Senior Functional Analyst — Remote, Agile Focus

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a Senior Functional Analyst for a 100% remote, full-time role within the Veterans Affairs domain. The position emphasizes leading requirements capture for software development teams, documenting in ALM tools, managing backlogs, and driving SAFe-aligned analytics across the product lifecycle.

The role requires a strong background in SAFe/Agile, extensive JIRA usage, and exceptional communication and analytical skills, with a Master’s in Engineering and US

Qualifications

• Must possess a strong background in software development and Agile/Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies.
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to the customer, management, and non-technical audiences.
• Must possess excellent attention to detail, customer service skills, and problem-solving abilities.
• Past experience conducting independent research to support the resolution of complex questions.
• Must possess advanced experience with Microsoft (MS) Office, including Excel.
• Must possess excellent analytical skills, including integrating information from several sources.
• Expertise with JIRA tools.
• Experience in large, Agile software development or data integration projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the capture of business requirements for software development teams
• Collaborate with business users, Information Technology (IT), and leadership to elaborate and document requirements in an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool
• Manage requirements in an ALM tool
• Perform Agile requirement management activities for a product team
• Perform the analysis of user needs to determine functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements
• Conduct user interviews, lead and facilitate sessions, and develop business process models and formal specifications
• Work with customers, team members, stakeholder users, and other contractors to gather and document business, functional, technical, and non-technical requirements
• Perform elaboration of user stories and decomposition of stories into backlog items and determine acceptance criteria
• Use an ALM tool (JIRA) for Requirements Management, Testing, and Defect Management to create and manage requirements, epics, sub-epics, and user stories
• Perform the collection, tracking, and monitoring of system and business requirements
• Validate requirements and integration
• Conduct backlog refinement sessions
• Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on technical solutions
• Manage and coordinate requirements for various projects
• Write and deliver project documents to the client
• Identify and manage risks and issues impacting the progress and outcome of the project
• Develop and maintain the scheduled project/product backlog(s)
• Own and manage requirements change control
• Develop Change Requests per established policies and procedures
• Facilitate accurate configuration management for project-related artifacts
• Identify, document, verify, and track traceability amongst requirements, test cases, and potential risks and impediments
• Collect, analyze, manage, and report key Program and Product Team execution status and metrics across all aspects of the Agile product development lifecycle using SAFe
• Perform analysis to identify required tasks and their interrelationships to establish well-documented stories
• Become a product functional Subject Matter Expert (SME)
• Lead and mentor junior analysts in accordance with strategy and direction established by the Team Lead
• Establish strong relationships with product and business owners
• Support development team as needed to help everyone understand the requirements’ details
• Follow Agile methodology (Scrum) and deliver requirements/specifications for Sprint teams
• Remove impediments from team members to achieve successful completion of Sprints
• Provide clear qualitative and quantitative information to teams and stakeholders
• Support change control processes established to monitor and control project scope

Skills

SAFe

Agile

Software development

Communication

Excel

JIRA

Analytical skills

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a Senior Functional Analyst for a 100% remote, full-time role within the Veterans Affairs domain. The position emphasizes leading requirements capture for software development teams, documenting in ALM tools, managing backlogs, and driving SAFe-aligned analytics across the product lifecycle.

The role requires a strong background in SAFe/Agile, extensive JIRA usage, and exceptional communication and analytical skills, with a Master’s in Engineering and US