Business Analyst

TechSur Solutions, LLC; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

TechSurSolutions in the DC metro area is seeking an experienced Agile Business Analyst to help elicit requirements, write user stories, and groom the product backlog for complex projects.

The role involves analyzing existing processes, defining acceptance criteria, coordinating with developers and testers, and serving as the primary liaison with clients during requirements gathering. A BS degree in a related field is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working with an Agile implementation team writing user stories, grooming product backlog, planning 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 requirements into detailed acceptance criteria for epics/user stories.

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.

Education

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

Tools

JIRA

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS PowerPoint

Job 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,TechSurspecialises 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 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.

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

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.