Senior Business Analyst - Remote | Agile/SAFe Lead

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a remote, full-time opportunity in the Veterans Affairs domain. The role focuses on capturing and documenting requirements for software development teams, partnering with IT and leadership to elaborate acceptance criteria, and guiding agile backlog work within SAFe frameworks.

The ideal candidate brings a strong software development background, SAFe experience, excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to work with

Qualifications

• Must have strong software development background and SAFe experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication; ability to explain complex topics to varied audiences.
• Attention to detail and strong problem-solving abilities.
• Experience conducting independent research to support complex questions.
• Advanced MS Office, including Excel.
• Strong analytical skills integrating information from multiple sources.
• Experience with large Agile software development or data integration projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the capture of business requirements for software development teams.
• Document requirements in an ALM tool with stakeholders across IT and business.
• Manage requirements and user stories 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 specifications.
• Gather requirements from customers, team members, and stakeholders and document them.

Skills

SAFe

Software development

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

JIRA

MS Excel

Analytical skills

Independent research

Education

Master's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a remote, full-time opportunity in the Veterans Affairs domain. The role focuses on capturing and documenting requirements for software development teams, partnering with IT and leadership to elaborate acceptance criteria, and guiding agile backlog work within SAFe frameworks.

The ideal candidate brings a strong software development background, SAFe experience, excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to work with