Business Analyst

Precision Solutions, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Solutions, Inc. in Washington, DC seeks a Business Analyst to onsite support mission-critical projects.

You will lead collection, capture, and management of user needs from prioritization through concept development and by writing detailed user stories for development and deployment. You will gather requirements for a product team, ensuring the user perspective is reflected in backlog priorities while driving usability improvements and user adoption.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience gathering and analyzing business requirements for applications.
• Confidently communicating and validating requirements with stakeholders.
• Experience with requirements management tools (JIRA, TFS, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Lead collection, capture, and management of mission user needs from prioritization through concept development and user story writing.
• Facilitate gathering of business requirements to support backlog definition and user perspective.
• Focus on usability, user experience, and driving adoption and engagement.
• Document operations, workflows, and business rules; create story maps and briefs as needed.
• Provide consultation on complex projects considering technology impacts on business environment.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder communication

Analytical skills

Documentation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

TFS

Job description

Overview

Business Analyst

Onsite | Washington, DC| 5 Days a Week

Active Top Secret Clearance Required

Responsibilities

• Lead collection, capture, and management of mission user needs from prioritization through concept development, and user story writing to support development and deployment.
• Facilitate the gathering of business focused requirements to support a product team and product owner in defining the backlog and ensuring the users perspective is considered.
• Focus requirements gathering on improved usability, user experience, and driving user adoption and engagement.
• Identify core business needs and decompose and document in concepts of operation, story maps, briefings, and user stories; document business rules and construct workflow diagrams as needed.
• Provide consultation on complex projects while considering the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment.

Requirements

• 4-6 years of experience gathering and analyzing business requirements supporting application development leveraging end-user requirements and decomposing those into well-structured requirements (epics/stories)
• Confidently communicating and validating requirements with relevant stakeholders
• Working knowledge of requirements management tools (Such as JIRA, TFS, etc.)
• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret documents.
• Ability to solve problems involving several options in situations.
• Requires intermediate analytical and quantitative skills.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (in English, Literature, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Social Science, Psychology or other related analytical, scientific, or technical discipline)

Clearance Requirements

• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active Top Secret clearance is required.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

About Us

Northern Virginia-based Precision Solutions is an expert in staffing solutions for companies of any size that open the door to new opportunities and seek outstanding talent. We pride ourselves on being versatile enough to tailor our relationships to the needs of each individual client, being agile in the fast-paced marketplace, and being precise in meeting the needs of any company.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Precision Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.