Senior Business Analyst

Paycom - ATS; McLean (VA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Accelera Solutions is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support a DoD program, delivering an enterprise IT service model and ITSM solution in a remote-ready setup. The role focuses on transforming business needs into actionable software requirements and guiding iterative development with stakeholders and a Scrum team.

Ideal candidates have deep BA experience, strong communication, and familiarity with Agile/Scrum, release planning, and process improvement. DoD clearance is required.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required.
• DoD Secret Clearance eligibility required.
• 12+ years of relevant experience (or 5 years with advanced degree).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Minimum 3 years of BA experience on interactive software projects.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Senior Business Analyst in an Agile/Scrum environment to develop software applications.
• Capture, analyze, and manage functional and non-functional requirements, and user stories.
• Decompose mission/business objectives into system requirements in a product backlog for iterative cycles.
• Meet regularly with stakeholders to identify business needs and requirements.
• Translate business needs to a development team through user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with Scrum Master to establish Release/Sprint backlogs and scope.
• Work with internal/external stakeholders and the product team to ensure needs are met.
• Review and evaluate work to ensure proper scope is met.
• Lead product demonstrations to stakeholders and report results of iterations.
• Establish processes and mentor other Business Analysts.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Business process modeling

User stories

Release planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

MS Office

SharePoint

Visio

Microsoft Project

Job description

This position is full time remote and requires an active DoD secret clearance.Accelera Solutions is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to support our DoD customer to implement an enterprise IT service delivery model that provides consistent, secure, high-quality, and cost-effective services to enable mission success and improve end user experience across the customer environment. On this program, we will deliver enhanced capabilities and services to implement and operate an enterprise ITSM solution to enable the customer to transition focus from IT operations to mission operations.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.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.