Remote Senior Business Analyst—Agile & JIRA Expert

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG); Columbia (MD); Remote; USD 78,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) invites a Senior Business Analyst to join a fully remote role supporting the Veterans Affairs department. The candidate will lead requirements capture for software development teams and collaborate across business users, IT, and leadership to elaborate requirements in an ALM tool.

Required 10 years of professional experience with a strong background in software development and SAFe; Master’s degree in Engineering or related field is preferred. U.S.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software development and SAFe/Agile.
• Excellent oral and written communication to varied audiences.
• Attention to detail, customer service, and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead capture of business requirements for software teams.
• Document requirements in ALM and manage them in JIRA.
• Perform Agile requirement management for product team.
• Develop and maintain backlog items and acceptance criteria.
• Facilitate user interviews and derive functional/technical requirements.
• Coordinate with Systems Engineers on impact to solutions.

Skills

SAFe Agile

Software development

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Problem solving

Microsoft Excel

JIRA

Analytical skills

Data integration

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

JIRA

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) invites a Senior Business Analyst to join a fully remote role supporting the Veterans Affairs department. The candidate will lead requirements capture for software development teams and collaborate across business users, IT, and leadership to elaborate requirements in an ALM tool.

Required 10 years of professional experience with a strong background in software development and SAFe; Master’s degree in Engineering or related field is preferred. U.S.