JOB SUMMARY:
The Technology Services Division of the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) is seeking an experienced Project Manager/Business Systems Analyst to fill a role on one of our software development teams. The ideal candidate will have experience as a scrum master along with strong business analysis skills. The ASRS provides a challenging and rewarding environment utilizing state of the art technologies and tools. The ASRS applications are web-based, image and workflow enabled, and support a broad range of ASRS activities for both active and retired members.
The position duties include:
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent (minimum 5 years’ experience in business systems analysis field)
· Minimum 5 year project management experience
· Minimum 3 years’ experience eliciting requirements and performing cost-benefit analysis in a custom software development environment, from inception to production support
· Minimum 1 year experience performing database queries and/or related data research to support the requirements validation process
· Minimum 1 year experience coordinating and conducting User Acceptance Testing
· Proven ability to multi-task on concurrent projects
· Experience in Agile methodologies, preferably Scrum and Kanban
· Excellent oral and written communication skills
IDEAL CANDIDATE:
· Experience in the Financial/Retirement sector, including administration of health insurance and benefit payments, is a plus
· Certification in Project Management and/or Business Analysis is desirable
· Experience with Project Management Software; MS Project, Celoxis and JIRA is desirable
· Experience documenting user stories and acceptance criteria
· Experience with behavior driven development test scenarios using Gherkin syntax