Senior Functional Analyst II - Remote, Agile/SAFe Lead

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 78,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Functional Analyst - II for a 100% remote U.S. based role. You will lead requirements capture for software teams, collaborate with users and IT, and drive backlog items through SAFe/Agile processes.

Role requires strong analysis, excellent communication, and extensive experience with JIRA and ALM. Veterans are encouraged to apply, with a Public Trust clearance preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in analysis or related field.
• Strong background in software development and SAFe/agile methods.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

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.
• Perform Agile requirement management activities for a product team.
• Perform analysis of user needs to determine functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements.
• Conduct user interviews, lead sessions, and develop business process models and formal specifications.
• Work with customers, team members, stakeholders, and contractors to gather and document requirements.
• Elaborate user stories, decompose into backlog items, and determine acceptance criteria.
• Use ALM tool (JIRA) for requirements, testing, and defect management to manage items.
• Collect, track, and monitor system and business requirements.
• Validate requirements and integration.
• Conduct backlog refinement sessions.
• Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on solutions.
• Manage and coordinate requirements for various projects.
• Write and deliver project documents to the client.
• Identify and manage risks and issues impacting progress.
• Develop and maintain scheduled backlog(s).
• Own and manage requirements change control.
• Develop Change Requests per policies.
• Facilitate configuration management for artifacts.
• Document traceability among requirements, test cases, risks.

Skills

Software development

Agile/SAFe

JIRA

Requirements elicitation

Stakeholder interviews

Data analysis

Communication skills

SME leadership

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Functional Analyst - II for a 100% remote U.S. based role. You will lead requirements capture for software teams, collaborate with users and IT, and drive backlog items through SAFe/Agile processes.

Role requires strong analysis, excellent communication, and extensive experience with JIRA and ALM. Veterans are encouraged to apply, with a Public Trust clearance preferred.