Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mindlance is a company that provides staffing solutions and is seeking a Salesforce Business Analyst for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. This role involves analyzing business processes and delivering technology solutions within Salesforce to improve service delivery and enhance data-driven decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with MassDOT divisions (e.g., Highway, Rail & Transit, RMV) to gather, analyze, and document business, functional, and technical requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and discovery sessions
- Lead requirements gathering sessions with business users, subject matter experts, and cross-functional teams to identify business needs, pain points, process improvements, and system enhancement opportunities
- Analyze current processes related to transportation services, permitting, customer service, and internal operations to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for automation and optimization
- Create and maintain user stories, process flows, user stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria
- Facilitate backlog grooming/refinement sessions with product owners, business stakeholders, developers, and QA teams to prioritize enhancements, clarify requirements, and ensure readiness for development sprints
- Work closely with Agile/Scrum teams during sprint planning, grooming, and review sessions to ensure alignment between business requirements and technical solutions
- Translate requirements into Salesforce solutions including custom objects, flows, validation rules, reports, dashboards, and workflow automations
- Ensure solutions comply with state regulations, accessibility standards (e.g., ADA), security policies, and data privacy requirements
- Work with developers, system administrators, architects, and third-party vendors to implement system enhancements, integrations, and data migration activities
- Develop and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) strategies, test plans, test scripts, and test scenarios to validate business requirements and system functionality
- Coordinate and facilitate UAT sessions with end users and stakeholders, document defects/issues, track resolutions, and obtain business sign-off prior to production deployment
- Provide post-implementation support by troubleshooting issues, validating fixes, and ensuring successful adoption of new system functionality
- Develop user training materials, regression test suite, knowledge transfer documentation, and standard operating procedures (SOPs), and provide ongoing training and support to MassDOT staff
- Create dashboards, reports, and analytics to support operational monitoring, compliance tracking, and executive decision-making
- Assist with data quality initiatives, master data management, system governance, and continuous process improvement efforts
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in information systems, Business Administration, Public Administration, or related field
- 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in government or public sector IT
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce (configuration, reporting, workflows)
- Strong understanding of business process analysis and documentation
- Experience working in Agile or hybrid project environments
- Excellent communication skills, especially with non-technical stakeholders
- Salesforce certifications (e.g., Administrator, Business Analyst)
- Experience with government systems, public sector data, or transportation-related services
- Familiarity with tools such as: ADO, Jira
- Knowledge of integrations (APIs, middleware) and data governance practices
- Experience supporting accessibility compliance and public-facing applications
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