We hiring 2 full-time/permanent IT Business Analysts at the Journey level.

Join us in making a difference in Health for all Washington residents!

As vital members of our IT Business Analysis team, you'll be instrumental in aligning IT with business objectives for successful project outcomes. One role involves collaborating with the Office of Nutrition Services, including the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program, while the other supports our Health Systems Quality Assurance (HSQA) division. Your efforts will significantly impact the general public, health jurisdictions, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In these positions, you'll collaborate with business partners to elicit, analyze, document, and validate software requirements while upholding industry standards. Your autonomy in making independent decisions and recommending process improvements will enhance our operations' efficiency and effectiveness. Your role will also extend to delivering advanced maintenance and operational support for complex and mission-critical systems, which may involve managing tasks individually or leading teams to ensure the sustained performance of these intricate software applications.

Required Experience: Your experience must have been gained from full-time equivalent work and may have been gained concurrently though a combination of education and experience. Experience can substitute for education on a year for year basis. 

• To be considered for this position you must meet the following criteria including the designated years of professional IT experience in business analysis, testing, or systems development.
  • Option 1: 8 Years of experience including 4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst AND 2+ years of experience as a Software Analyst, Quality Assurance Tester, or Software Developer.
  • Option 2: Associate’s degree PLUS six (6) years of experience.
  • Option 3: Bachelor’s degree PLUS four (4) years of experience

• Of your professional experience, a minimum of two (2) years must include conducting the following business analysis functions:
  1. supporting the software development processes
  2. eliciting user requirements
  3. analyzing and formally documenting business needs
  4. processes and workflows
  5. using defined formats for functional use cases and business rules.

• Experience preparing documentation including internal technical documents, system diagrams, use cases, test cases, and user documentation and manuals.

• Experience in proficiently translating complex technical issues into readily understood concepts for staff, management, and the public.

About Washington State Department of Health

Our programs and services help prevent illness and injury, promote healthy places to live and work, provide information to help people make good health decisions and ensure our state is prepared for emergencies. To accomplish all of these, we collaborate with many partners every day. We help ensure a safer and healthier Washington by: Working to improve health through disease and injury prevention, immunization, and newborn screening Providing health and safety information, education and training so people can make healthy choices Promoting a health and wellness system where we live, learn, work, play and worship Addressing environmental health hazards associated with drinking water, food, air quality and pesticide exposure Protecting you and your family by licensing healthcare professionals, investigating disease outbreaks and preparing for emergencies

Connections working at Washington State Department of Health