Overview Do you enjoy working directly with others to make a difference in the lives of Vermonters? Do you enjoy working as a team to achieve a common goal? Are you a naturally curious person? If so, become a Business Analyst for the State of Vermont. The Agency of Digital Services (ADS) is seeking an IT Business Analyst to join our *Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO). (Why an IT BA you ask? Because our topic of conversation is focused on requirements of a technology solution meeting the needs of the business.) The EPMO is a centralized division comprised of IT Project Managers and IT Business Analysts providing a range of services to partner with Agencies across the State of Vermont. This position is predominately focused on IT Projects supporting the Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA). Being offered this position comes with strong health insurance benefits, a pension plan, a deferred compensation plan, and reimbursement for continuing education to name few of the benefits. We have a healthy work/life balance and offer a standard work schedule of Monday through Friday, 7:45am-4:30pm with some flexibilities. Currently we are also able to offer a five-day remote-work schedule with a mandatory day in the office once a quarter. Other examples of work include: * Identify and establish scope and parameters of business analysis on a project-by-project basis to define project impact, outcome criteria, and metrics. * Gathering user requirements via interviews, workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow storyboards, scenarios, and other methods. * Work with stakeholders and project team to prioritize collected requirements. * Analyze and verify requirements for applicability, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, completeness, and conformity to standards. * Translate conceptual user requirements into clear, detailed functional requirements. * Create process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts. * Manage and track the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle; enforce and redefine as necessary. * Communicate changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, able to work under moderate pressure to meet deadlines, is customer service oriented, and has excellent verbal and written communication skills. The candidate is proficient in the use of MS Visio as well as project and software development tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira or CA Clarity. He/she brings a working understanding of business analysis standards as defined by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), as well as the Agile Manifesto and scrum techniques, and has experience successfully