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We are seeking a Sr. Business Analyst who is motivated by variety, is seeking a challenging environment for professional growth, and is interested in supporting large information technology projects for one of our clients, who is located in Seattle. The Business Analyst will fill a contract assignment for a senior-level business analyst with strong domain knowledge of utility real estate service management solutions, experience leading workshops, and skilled at engaging stakeholders. Location: This position is located in Seattle, WA. Candidates in the area are preferred, but not necessary. Occasional travel may be required if not local. Responsibilities: Utilize business analysis industry standard best practices to deliver change for SCL by eliciting needs, documenting requirements, and recommending solutions that provide value to stakeholders Conduct gap analysis workshops with the identified enterprise-wide key stakeholders to: Understand and document the current solution context/persona, business processes, system context Identify the primary business challenges/pain-points Identify improvement opportunities through eliciting primary business challenges/pain-points vs. future business process improvement opportunities Complete gap analysis current state business processes and future solutions Responsible for Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring, Elicitation, Requirements Management and Communication, Enterprise Analysis, Requirement Analysis Solution Assessment & Validation Work closely with the Project Manager to identify and ensure alignment of opportunities with the City Light Mission and Values Work with Business Relationship Managers (BRMs) to attain alignment with the Utility Technology Roadmap for incremental business opportunities Work with the Solution Architect for alignment of technology and functionality with the City Light Blueprint. Provide recommendations for priorities, sequencing of opportunities Engage and work closely with business customers at all levels from front-line to Executive leadership Develop preliminary and detailed business requirements, use cases/user stories, software requirements, and process/workflow diagrams Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources for project planning, requirements gathering, including interpreting high-level information; abstracting from low-level information to a general understanding; and evaluating user requests to perceive the underlying needs of the business Communicate requirements and opportunities to all levels of the organization and to audiences of varying degrees of technical knowledge Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of the business processes and the associated IT systems as informed by business staff Business analysis, including completion of deliverables following the City Light PMO by project phases Required Business Analysis Skill Set In-depth utility real estate service management knowledge Stakeholder List, Map or Personas Interviews Workshops Benchmarking and Market Analysis Vendor Assessment Interface Analysis Concept Modeling Scope Modeling/Process Modeling Functional Decomposition Use Cases and Scenarios/Root Cause Analysis User Stories Business Rules Analysis Data Mining/Data Modeling Required Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Business or Computer Science, or equivalent education and/or experience. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered for the required qualifications. Minimum of 7 years of business analysis experience implementing technology and business projects Experience with business process modeling, workflows, and data analysis Demonstrated experience of cloud migrati