Business Analyst

TechSur Solutions, LLC; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TechSurSolutions in the DC metropolitan area seeks a seasoned Business Analyst / Product Owner to elicit client needs, write user stories, and manage a product backlog for a government-oriented digital transformation project.

You will collaborate with developers and testers, translate business and technical requirements into acceptance criteria, and produce process docs to align delivery with client goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years with Agile teams writing user stories and backlog planning.
• Reviews and analyzes IT systems and user needs.
• Translates requirements into detailed acceptance criteria.
• Experience with full SDLC of Agile IT projects.
• Hands-on with JIRA and MS Office tools.
• Experience with web-based applications and modern web tech.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and understand client needs, write user stories, manage backlog and develop prototypes.
• Study existing processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Design proposed solutions and options to address business needs.
• Collaborate with developers and testers to clarify requirements.
• Serve as primary contact for customer communications during requirements gathering.
• Reconcile differences with the system proposal to minimize scope creep.
• Prepare project documentation like meeting minutes and process diagrams.
• Other duties as needed.
• Provide artifacts such as requirements docs, user stories, and UAT scenarios.

Skills

Agile methodologies

User story writing

Backlog grooming

Release planning

Communication skills

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor's degree in business management, information systems, computer science, or related field

Tools

JIRA

MS Office

Word

Excel

Visio

PowerPoint

Job description

• Active Government Security Clearance: No
• Compensation: USD 115,000 - USD 120,000 - yearly

Company Description

TechSurSolutions is a digital services company whose mission is to enable digital transformation for our customers to improve quality and efficiency.Based in the DC metropolitan area,TechSurspecializes in advanced cloud services, modernization for both ITstructuresand applications, leveraging Agile development, and Data Analytics.Since we were formed inAugust of2016,we have supported multiple impactful and excitinggovernment programs.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• Elicit and understand the client’s business needs and mission, define requirements, write user stories, and manage a product backlog and develop prototypes for the proposed solution
• Study existing business processes, programs, and/or legacy systems in their native environments and perform a comprehensive analysis of existing problems and understand the areas for improvement
• Analyze and design the proposed solutions while facilitating the development of multiple solution options to address business needs
• Collaborate with developers and test engineers to ensure teams understand the customer’s functional and technical requirements
• Identify and understand customer expectations as part of the requirements gathering process and act as the primary point of contact for all communication needs during the requirements gathering phase with the customer
• Facilitate reconciliation of differences voiced by the customer with those in the system proposal, reducing scope creep or impacts to the delivered system’s quality
• Prepare project documentation like meeting minutes, business process documents and other process workflow diagrams as required.
• Other similar professional duties may be assigned as needed.
• All interested applicants will be required to provide artifacts – requirements documentation from previous project(s) that may include user stories, user requirements, business process documents, UAT scenarios, etc.

Qualifications

Requirements/Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience working with an Agile implementation team writing user stories, grooming product backlog, planning out release planning
• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business IT systems and user needs.
• Formulates IT systems to parallel overall business strategies.
• Capture detailed descriptions of user needs and translate high-level functional, technical, and performance-based requirements into detailed acceptance criteria for epics/user stories.
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle of Agile IT projects
• Hands-on experience with JIRA and MS Office, especially Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint
• Relevant experience working with web-based applications and modern web technologies
• Excellent Communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business management, information systems, computer science, or related field

Additional Information

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