Senior Functional Analyst II — Remote, SAFe & JIRA

Socket.dev; New Orleans (LA); 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, U.S.-based position. The role demands federal experience and a Public Trust (MBI) clearance, with a strong focus on requirements capture for software development teams and SAFe-aligned agile practices.

You will collaborate with business users, IT, and leadership to elicit, document, prioritize, and manage requirements in JIRA, while leading backlog refinement and ensuring traceability across stories and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience gathering software requirements for dev teams.
• Ability to document requirements for ALM tools clearly.
• Strong SAFe/Agile experience on large projects.
• Excellent written and oral communication to non-technical audiences.
• 10 years of professional experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead capture of business requirements for software teams.
• Document requirements in an ALM tool with stakeholders.
• Manage requirements in ALM and backlogs.
• Perform Agile requirement mgmt for product teams.
• Analyze user needs to define functional/technical requirements.
• Lead interviews, model business processes, specify specs.

Skills

Agile/SAFe methodologies

JIRA

Requirements gathering

Communication skills

MS Excel

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering/related field

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Functional Analyst - II for a fully remote, U.S.-based position. The role demands federal experience and a Public Trust (MBI) clearance, with a strong focus on requirements capture for software development teams and SAFe-aligned agile practices.

You will collaborate with business users, IT, and leadership to elicit, document, prioritize, and manage requirements in JIRA, while leading backlog refinement and ensuring traceability across stories and