Senior Business Analyst

Overview:

Summary:

The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting requirement analysis, performing validations, preparing documentation, and delivering training to end users.

Responsibilities:

Things You'll Do:

• Work closely with the product owners (POs) and sustainment manager as a member of a team consisting of developers, network engineers and other SMEs to:
• Finalize requirements and maintain product backlog
• Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria and gain consensus
• Help team with testing (System, Functional and UAT)
• Transform customer requirements into Acceptance Criteria using GWT format.
• Contribute to release planning activities to establish release notes and communications for the program.
• Conduct all Agile Scrum sprint ceremonies.
• Collaborate with the product Team monthly to prioritize the team backlog, set work priorities, identify risk, collaborate with development team members to document progress
• Configure and manage Agile JIRA Boards.
• Use JIRA and other tracking software to track user stories and synchronize with high-side JIRA via weekly exports to be integrated with development efforts in other enterprise programs
• Work closely with the testing team and participate and coordinate various testing activities.
• Document SOPs and technical specifications.
• Create user and update user manuals
• Develop training presentations
• Perform the role of a lead Business Analyst/Scrum Master
• Negotiate deliverables by facilitating communication between business unit(s) and IT (developers and testers) from initial requirements to final implementation.
• Deliver client presentations, facilitate Joint Application Design sessions, and assist in the completion of required deliverables
• Translate high level business requirements into user stories and acceptance test criteria using Agile methodology.

Qualifications and Education:

Required Qualifications:

• Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math and/or Science, and a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience
• Significant capabilities in system development requirements gathering and analysis
• Strong problem solving and design skills
• Strong communication, writing and presentation skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Experience working in Agile framework.
• Experience using JIRA tools for backlog management and sprint progress.
• Experience working with key client stakeholders to define and document business processes including functional and technical system requirements
• Experience with application development methodologies such as Agile including writing user stories/epics and acceptance criteria using Jira or Rally
• The ability to successfully obtain and maintain a U.S. Suitability/Public Trust Background Clearance

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