Senior Business Analyst — Remote Agile Specialist

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking an experienced requirements analyst for a remote role within the Veterans Affairs program. You will lead requirements capture, collaborate with users, IT, and leadership, and document with ALM tools to support Agile product teams.

Ideal candidates have a strong software development background, SAFe experience, and superb communication skills; 10+ years of experience and a Master’s degree are preferred, with U.S.

Qualifications

• Must have a strong background in software development and SAFe methodologies.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, able to explain complex topics to diverse audiences.
• Excellent attention to detail, customer service, and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience with JIRA and Agile product teams.

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 and perform Agile requirement management for a product team.
• Analyze user needs to determine functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements.
• Conduct user interviews, lead sessions, and develop business process models and formal specifications.
• Gather and document business, functional, technical, and non-technical requirements from customers and stakeholders.
• Elaborate user stories, decompose backlog items, and determine acceptance criteria.
• Use JIRA for requirements management, testing, and defect tracking to manage epics and stories.
• Track system and business requirements, validate them, and coordinate with Systems Engineers on impact to solutions.

Skills

Agile/SAFe

Communication

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Excel

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking an experienced requirements analyst for a remote role within the Veterans Affairs program. You will lead requirements capture, collaborate with users, IT, and leadership, and document with ALM tools to support Agile product teams.

Ideal candidates have a strong software development background, SAFe experience, and superb communication skills; 10+ years of experience and a Master’s degree are preferred, with U.S.