CAPS Operations Analyst

Overview

Interview Type
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Either Web Cam or In Person

Work Arrangement
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Remote

Engagement Type
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Contract

Under broad supervision, analyzes customer business needs and participates in the planning, design and implementation of new or enhanced systems. May act as a team or project leader.

The Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) program is administered by the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL)

The CAPS Operations Analyst will report to the CAPS Senior Technical Solutions Manager. Under limited supervision, this position will participate in all release phases encompassing issue resolution and enhancement implementation for the Georgia Childcare Administrative and Payments system, known as GACAPS. This position is responsible for capturing, analyzing, and documenting the business needs and how they will be implemented in the designated system(s).

This position supports the user community by documenting business and process flows, creating system training material and documents, and supporting users needing assistance with system functionality. This position may act as a team or project lead and contributes to building a strong relationship between the business and technology. This position involves supporting end users by creating and maintaining business and system process flows, developing training materials, and providing process and functional support.

Local Candidates Only:
This position is remote based, but candidates must reside within 400 miles of the DECAL headquarters to allow for in-person meetings.

• Serves as a lead or subject matter expert in the planning, development, testing, deployment and evaluation phases of the SDLC for GACAPS.
• Maintains a comprehensive understanding of GACAPS functionality and its role in achieving business objectives.
• Responsible for eliciting, documenting and maintaining functional and non-functional requirements as enhancement user stories.
• Participates in business requirement gathering and refinement sessions alongside business subject matter experts, partner programs, and agencies and extremal vendors.
• Reviews and provides feedback on technical requirements created by the vendors, programs, or agencies.
• Assists in the development and execution of user acceptance test scripts.
• Perform the review and analysis of issues or bugs and present recommendations for resolution based on analysis.
• Coordinates with Agile Solution Manager to communicate issues and resolutions.
• Creates and maintains business and systematic process flows.
• Collaborate with CAPS Business Solution Owner to create clear communication to end users on all process or procedural changes.
• Coordinates with vendors and technical staff to ensure the functionality of automated systems is consistent with, and in adherence to, program policies, laws, regulations, and best practice standards by users.
• Assists with the development of change management plans for transition to new or upgraded systems.
• Provides business user support and oversight statewide in the use of all data systems for the program.
• Serves as liaison between business users and technical staff in the implementation and development of business process automation.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university and the following:
• Four or more years of experience with technology development projects acting as a liaison between business users and technical staff.
• Two or more years of experience automating and documenting business processes.
• Two or more years of experience creating user stories based on collected requirements and well-defined acceptance criteria on a software project management platform such as JIRA, Dev Ops, Microsoft Project, or TFS.
• Experience with technology development projects.
• Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP), Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA), Project Management Institute Business Analyst (PMI-PBA), or similar certification
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel (e.g., VLOOKUPs and pivot tables), and Power Point
• Intermediate skills in SharePoint and…