term)

Location: Montgomery, Alabama (Onsite from Day 1)

Project Description:

Responsibilities:

• Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
• Possesses expertise in the business unit(s) they support, as well as, an understanding of the IT organization's systems and capabilities.
• Analyzes business partner's operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to automate processes and functions.
• Assists in the business process redesign and documentation as needed for new technology.
• Translates high level business requirements into functional specifications for the IT organization and manages changes to such specifications.
• Educates the IT organization on the direction of the business.
• Negotiates agreements and commitments by facilitating communication between business unit(s) and IT from initial requirements to final implementation.
• Possesses an understanding of technological trends and uses this knowledge to bring solutions to business units supported to enhance the enterprise's competitive edge.
• May make recommendations for buy vs. build decision.

Skills Required (Intermediate role)

• Works with business partners within one business function to align technology solutions with business strategies.
• Demonstrates an informed knowledge of a business area to resolve problems on an ongoing business.
• Supports several moderately complex business processes.
• Works on multiple projects as a project team member, occasionally as a project leader.
• May coach more junior staff.

Experience Required:

• Typically has 3 to 5 years of relevant technical or business work experience.

Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field.