Remote Senior Business Analyst - Agile & SAFe Expert

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Business Analyst to support the Veterans Affairs program in a 100% remote capacity. The role emphasizes leading requirements capture for software development teams and collaborating with business users, IT, and leadership to elaborate and document requirements in an ALM tool.

You will manage requirements in ALM (JIRA), perform SAFe/Agile requirement management, backlog refinement, and define acceptance criteria, while coordinating with Systems Engineers.

Qualifications

• Requires strong background in software development and SAFe methodologies.
• Excellent oral and written communication to convey complex topics to diverse audiences.
• Strong attention to detail, customer service, and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience conducting independent research to support complex questions.
• Proficiency with MS Office, including Excel.
• Excellent analytical skills integrating information from multiple sources.
• Expertise with JIRA tools.
• Experience in large, Agile software development or data integration projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the capture of business requirements for software development teams.
• Collaborate with business users, IT, and leadership to elaborate and document requirements in an ALM tool.
• Manage requirements in an ALM tool.
• Perform Agile requirement management for a product team.
• Analyze user needs to determine functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements.
• Conduct user interviews and develop business process models and formal specifications.
• Gather and document business, functional, technical, and non-technical requirements.

Skills

SAFe / Agile

Communication

Attention to detail

Independent research

Excel

Analytical skills

JIRA

Agile software development

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering

Tools

JIRA

MS Office

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Business Analyst to support the Veterans Affairs program in a 100% remote capacity. The role emphasizes leading requirements capture for software development teams and collaborating with business users, IT, and leadership to elaborate and document requirements in an ALM tool.

You will manage requirements in ALM (JIRA), perform SAFe/Agile requirement management, backlog refinement, and define acceptance criteria, while coordinating with Systems Engineers.