Business Analyst
Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: Wichita, KS
Ready to take the first step towards translating your education to a career in technology? Are you just graduating college, or thinking of finally ditching that position you have to start your career and tech and don't know where to get started?
GenSpark is looking to Hire, Train and Deploy a Business Analyst This is a fantastic opportunity for recent college graduates with a Computer Science or Information Technology degree, Veterans with relevant experience, or individuals with a background in IT (self-taught, on the job training, or bootcamp participants) looking to upskill.
We will take your current computer science knowledge and combine it with our trainings in Business analyst, to get your career started.
GenSpark equips you with the training and experience you need! During the first few weeks of joining GenSpark, you will complete intensive technical training to take your skills to the next level.
After your training is complete, the company hires you and gets you working with a client so that you can begin your dream job.
GenSpark is hiring promising people like you for entry-level IT careers.
Spark your career in tech with GenSpark! GenSpark fills technology talent gaps by bridging underrepresented pools of talent to corporations in need of key skills.
The company’s passion for opportunity and diversity translates into a 100% investment in ensuring client and candidate success. Candidates are employed and custom-trained to the specifications of client firms, connecting them to fulfilling careers.
What is Business analyst and what does a Business analyst do:
Business analyst help guide businesses in improving processes, products, services and software through data analysis.
Business analysts (BAs) are responsible for bridging the gap between IT and the business using data analytics to assess processes, determine requirements and deliver data-driven recommendations and reports to executives and stakeholders.
Business analysis is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to: Determine problems and identify business needs, identify and recommend viable solutions for meeting those needs; elicit, document, and manage stakeholder requirements in order to meet business and project objectives; Facilitate the successful implementation of the product, service, or end result of the program or project.
BAs engage with business leaders and users to understand how data-driven changes to process, products, services, software and hardware can improve efficiencies and add value. They must articulate those ideas but also balance them against what’s technologically feasible and financially and functionally reasonable. Depending on the role, you might work with data sets to improve products, hardware, tools, software, services or process.
- Oral and written communication skills
- Interpersonal and consultative skills
- Facilitation skills
- Analytical thinking and problem solving
- Being detail-oriented and capable of delivering a high level of accuracy
- Organizational skills
- Knowledge of business structure
- Stakeholder analysis
- Requirements engineering
- Costs benefit analysis
- Processes modeling
- Understanding of networks, databases and other technology
What you will learn and do as a Business Analyst:
- Defining Business Analysis
- Performing Strategic Analysis
- Analyzing and Managing your Stakeholders
- Defining the Solution
- Making the Business Case
- The Requirements Engineering Framework
- Establishing the Requirements
- Identify Stakeholders and Other
- Sources of Requirements
- Plan Business Analysis Activities
- Planning a Requirements Project
- Eliciting Requirements from Stakeholders
- Analyzing Requirements with Process Maps
- Writing and Assembling the Requirements Document
- Validating Requirements
- Managing Changes to Update your Document
- Integrating Requirements into your Organization
- Exercises
- Conduct an Interview
- Observe a Requirements Workshop
- Choose the Best Elicitation Technique
- Prioritize Requirements
- Critique Requirements
- Defining the Scope of Modeling
- Mapping the Business Landscape
- Scoping Business Functions
- Modeling Business Processes and Workflows
- Analyzing the Enterprise Structure
- Finalizing the Business Model
- Communicating the Model to Key Stakeholders
- Role of the BA in Design and Development
- Requirements Implementation and Design Assessment
- Role of the BA in the Testing Phase
- Test Plans
- Test Cases
- Acceptance Criteria in Agile
- Solution Acceptance and Closeout
What We Offer:
This is a unique chance to develop your career with a rapidly growing technology company. We have a national footprint, and partner with companies that range from Fortune 500s to industry innovators and disruptors. Program graduates will be qualified to build and support enterprise level applications as they develop the next generation of technology. So, if you have the talent, we have the program to help you grow your IT career.
As a GenSpark Associate, you don’t just get a job - you also get job-ready training. During your first 10 weeks with GenSpark, we invest in you by providing intensive technical and soft skill training to help you transition from education to career. After your initial training is complete, you’ll start working on real-world IT projects alongside our clients. This emphasis on training and real experience provides the perfect platform to launch your career in tech.
- Competitive Compensation
- Great benefits package to include, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401K and much more
- Relocation assistance
- Excellent mentoring throughout your career with GenSpark
- One on one interaction with trainers and support staff
- Career launch with one of many Fortune 500 companies in the US
COMPENSATION: Annual overall compensation will be in line with industry norms and includes an excellent benefits package. Relocation assistance will be provided based on project locations.
If you are interested but don't think you meet the qualifications, please reach out to me and let’s discuss! Apply Here
What you'll need:
- Be able to work for any US employer without sponsorship.
- Be open to relocation.
- Bachelor’s / Master’s degree (preferably in Computer Science or related discipline).
- Strong communication skills paired with a desire to work as a software consultant.
- Familiarity with software development and exposure to Java/ Python/JavaScript/ C++/ CSS/HTML.
- SQL or database programming is preferred.
About GenSpark Consulting:
GenSpark is a division of Pyramid Consulting, a $310M IT Consulting firm. Pyramid Consulting is among the Top 100 largest minority and privately owned IT Consulting firms in the U.S. The success of our clients is facilitated through our ability to provide full-spectrum support via our development centers – from a single consultant under their management, at their site, to full turnkey solutions onsite and offshore.
Pyramid Consulting, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All applicants hired will be subject to a background check and drug screening.