Program Analyst 4 - User Stories

Centex Tech; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Centex Technologies is hiring a Program Analyst 4 - User Stories to lead requirements analysis and translate complex mission, business, and user needs into clear, testable user stories and delivery-ready product documentation.

This remote U.S. position emphasizes owning difficult work, creating clarity, and collaborating across technical and customer teams. Employment is subject to background screening and will involve occasional travel based on program needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, computer science, engineering, public administration, or equivalent directly relevant experience.
• Seven or more years of business, systems, program, product, or requirements-analysis experience.
• Advanced experience writing epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, business rules, and traceability artifacts for complex systems.
• Ability to facilitate difficult discovery sessions and convert ambiguity into prioritized, testable work.

Responsibilities

• Plan and facilitate discovery sessions with users, customers, product owners, technical teams, and program stakeholders.
• Analyze current-state workflows, business rules, data, pain points, constraints, and desired outcomes.
• Create epics, features, user stories, use cases, process flows, business rules, and nonfunctional requirements.
• Write testable acceptance criteria that address happy paths, alternate flows, permissions, data validation, errors, and edge cases.
• Maintain traceability from customer needs and contractual requirements through stories, tests, releases, and outcomes.
• Lead backlog refinement, requirements reviews, change control, and readiness decisions.

Skills

Requirements analysis

User stories writing

Acceptance criteria

Backlog refinement

Traceability

Facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

All Jobs > Program Analyst 4 - User Stories

Centex Technologies is hiring a Program Analyst 4 - User Stories to lead requirements analysis and translate complex mission, business, and user needs into clear, testable user stories and delivery-ready product documentation. This opportunity is well suited to an experienced professional who enjoys owning difficult work, creating clarity, and collaborating across technical, program, and customer teams.

What You'll Do

• Plan and facilitate discovery sessions with users, customers, product owners, technical teams, and program stakeholders.


• Analyze current-state workflows, business rules, data, pain points, constraints, and desired outcomes.


• Create epics, features, user stories, use cases, process flows, business rules, and nonfunctional requirements.


• Write testable acceptance criteria that address happy paths, alternate flows, permissions, data validation, errors, and edge cases.


• Maintain traceability from customer needs and contractual requirements through stories, tests, releases, and outcomes.


• Lead backlog refinement, requirements reviews, change control, and readiness decisions.

Why Join Centex Technologies

• Join an established small business with more than 20 years of experience supporting customers and solving complex technology and mission needs.


• Work remotely within the United States while contributing to meaningful customer outcomes.


• Take ownership of complex work and collaborate directly with experienced technical and program professionals.

Work Arrangement

This is a remote U.S. position. Occasional travel or work outside normal hours may be required based on customer and program needs.

Background and Clearance

Employment is subject to required background screening. Some assignments may require the ability to obtain and maintain a public trust determination or security clearance.

Centex Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Centex Technologies provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities during the application process and employment.

Requirements

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, computer science, engineering, public administration, or a related field, or equivalent directly relevant experience.


• Seven or more years of business, systems, program, product, or requirements-analysis experience.


• Advanced experience writing epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, business rules, and traceability artifacts for complex systems.


• Ability to facilitate difficult discovery sessions and convert ambiguity into prioritized, testable work.

Preferred

• Experience supporting federal, defense, government contracting, or regulated technology programs.


• CBAP, PMI-PBA, CSPO, PSPO, Scrum, SAFe, or related certification.