Remote Senior Business Analyst — Agile/SAFe Expert

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)

Lynchburg (VA)

Remote

USD 78,000 - 104,000

Full time

1 hour ago

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Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC seeks a Senior Business Analyst to support the Veterans Affairs team in a fully remote capacity. The role centers on leading requirements capture for software development, coordinating with IT and leadership to document requirements in an ALM tool, and delivering well-structured user stories.

The ideal candidate has extensive Agile/SAFe experience, strong communication and analytical skills, and proficiency with Jira and ALM tools. U.S.

Qualifications

Strong background in software development and SAFe methodologies.
Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical topics to varied audiences.
Excellent attention to detail, customer service skills, and problem-solving abilities.
Experience conducting independent research to support resolution of complex questions.
Advanced experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel.
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 activities 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
Elaborate user stories and decompose into backlog items with acceptance criteria
Use an ALM tool (JIRA) for Requirements Management, Testing, and Defect Management
Collect, track, and monitor system and business requirements
Validate requirements and integration
Conduct backlog refinement sessions
Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on solutions
Manage and coordinate requirements for various projects
Write and deliver project documents to the client
Identify and manage risks and issues
Develop and maintain the project/product backlog(s)
Own and manage requirements change control
Develop Change Requests per policies
Facilitate configuration management for artifacts
Traceability among requirements, test cases, risks
Report execution status and metrics across SAFe lifecycle
Identify tasks and interrelationships for well-documented stories
Become a product functional SME
Lead and mentor junior analysts
Establish relationships with product/business owners
Support development team on requirement details
Follow Scrum and deliver requirements/specifications
Remove impediments to complete Sprints
Provide qualitative and quantitative information to teams and stakeholders
Support change control processes