Senior Business Analyst

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Job description

Overview:

Growth requires a strong foundation, and at Buchanan & Edwards, our people are our strength.

They are the foundation for building the next generation of innovative IT solutions, revolutionizing the industry, and solving the nation's most critical challenges.

Let Buchanan & Edwards help you unleash your potential and reach your goals.

Buchanan and Edwards is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support its Department of State Foreign Services Institute client in Arlington, VA.

A challenging and dynamic work environment isn't all that BE has to offer. When you join BE, you become an integral part of our team. Not just an employee number, but a valued opinion with a voice that carries and drives change and innovation. You'll have access to some of the most well-respected IT industry leaders in virtually every field and learn new tools and techniques while expanding your knowledge and skillset. We're dedicated to helping you develop your career, and our culture applauds outside-the-box thinking and initiative. Our employee-focused leadership team knows that your success is our success and empowers employees with the necessary tools to excel. Join us as we continue to move the future forward, together.

Clearance:
Secret

Responsibilities:

Evaluate cloud applications, platforms, infrastructures and standards in order to align with current and future business strategies.

Evaluate and recommend COTS, Cloud or GOTS, application software packages.

Document requirements, define scope, objectives, and business justifications, formulates executive summaries, project charters, write requirements and specifications of software applications.

Multi-task by handling multiple projects and serving as advisor for lower level IT Business staff to build the user-requirement traceability matrix.

Obtain requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task and workflow analysis.

Serve as primary contact and technical advisor to clients and provide collaborative leadership ability.

Follow established standards as well as software development lifecycle and project management lifecycle.

Participate, represent, guide and provide critical analysis expertise to the group and may lead group discussions and collaborative effort to define and develop user-requirements.

Qualifications:

BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Information Sciences, or related IT discipline

Allowable Substitution: Additional ten (10) years of related professional experience can be substituted for a BS/BA degree.

Preferred Certification: Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

A minimum of eight (8) years of professional experience as a business analyst.

A minimum of ten (10) years related experience in the software development field.

Extensive technical knowledge of Information Technology field and computer systems.

Able to act as lead on the complex projects and work in a complex diversified application development environment.

Able to take ownership of assigned tasks and responsibilities and appropriately prioritize.

Possess critical thinking in order to weigh alternatives and present solutions that are consistent with the business strategy.

Expert knowledge as a Scrum Master to facilitate daily activity meetings, planning meetings and retrospective meetings among other ceremonies.

Must possess a Secret Clearance

Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. (BE) is an Information Technology and Professional Services consulting firm located in Arlington, VA. BE is a diversified high-technology services company, providing government, commercial and nonprofit agencies technology solutions and organizational management services to ensure mission success. Serving the federal sector since 1998, we base our solutions on an in-depth understanding of our clients, their mission and the unique challenges they face. BE is the winner of the 2015 Microsoft U.S. Federal Solution Partner of the Year award, a 2015 and 2016 Washington Post Top Workplace and has been an Inc. 500/5000 awardee for six consecutive years. Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. is dedicated to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We are committed to crafting a workplace that endorses creativity and innovation, and promotes engagement through open communication, acceptance of new people and ideas, and a supportive team dynamic. Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. is an equal Opportunity Employer-Minorities / Women / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation. Buchanan & Edwards is an E-Verify employer.

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