NY HELP Yes Agency Civil Service, Department of Title Business Systems Analyst 2 (NY HELPS) Occupational Category Other Professional Careers Salary Grade 23 Bargaining Unit PS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF) Salary Range From $84156 to $106454 Annually Employment Type Full-Time Appointment Type Permanent Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class Travel Percentage 0% Workweek Mon-Fri Hours Per Week 37.5 Workday From 8 AM To 4 PM Flextime allowed? No Mandatory overtime? No Compressed workweek allowed? No Telecommuting allowed? Yes County Albany Street Address Empire State Plaza, Agency Building 1 City Albany State NY Zip Code 12239 Duties Description Strategic Planning and Innovation performs management activities designed to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations, and ensure that employees and other stakeholders are working together to achieve measurable results. This office is providing project oversight for several initiatives that will transform the way the Department delivers services to partner agencies and to the public, and this position will play an important role in ensuring the success of these modernization efforts. Under the direction of the Business Systems Analyst 3, the Business Systems Analyst 2 will be responsible for managing work in relationship management, Oracle and non-Oracle Systems within the Office of Information Technology Services.Duties include, but are not limited to the following: · Facilitate enterprise or division-specific requirements elicitation sessions for IT projects, ensuring stakeholder needs are adequately captured and thoroughly understood.· Participate in the development of process, data, and object-oriented models to foster a clear understanding of business requirements.· Decompose high-level business and user requirements to create detailed functional requirements for use by business units and/or IT implementation and development teams.· Verify and validate requirements throughout the business analysis process.· Test custom application changes to ensure functionality and integration.· Assist in establishing and maintaining business analysis methodologies.· Develop consistent approaches and best practices for business analysis.· Promote the use of business analysis and business process improvement.· Engage in professional development activities, including attending meetings, professional seminars, webinars, and classroom instruction.· Directly supervise a Business Systems Analyst 1. Minimum Qualifications NY HELPSThis title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.NON-COMPETITIVE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (NY HELPS): A bachelor’s degree or higher AND three years of business analysis experience where your primary duty was performing three of the five following activities: Using business analysis techniques to elicit requirements as the foundation for the solution to the organization’s business needs (e.g., workshops, focus groups, interviews, observation, brainstorming, surveys/questionnaires, or JAD Sessions). Using business analysis techniques for the purpose of identifying solutions aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the system, business process, or product/service to fulfill the business requirements (e.g., Data Flow Diagram, Business Process Model, Root Cause Analysis, Fish Bone Diagram, Context Diagram, Business Process Flows, or Fit-Gap Analysis). Describing in a comprehensive written document what the system, process, or product service must do in order to satisfy the established business requirements; this includes creating, updating, and maintaining documentation through the system development life cycle (e.g., Business Case, Use Case, Business Requirement Document [BRD], Fit-Gap Analysis, Impact and Feasibility Analysis, or Change Management Analysis). Validating requirements throughout the product/system development life cycle (SDLC) including all changes to the processes that would enable an organization to achieve its goals. Verifying requirements throughout the product/system development life cycle (SDLC) to ensure they perform to the required specifications and are capable of achieving the design capabilities; this includes developing test plans/scenarios and logical designs, testing the scenarios, reviewing test results, identifying constraints and risks, and/or communicating with stakeholders.OR a bachelor’s degree or higher AND possession of a Level 2 International Institute of Business Analysis/Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (IIBNCCBA) Certification AND one year of business analysis experience where your primary duty was performing three of the five activities listed above.OR possession of a Level 3 International Institute of Business Analysis/Certified Business Analysis Professional (IIBNCBAP) Certification.REASSIGNMENT QUALIFICATIONS: Current Department of Civil Service employees with one year of permanent, contingent permanent, or 55 B/C service as a Business Systems Analyst 2, if less than one year, you must be currently reachable on the Business Systems Analyst 2 eligible list for the Albany location if one exists.COMPETITIVE QUALIFICATIONS:You must be reachable on the current eligible list or eligible for transfer. 70.1 TRANSFER QUALIFICATIONS:One year of permanent, contingent permanent, or 55 B/C service in a title eligible for transfer and determined to be similar by Civil Service. 52.6 TRANSFER QUALIFICATIONS: One year of permanent, contingent permanent, or 55 B/C service in a title eligible for transfer and determined to be similar by Civil Service. For transfers, a list of approved titles is available through Civil Service GOT-IT at https://careermobilityoffice.cs.ny.gov/cmo/gotit/. PROVISIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:Based on the results of the canvass of the current eligible list for the Business Systems Analyst 2 position, the Department may elect to make a provisional appointment to this position rather than a permanent appointment should the eligible list have less than three candidates interested. If a provisional appointment is made, the appointed candidate will be required to compete in the next holding of the Business Systems Analyst 2 exam and be reachable for appointment from the newly established eligible list.The minimum qualifications for Provisional appointment are: one year of permanent, contingent permanent, or 55 B/C service as a Business Systems Analyst 1 or a Business Systems Analyst 1 (Health).Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. You can write to the Examination Information Desk of the NYS Department of Civil Service for a list of acceptable companies who provide this service. This information can also be found on the Internet at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. You must pay the required evaluation fee. NON COMPETITIVE PROMOTION (NCP) QUALIFICATIONS: The Department of Civil Service is considering making a request to the Department of Civil Service to hold a non-competitive promotion examination for the above title in accordance with Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law if three or fewer interested promotional candidates respond to this notice. Before submitting such a request, we must ascertain if anyone meeting the minimum qualifications is interested in competing in a promotional examination for the above title and if they would accept appointment if offered. To qualify, you must be a current Department of Civil Service employee. If certified by Civil Service, mandatory reemployment list candidates must be considered first for appointment to this title. Please note this will be a competitive appointment. The term non-competitive refers to the appointed candidate not needing to compete in the next holding of the examination.The minimum qualifications for NCP appointment are: One year of permanent, contingent permanent, or 55 B/C service as a Business Systems Analyst 1 or a Business Systems Analyst 1 (Health).SUBSEQUENT 55B/C QUALIFICATIONS:A subsequent 55 B/C appointment may be considered if you have one year of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 B/C service in an eligible position. To be considered, you must provide a copy of your letter of eligibility with your response.55 B/C QUALIFICATIONS:Individuals certified eligible for the 55 B/C program under the Governor's Program to Hire Persons/Veterans with Disabilities pursuant to Section 55 B/C of the Civil Service Law will also be considered. To be considered, you must provide a copy of your letter of eligibility with your response.You must meet the open competitive qualifications from the most recent examination announcement. The open competitive minimum qualifications are: please see NY HELPS minimum qualifications as they are the same.It is essential that candidates clearly and concisely indicate exactly how they meet the above minimum qualifications in their resume. Failure to show how you meet the minimum qualifications above may result in disqualification and removal from consideration. Additional Comments #TeamCivilService is growing and is looking for motivated, forward-thinking employees to join our team to build a dynamic workforce. The Department of Civil Service is undertaking several initiatives to transform the way the agency delivers services to our partner agencies and to the public, and we are excited to be adding new members to the team. In addition to joining a growing team and agency, employees will also receive a comprehensive benefits package. The Department of Civil Service is the central personnel agency for the Executive Branch of New York State government, serving approximately 150,000 employees. Our mission is to build tomorrow's workforce today by promoting a diverse, inclusive, and talented workforce. We lead and deliver world-class workforce management strategies by providing innovative solutions based on merit, fitness, and equality of opportunity. Among its duties, the Department: Partners with State agencies to offer workforce recruitment and placement services, including developing minimum qualifications, classifying positions, developing civil service examinations, and administering performance assessment tests. Administers the New York State Health Insurance Program (https://www.cs.ny.gov/nyship/), one of the largest public employer health insurance programs in the nation, serving more than 1.2 million lives. Assists municipal agencies with civil service administration of more than 360,000 local government employees. Oversees the Governor's Program to Hire Individuals and Veterans with Disabilities (https://www.cs.ny.gov/rp55/) to place individuals with disabilities in State jobs and the New New York Leaders Initiative Student Intern Program. (https://nysinternships.cs.ny.gov/nnyl/)NOTE ON TELECOMMUTING: DCS employees may be approved for a maximum of 50% telecommuting, however, they are required to apply and obtain approval through management in accordance with DCS Telecommuting Program Guidelines.The Department of Civil Service is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability status, arrest record or criminal conviction history, or any other category protected by law.We are happy to provide reasonable and religious accommodations during the hiring process for those in need. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please send a request to YourFutureBeginsHere@cs.ny.gov Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.Name Cassandra Dollard Telephone 5184734306 Fax Email Address YourFutureBeginsHere@cs.ny.gov Address Street Empire State Plaza, Agency Building #1 Floor #10 Office of Human Resources and Administrative City Albany State NY Zip Code 12239 Notes on Applying If you are interested and meet the minimum qualifications above, email your cover letter, and resume to YourFutureBeginsHere@cs.ny.gov. Please include the Title and Vacancy ID# you are applying for in the subject line of your email.
