Senior Business Analyst

Paycom; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Accelera Solutions is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join an Agile/Scrum environment, focusing on capturing and decomposing requirements into actionable user stories and backlogs. The role is remote with DoD clearance requirements and involves close collaboration with stakeholders and development teams to deliver iterative software solutions.

You will mentor other analysts, lead product demonstrations, and ensure scope alignment, acceptance criteria, and QA across sprints.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required.
• Must meet eligibility requirements for access to DoD information and clearance.
• 12+ years of relevant experience; substitutions allowed for degrees.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a business analyst on interactive software projects.

Responsibilities

• Capture, analyze, and manage functional and non-functional requirements and user stories.
• Decompose objectives into system requirements in a product backlog for iterative cycles.
• Meet with stakeholders to identify business needs and requirements.
• Translate business needs into user stories and acceptance criteria for the team.
• Collaborate with Scrum Master to establish release/sprint backlogs and scope.
• Lead product demonstrations and report results of each iteration.
• Mentor other Business Analysts and establish standard processes.

Skills

Agile/Scrum methodologies

Requirements management

User stories & acceptance criteria

Stakeholder interviewing

Backlog management

Release planning

MS Office (Excel, Word, Project, Visio

SharePoint

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree in related field

Tools

MS Office

SharePoint

Project

Visio

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Remote - Mc Lean, VA 22102. This position is full time remote and requires an active DoD secret clearance.

What You’ll Get to Do

• Serve as a Senior Business Analyst in an Agile/Scrum environment to develop software applications.
• Serve as the focal point for the capture, analysis, and management of functional and non-functional systems requirements, and user stories.
• Effectively decompose mission/business objectives into system requirements contained within a product backlog which can then be implemented in a series of short and iterative development cycles.
• Meet regularly with stakeholders to identify business needs and requirements.
• Clearly communicate business needs to a development team through user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with the Scrum Master to establish Release/Sprint backlogs, resolve impediments, and provide input on scope of work to be accomplished.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, as well as the product development team during the development cycle to ensure the customer’s needs are being met.
• Review and evaluate work done by development team to ensure proper scope has been met.
• Lead product demonstrations to stakeholders and report on the results of each software iteration.
• Establish processes and mentor other Business Analysts.

The Ideal Candidate Will Bring

• Experience developing business processes, capability needs, business requirements, and business information models.
• Ability to translate business requirements into user stories, use cases and technical requirements.
• Experience with functional decomposition of large business needs into multiple layers of requirements/user stories.
• Experience conducting interviews with stakeholders to gather pertinent information.
• Experience analyzing data and data relationships across an organization’s business areas.
• Working knowledge of all elements of the software development life cycle, including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management.
• Able to understand the day-to-day operational needs of customers and identify areas for improvement in business processes and propose solutions.
• Experience in estimating techniques and capacity planning.
• Familiarity with Agile Scrum methodologies.
• Strong skills with MS Office tools (Excel, Word, Project, Visio) and SharePoint.
• The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse team.
• A willingness to learn and stay abreast of industry trends.

Qualifications: Required Qualifications:

• US Citizenship required.
• Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be able to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance and pass all relevant background checks for security clearance.
• 12+ Years of relevant experience (bachelor’s degree in relevant field may be substituted for 5 years of relevant experience; master’s degree in related field may be substituted for bachelor’s degree and 3 years relevant experience).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a business analyst on interactive software development projects.

Desired Qualifications:

• Software development background.
• Experience developing process guides.
• Certified Business Analysis Professional.
• Agile or Scrum Master Certification.
• Product Owner Certification.
• Knowledge and experience with the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK).
• Experience with ServiceNow or similar service desk solution.

Accelera Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.