Senior Functional Analyst II — Remote Agile Requirements Lead

Socket.dev; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 78,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Functional Analyst - II for a fully remote role supporting the Veterans Affairs department. The candidate will lead requirements capture for software teams, drive ALM documentation, and manage backlog items in JIRA within a SAFe Agile framework.

The role requires extensive federal government experience and a Public Trust (MBI) clearance. Master’s in Engineering is preferred.

Qualifications

• 10 years of professional experience (an additional 10 years may be substituted for education).
• Federal Government experience and Security Clearance desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the capture of business requirements for software development teams.
• Collaborate with business users, IT, and leadership to document requirements in an ALM tool.
• Manage requirements in an ALM tool.
• Perform Agile requirement management 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 from clients and stakeholders.
• Elaborate user stories, decompose backlog items, and determine acceptance criteria.
• Use JIRA for Requirements Management, Testing, and Defect Management to manage epics, stories, and backlogs.
• Collect, track, and monitor system and business requirements.
• Validate requirements and integration.
• Coordinate backlog refinement sessions.
• Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on technical solutions.
• Develop Change Requests and manage configuration management for project artifacts.
• Ensure traceability among requirements, test cases, and risks.
• Report execution status and metrics across SAFe-based Agile development.

Skills

Agile / SAFe

Requirements gathering

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Backlog management

Stakeholder management

Mentoring juniors

Change management

Testing coordination

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Functional Analyst - II for a fully remote role supporting the Veterans Affairs department. The candidate will lead requirements capture for software teams, drive ALM documentation, and manage backlog items in JIRA within a SAFe Agile framework.

The role requires extensive federal government experience and a Public Trust (MBI) clearance. Master’s in Engineering is preferred.