Business Solutions Architect - Data

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Business Solution Architect I participates in project-driven activities to capture business needs, processes, requirements, use cases, project plans, and related documentation and specifications. The Business Solutions Architect I works effectively with functional and technical analysts, bringing a cross-functional perspective to the project team(s), resulting in unified business requirements and streamlined processes that increasingly meet Company goals and initiatives. Additionally, this role consistently and appropriately uses Business Analysis and Business Process Engineering (BPE) methods and tools and provides insights and instruction to other analysts to ensure proper requirements elicitation and documentation is in place.

The Business Solution Architect I may lead cross-functional teams, and/or make significant contributions to team effectiveness in improving the methodology, tools, and/or internal processes.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Brings a cross functional perspective to project teams and ensures alignment of requirements and deliverables across multiple initiatives. Perform profiling and analysis of data from source systems.
• Use business process engineering methods to ensure proper documentation is in place.
• Discovers unified requirements and streamlined processes that meet company objectives for multiple strategic projects.
• Defines the data shared across the enterprise and the relationships between those data.
• Works with the appropriate functional and IT associates to find the best solutions (across technology and process) to ensure business processes make the most efficient and effective use of the technology deployed.
• Provides support to functional and user acceptance testing groups throughout development life cycle.
• Assists with the creation of value proposition (ROI) for proposed projects.
• Help the team to define and control scope for development initiatives and identify risks.
• Works with the functional leads to specify in detail how the service will be delivered, roles and responsibilities, effort, and how to measure success of the service.
• Creates a framework and best practices for developing user/business centric solution recommendations and proposals.
• Defines the external entities (e.g., customers, suppliers, and external systems) that interact with the business; and the people, resources and controls involved in the processes.
• Instructs, directs, guides, and checks the work of Business Analysts.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience using Structured Query Language (SQL) for data analysis.
• Business Analysis or Project Management Professional certification.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in one or more roles focusing on process improvement and financial analysis in the waste industry or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years creating and facilitating road mapping sessions for business and technical roadmaps.
• Minimum of 5 years managing multiple projects and agile teams.
• Minimum of 5 years Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Minimum of 5 years communicating complex concepts through design techniques and able to recommend user-centric solutions.
• Minimum of 5 years of working with functional area leads to make sure business process uses the technology effectively and efficiently.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of direct work experience in a business analyst capacity working with business systems related to systems support, analysis, or development.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a lead position providing leadership and mentoring to other Business Analysts.

• Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee discount programs.
• Retirement plan with a generous company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Paid Time Off (PTO)

Benefits:

The statements used herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by an employee in this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required by an incumbent so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.

EEO STATEMENT:
Republic Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other…