Business Analyst - ADL

UNAVAILABLE; Columbus (MS); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Aluminum Dynamics, a Steel Dynamics subsidiary, seeks a Business Analyst who will also serve as Scrum Master for our Software Development team. You will translate operational needs into sprint-ready user stories and maintain the health of our Agile process, facilitating ceremonies and removing impediments.

You will learn our manufacturing processes, work with end users and developers, and maintain a refined pipeline of work for upcoming sprints.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and communication abilities required.
• Experience gathering and documenting software or business requirements.
• Ability to define user stories with acceptance criteria.

Responsibilities

• Meet with users, leaders, and developers to understand business needs.
• Learn company manufacturing processes and software applications.
• Convert requests into well-defined user stories with criteria.
• Facilitate discovery and backlog refinement in each sprint.
• Lead sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Identify unclear requirements and potential impacts across systems.
• Create process flows, mockups, and supporting docs when needed.
• Track sprint progress, velocity, and burndown for stakeholders.
• Assist with prioritization, UAT, and communicating changes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Problem-solving

User stories

Agile ceremonies

Stakeholder collaboration

Learning quickly

End-user engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Subsidiary

Aluminum Dynamics

Overview

We are seeking a Business Analyst who will also serve as Scrum Master for our Software Development team. This person will translate operational needs into clear, sprint-ready user stories, and will own the health of our Agile process — facilitating ceremonies, removing impediments, and keeping the team focused and delivering. They will learn our business and manufacturing processes, work directly with end users and developers, and maintain a consistent pipeline of refined work for upcoming sprints.

Responsibilities

• Meet with users, department leaders, and developers to understand business needs and operational challenges.
• Learn the company's manufacturing processes, business rules, and software applications.
• Convert requests into well-defined user stories with acceptance criteria, exceptions, dependencies, and expected outcomes.
• Facilitate discovery and backlog-refinement discussions throughout each sprint.
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Identify unclear, conflicting, or duplicate requirements and potential impacts on other systems or departments.
• Create process flows, mockups, and supporting documentation when beneficial.
• Track and communicate sprint progress, velocity, and burndown to stakeholders.
• Assist with prioritization, user acceptance testing, and communication of completed changes.

Qualifications

Required

• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to learn complex business and manufacturing processes.
• Experience gathering and documenting business or software requirements.
• Ability to write clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, reviews).
• Comfortable working with both technical and nontechnical employees.
• Willingness to spend time with end users in office and plant-floor environments.
• Experience with Agile software development, manufacturing operations, or internally developed applications is preferred.

Preferred

• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent) preferred but not required.
• Bachelor’s degree

Steel Dynamics, Inc., and all affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers.