Business Analyst — Agile SAFe, Process Mapping & QA

Capstone IT, Inc.

United States

On-site

USD 80,000 - 110,000

Full time

2 hours ago

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Job summary

Capstone IT is seeking a Business Analyst to join a Scaled Agile development team. You will translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, and test scenarios.

You will partner with stakeholders, engineers, designers, and QA to own stories through delivery, support testing, and resolve defects, while proactively identifying risks and blockers. The role demands strong requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, and hands-on story development

Qualifications

Strong experience as a Business Analyst supporting software/application development.
Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder engagement experience.
Hands-on user story and acceptance criteria development.
Experience with business process mapping and analysis.
Agile/Scrum or SAFe delivery experience.
Experience with Jira or comparable Agile/defect-management tools.
Experience creating and executing test plans/scripts and managing defects.
Experience collaborating with engineering, design, QA, and business teams.
Ability to work independently through ambiguous requirements.
Experience representing a team on cross-organizational initiatives and reporting deliverables/blockers.
Nice to have: Previous Compass application experience.

Responsibilities

Gather and analyze business and technical requirements.
Write user stories, acceptance criteria, and use cases.
Map business processes and identify improvement opportunities.
Translate business needs into clear, testable requirements.
Work independently when requirements are incomplete or ambiguous.
Participate actively in SAFe/Agile ceremonies.
Own assigned stories throughout the sprint.
Ask questions and resolve requirements gaps early.
Identify and elevate blockers and delivery risks.
Support achievement of iteration commitments.
Create test plans and test scripts.
Perform manual or automated testing as appropriate.
Validate UI functionality and backend integrations.
Document, prioritize, and track defects through resolution.
Confirm stories meet acceptance criteria.
Document process flows, system information, requirements, and meeting outcomes.
Maintain clear, concise, testable, and maintainable documentation.
Use Jira, Microsoft Teams, and email to communicate status, questions, risks, and blockers.