Location: Vancouver, WashingtonType: ContractJob #7260Overview:ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. The Business Analyst 3 position will work with the Project Manager to develop and draft associated documentation required for Control Center projects and Cyber Security Improvement Program area support. The Business Analyst position will also provide recommendations to business stakeholders and project teams to facilitate gathering and analyzing information using standard tools and approaches to clarify business operations, functions, gap analysis, document/map the current and future states, identify solution alternatives, evaluate the alternatives, and define processes. Expert level technical writing skills will be needed to produce the final artifacts and deliverables required on the projects and for system O&M, such as ITIL support service processes, system design/configuration, data integration, system support, and cyber security documentation. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.Pay range: $40.95 - $58.50Benefits:Paid holidays: 11 PTO: Starting at 10 days Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date) EAP: Employee Assistance Program Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%) Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks, Brio HealthResponsibilities:Facilitate large teams in problem-solving and identifying improvement opportunities Perform organizational maturity analysis, assess gaps, and draft maturity roadmaps Provide analysis and support in developing and recommending tools for organizational alignment, strategic content, alignment of capabilities and work, and a roadmap for success. Conduct background research and interview end-users, stakeholders, and other interested internal parties to gather and understand end-user requirements development, present solution recommendations for management Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts, other analysts, specialists, and teams to perform root cause analysis and lessons learned as part of identifying opportunities to apply business or process improvement strategies. Support the structure for, facilitate the planning of, and assist with the development, draft, recommendation, and implementation of initiatives, studies, analyses, and projects supporting business and process analysis and continuous improvement efforts. Plan, facilitate, and conduct working sessions to analyze and document/map current state processes and value streams and future state processes and value streams. Evaluate and assess business process change impacts and recommend appropriate change mitigation activities. Provide background information, technical input, options, and recommendations that facilitate decision-making and that will enable key requirements of improvement projects, project milestones and implemented solutions to be met. Perform appropriate testing of management-approved solutions, including creating and recommending new analytical tools or components, new or revised workflows, processes, standards, business-case criteria, and/or mitigation measures. Facilitate the definition and documentation of business and functional requirements. Conduct user/stakeholder interviews and facilitate joint requirements sessions. Draft requirements documentation, review with user representatives, recommend priorities, and obtain approval and user signoff. Maintain the requirements documentation created and map it to specific delivery releases and schedules. Prepare use cases, process models, and activity diagrams to support a project and coordinate efforts with busines