Lead Business Analyst

System One; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 113,000; Part time

Job summary

System One, Inc. in Reston, VA is seeking a Lead Business Analyst for a contract role with a hybrid work model.

You will interpret business needs, document requirements, and drive analysis sessions while mentoring junior analysts and coordinating delivery from concept through implementation. The candidate will bring 8 years of BA experience, strong Jira proficiency, and SAFe Agile knowledge, with excellent communication and independent work capabilities.

Qualifications

• 8 years progressive experience in business analysis, systems analysis, testing or other analytical experience.
• Strong Jira proficiency and knowledge of SAFe Agile methodology are required.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently and proactively.

Responsibilities

• Interpret business needs and elicit, document, and validate requirements.
• Lead requirements management plans and coordination of development activities.
• Coach and mentor junior analysts and oversee deliverables.
• Facilitate requirements analysis sessions and ensure design meets user needs.

Skills

Jira proficiency

SAFe Agile

Communication skills

Independent

Proactive

Time management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration/Business Management/Finance

MBA

Tools

Jira

Aha

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Title: Lead Business Analyst

Location: Reston, VA

Type: Contract

Compensation: $69.7

Work Model: Hybrid

Responsibilities

• Interprets business needs and issues by gathering, eliciting, creating, analyzing, documenting and validating the Business area’s user and/or technical (functional/non-functional) requirements.
• Key contributor in the creation of project plans to define, organize and schedule requirements management and development activities.
• Provides oversight and strategic direction to lower level analysts which includes coaching, mentoring, and delegating of tasks and deliverables.
• Facilitates requirements analysis and verification sessions.
• Accountable in the tracking and management of open issues and assists in planning for resolution.
• Responsible for successful development sessions and design reviews in order to ensure design meets user requirements.
• Responsible for overall success of user acceptance testing, including documentation, verification and release.
• Implements practices and procedures for end user test plans.
• Identifies and documents gaps in requirement adherence or system deficiencies/defects and coordinates appropriate action through issue resolution.
• Leads in creating formal communication to be delivered to relevant stakeholders.
• Providing guidance and training to application end users.
• Identifies, documents and troubleshoots problems with their in-depth knowledge of the relationships in systems, software and processes.
• Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to monitor, report and resolve issues.
• Participates in the development of solutions and workarounds that solve high complexity technical, system and/or business issues.
• Reviews, analyzes and creates detailed documentation of business systems, processes, software and user needs.
• Responsible for writing all documentation to established standards, in a clear and well organized manner.
• Develops and/or collaborates in key project and requirement deliverables for projects of high complexity.
• Monitors and reports project status to identify and mitigate risks and to ensure quality and timely deliverables.
• Coordinates assigned projects from concept through implementation.
• Prioritize and manage new work requests.
• Answers policy-related questions for business process, systems and software which require research and consultation with others internally and externally.
• Perform standard business analyst duties, work independently, quickly learner.
• This will support two teams' products, and candidate should be able to work and take ownership of both.

Requirements

• Education Level: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Finance or related field.
• Master's Degree MBA is preferred.
• Experience: 8 years progressive experience in business analysis, systems analysis, testing or other analytical experience
• In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to have led the deliver of high quality, effective deliverables on-time and be a significant contributor to the development of cost-effective solutions.
• Expert understanding of business analysis core competencies
• Prior business analysis coaching and mentoring experience
• Strong Jira proficiency and knowledge of SAFe Agile methodology are required.
• Good communication skills
• Can work independently
• Proactive.
• Aha proficiency is preferred.
• A technical background in cloud technologies and migrations is preferred.
• Healthcare background is preferred.
• Strong time-management and organizational skills, Expert
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, Expert
• Ability to organize stakeholder meetings., Expert
• Use of Microsoft Office applications., Expert
• Ability to train and mentor others., Expert

System One, and its subsidiaries including Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality.

System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.