Senior Functional Analyst - Remote, SAFe & Jira Expert

Clearwaters.IT; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

401K retirement plan

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Clearwaters.IT is seeking a Senior Functional Analyst to lead the capture and documentation of software requirements. You will work closely with business users, IT teams, and leadership to elaborate requirements and manage them in JIRA within a SAFe framework.

The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, experience with Agile environments, and the ability to mentor junior analysts while aligning stakeholders across programs.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering or related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in business requirements elicitation for software.
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with SAFe and Agile frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile requirements management for product teams and document functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements.
• Conduct user interviews and facilitate sessions; develop process models and formal specifications.
• Gather and document business, functional, technical & non-technical requirements.
• Create and manage requirements, epics, sub-epics, and user stories in ALM tool (JIRA).
• Coordinate with stakeholders and Systems Engineers; manage risks and issues.
• Develop and maintain scheduled project/product backlogs and change requests.

Skills

Agile requirements management

User interviews

Backlog refinement

JIRA

SAFe

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring juniors

Requirements tracing

Education

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Clearwaters.IT is seeking a Senior Functional Analyst to lead the capture and documentation of software requirements. You will work closely with business users, IT teams, and leadership to elaborate requirements and manage them in JIRA within a SAFe framework.

The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, experience with Agile environments, and the ability to mentor junior analysts while aligning stakeholders across programs.