Business Analyst

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Job description

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Position Summary:

In this role, you will meet regularly with customer stakeholders to identify and agree upon business needs for assigned projects; clearly communicate those business needs to the Development Team; and work collaboratively with customer stakeholders and the Development Team to decompose high-level business needs into functional requirements - all to facilitate the delivery of deployable software.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an experienced Business/Systems Analyst familiar with development of custom software applications in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Possess both an understanding of real-world mission/business objectives and a working grasp of software development practices and technologies
• Serve as the focal point for the capture, analysis and management of functional and non-functional systems requirements
• Demonstrate skill in effective decomposition of mission/business objectives into user stories
• Meet regularly with stakeholders to identify business needs
• Clearly communicate stakeholder business needs to the Engineering team
• Work in conjunction with the Product Owner to develop and maintain product backlogs
• Work collaboratively with the stakeholders and Engineering team during the development cycle to ensure customer needs are met

We are looking for a motivated self-starter with initiative and aptitude to learn quickly and put new skills to use developing meaningful solutions to difficult challenges within a high velocity environment. The ability to see the big picture is crucial. We emphasize innovation and are looking for an individual who is adaptable and can work constructively with a technically diverse team to ensure quality products are delivered to stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Under minimal direction, collaborate with customer stakeholders to define and document customer stakeholder business needs
• Develop and clarify customer stakeholder requirements to enable Engineering Team design, development and test activities
• Develop, document and maintain customer stakeholder requirements as user stories in product backlogs
• Serve as the primary focal point between the customer stakeholders and the Development Team
• Become an expert on managed applications to facilitate an understanding of future product needs

Required Qualifications:

• Active DOD Secret clearance
• Ability to develop business processes, capability needs, business requirements and business information models
• Ability to translate and decompose business needs into multiple layers of requirements/user stories
• Comfortable collaborating with stakeholders to gather pertinent information
• Working knowledge of all elements of software development life cycle processes
• Understanding of Agile Scrum methodologies
• Strong skills with MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio) and SharePoint
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to understand, work with and shape the vision of customers and stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork, problem solving, organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Comfortable working with a diverse set of contractors and customer personnel
• Ability to work both independently and with a team to resolve problems
• A self-starter who will seize and maintain the initiative in ambiguous situations
• Willingness to challenge the status quo and propose new and innovative solutions to complex challenges

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience using Azure DevOps (also known as Microsoft Team Foundation Server
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) certification
• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Management Systems, Business Management or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience

If interested, please submit your resume to

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