Business Analyst 3

It Reserves; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Columbus seeks an experienced Business Analyst (BA) to support the Quality Assurance team in pre-production testing processes. The ideal candidate will have 4-5 years of experience in an AGILE environment using Azure DevOps. Responsibilities include ensuring adequate code coverage of user stories and acting as a liaison during release cycles. Strong communication and project management skills are essential. Certification as a Product Owner is preferred.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years experience in an AGILE development environment.
• Ability to support program management with story lifecycle management.
• Good communication and writing skills.
• Experience working on a large-scale enterprise-level application.

Responsibilities

• Help Quality Assurance team with testing processes.
• Ensure adequate coverage of user stories.
• Act as a liaison to technical resources during release cycles.

Skills

AGILE development

Azure DevOps

communication skills

MS PowerPoint

MS Excel

MS Word

Visio

Lucid Chart

user story management

Job description

Job Description

The BA will work closely with the Quality Assurance team to support testing processes in pre‑production environments. They need to ensure that the test cases provide adequate code coverage of user stories and include mapping user tests to traceability matrices to provide adequate coverage. During release cycles the BA will work closely with the DODD Release Manager to support the releases, working as a liaison to technical resources and serving as the subject matter expert on the underlying business rules for the system/application in case there is a need during the validation of a release.

Required Skills Mandatory

4‑5 years experience working in an AGILE development environment using Azure DevOps platform or equivalent tools. Able to support program and project management staff with story lifecycle management which includes using the User Story work item for creating and managing requirements, adding artifacts obtained from the business. Able to develop supporting artifacts based on interviews with the technical and business team, writing acceptance criteria, assisting with the development of acceptance criteria and migration of user stories from committed to ready for test processes.

4‑5 years demonstrated ability to develop artifacts using tools such as MS PowerPoint; and MS Excel, MS Word, Visio, Lucid Chart or other diagramming software.

4‑5 years experience functioning as a BA on a large‑scale enterprise level application.

Good communication and writing skills.

Ability to interact with a diverse group composed of various lines of business and technical staff.

Preferred

Certified Product Owner SAFe Certified or worked at an organization implementing SAFe.

Experience with Azure DevOps or equivalent, and ability to adapt to new technologies.