Business Analyst

DRT Strategies; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

DRT Strategies in the United States is seeking a junior business analyst to join a fast-paced federal government project. You will help develop user stories, acceptance criteria, and testing, while learning and growing in a supportive team environment.

The role emphasizes communication, documentation, and collaboration across delivery teams across multi-geographical locations. A bachelor’s degree and ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance are required; familiarity with JIRA and Confluence is

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Public Trust clearance.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to work with clients in a federal environment.

Responsibilities

• Draft requirements specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Create test plans and assist in testing the developed solution.
• Demonstrate the application to customers and gather feedback.
• Collaborate in an agile delivery environment and communicate with team and customers.
• Maintain project documentation and status updates across locations.

Skills

Communication

Agile

Client interaction

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Overview

DRT Strategies delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to large federal agencies, the U.S. Navy, state and local government and commercial clients in health care, technology, and financial services industries.

Project Description

We are looking for a positive minded junior business analyst, looking to grow, learn and take on new challenges, working in a fast-paced environment supporting the federal government. Must have a can-do attitude, be highly professional, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Job Summary

The Business Analyst will assist in developing user stories and acceptance criteria, writing test plans and testing the new development, understanding and demonstrating the new application to customers, and helping developers meet customer needs. This is a great opportunity to learn and develop while having a hand in a massive government project.

Responsibilities

• Work in a fast-paced environment requiring a high-degree of project complexity and flexibility, thrive on dealing with ambiguity, balancing frequent changes in priority, and managing complex relationships with a delivery team and customers in multi-geographical locations across the US, using your high attention to detail
• Support the management of all aspects of service delivery to ensure that the task is delivered as required, in a professional manner, and with high levels of quality and customer satisfaction.
• Work in an agile environment while communicating daily with other DRT team members and our customers.
• Build strong relationships with your customer and become a trusted support resource
• Facilitate improved communication across the project team, hunting down information and inputs from the right parties, and establish collaborative working relationships
• Develop process documentation, streamline and improve business practices, and identify efficiencies
• Respond to feedback and communication in a timely manner.

Require Experience

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust with the US Federal Government
• Experience working independently to ensure timeliness and quality of work, managing client interactions, and reporting process gaps, issues, ideas for improvement
• Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements
• Create requirements specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria, design documents, test scripts and plans
• Experience prioritizing work in a fast-paced environment
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office suite; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.
• Skilled using JIRA software to house written User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
• Have experience developing Confluence pages
• Prepare and maintain project documentation such as meeting notes, project schedules, and project status updates
• Experience with project management best practices (e.g., defined project milestones, clear requirements and scope, issue management and escalation, etc.)
• Experience with participating and leading daily client facing interactions, requires excellent verbal/written communication skills and attention to detail
• Must be able to multitask efficiently and effectively. Able to work independently and within a team environment

Preferred Experience

• Experience developing user stories, acceptance criteria, and test plans
• Experience testing web-based solutions
• Experience demoing for customers and stakeholders
• Experience evaluating a web-based solution for accessibility requirements
• Experience with an agile development approach

Education & Training

• Holds a bachelor’s degree

Work Authorization, Clearance Requirement, & Additional Information

• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Public Trust clearance. Due to contract requirements, candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (green card holders) to be eligible.
• No agencies, third parties, or Corp-to-Corp submissions.

Salary Range

• $60,000-$75,000
• Salary commensurate with experience.

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