
Business Analyst - Rules Verification
Trenton, NJ · HybridFull-time / Contract$70–81/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Business Analyst - Rules Verification will support New Jersey Department of Children and Families initiatives, including HR Modernization. The role verifies civil service rules, extracts rules from legacy code and documentation, traces them to their origins, and builds expected-result sets from production output to validate the new system. This is a full-time, long-term contract opportunity with a hybrid schedule in Trenton, New Jersey.
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Full job description
Business Analyst - Rules Verification
Req number:
R8805
Employment type:
Full time
Worksite flexibility:
Hybrid
Who we are
CAI is a global services firm with over 9,000 associates worldwide and a yearly revenue of $1.3 billion+. We have over 40 years of excellence in uniting talent and technology to power the possible for our clients, colleagues, and communities. As a privately held company, we have the freedom and focus to do what is right—whatever it takes. Our tailor-made solutions create lasting results across the public and commercial sectors, and we are trailblazers in bringing neurodiversity to the enterprise.
Job Summary
As the Business Analyst - Rules Verification, you will verify civil service rules and write the test oracles (expected-result sets) for key initiatives supporting a state government client.
Job Description
CAI is hiring! We are looking for a Business Analyst – Rules Verification for a full-time, long-term contract opportunity that is hybrid (3 days/week onsite) in Trenton, NJ. The selected candidate will verify civil service rules and write the test oracles (expected-result sets) for key initiatives supporting the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, including the agency's HR Modernization initiative. You will extract business rules from legacy source code and documentation, trace each rule to its origin, and build expected-result sets from production output that show the new system behaves correctly.
Only work authorizations not requiring sponsorship now or in the future will be considered. Local candidates only, please.
What You’ll Do
Civil Service Rule Verification
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Identify and verify the civil service rules that govern titles, eligibility, appointments, promotions, seniority, and personnel actions
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Verify extracted rules against applicable civil service regulations and DCF policy
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Resolve conflicts between legacy code, documentation, and current practice with business owners, and record the outcomes
Legacy Business Rule Extraction
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Extract business rules from legacy source code, such as stored procedures and batch logic, and from legacy documentation
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Record every rule with traceability to its origin, such as source file, procedure, or document section
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Flag undocumented, conflicting, or obsolete logic for review and decision
Test Oracle Authorship
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Build expected-result sets from production output to serve as the test oracle for the new system
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Define input and expected-output pairs for standard, boundary, and exception scenarios
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Partner with QA and test automation staff to load expected results into the reconciliation harness
Specification & Traceability
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Write extracted rules in a specification format suitable for machine ingestion
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Maintain the requirements traceability matrix, linking each rule to its origin, specification, and test
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Manage changes to rules through the program's change control process
What You'll Need
Required:
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Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
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5+ years of experience in business analysis, including business rule extraction
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Demonstrated ability to extract business rules from legacy source code and legacy documentation, with traceability from each rule to its origin
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Ability to read legacy source code such as SQL, PL/SQL, or comparable languages
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Experience building expected-result sets from production output
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Experience maintaining a requirements traceability matrix
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Ability to write extracted rules in a specification format suitable for machine ingestion
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Working knowledge of SQL for data querying and analysis
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Strong analytical rigor and attention to detail
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Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Preferred:
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Experience with civil service, public sector HR, or payroll rules
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Experience with parallel-run or dual-run validation on a modernization effort
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ISTQB or comparable testing certification
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Experience supporting State of New Jersey agencies
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Experience within Human Services, Child Welfare, Public Health, or Social Services programs
Physical Demands
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Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state and local standards
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Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.
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Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor
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Reasonable accommodation statement
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employment selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected] or (888) 824 – 8111.
EEO Statement
It is the policy of Computer Aid, Inc.(CAI) not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. It is also the policy of CAI to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
Employees and applicants of CAI will not be subject to harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. Additionally, retaliation, including intimidation, threats, or coercion, because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination, engaged or may engage in filing a complaint, assisted in a review, investigation, or hearing or have otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal, State, or local EEO law is prohibited.
$70-$81 per hour
The pay range for this position is listed above. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including location, experience, and education. Benefit packages include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as 401k retirement account access. Employees in this role may also be entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,224 open Business Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70–81/hr
- New Jersey median$56–61/hr22 hourly ranges
- US median$30–52/hr447 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $75.50/hr, is 31% above the New Jersey median midpoint ($58/hr) — in the top quarter of Business Analyst hourly ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 127 open Business Analyst jobs in New Jersey and 5,224 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Business Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (4,135 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,273 of the 5,224 open Business Analyst jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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