Senior Functional Analyst- VHA Finance

HigherEchelon, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

401(k) matching

Health/dental/vision benefits

Job summary

HigherEchelon, Inc. is seeking a Senior Functional Analyst to lead requirements capture for software development teams. The role involves collaborating with business users, IT, and leadership to elaborate and document requirements and manage them in an ALM tool.

A strong background in software development and Agile/SAFe methodologies is required. The position emphasizes hands-on analysis, backlog management, and coordinating with engineers to ensure accurate requirements and successful sprint

Qualifications

• Strong background in software development and Agile/SAFe.
• Experience capturing and detailing business requirements.
• Proven ability to collaborate with business users, IT, and leadership.
• Experience with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools, especially JIRA, for requirements management, testing and defect management.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile requirements management for a product team and analyze user needs to determine functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements.
• Conduct user interviews, facilitate sessions, and develop business process models and formal specifications.
• Gather, document and manage business, functional, technical and non-technical requirements across projects.
• Elaborate user stories and decompose into backlog items with acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on technical solutions and manage project requirements.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder engagement

SAFe

Education

Master's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Senior Functional Analyst

Location: Remote

Description

Seeking a highly motivated and self-directed professional to fill an opening for a Senior Functional Analyst role that will be responsible for leading the capturing of business requirements for software development teams.This role involves close collaboration with business users, IT teams, and leadership to elaborate and document requirements, and manage requirements in an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool.The ideal candidate has a strong background in software development, and Agile / SAFe methodologies.

Job Responsibilities

Perform Agile requirements’ management activities for a product team; perform the analysis of user needs to determine functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements

Conduct user interviews, leading and facilitating sessions, and developing business process models and formal specifications

Work with customers, team members, stakeholder users, and other contractors to gather, and document business, functional, technical & non-technical requirements

Perform elaboration of user stories and decomposition of stories into backlog items and determine acceptance criteria

Use an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool (JIRA) for Requirements Management, Testing, and Defect Management) to create and manage requirements, Epics, Sub-epics, and User Stories.

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

Writing and client delivery of project documents

Identify and manage risks and issues impacting the progress and outcome of the project

Develop and maintain 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

Responsible for collecting, analyzing, managing and reporting key Program and Product Teamexecution 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 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

Required Skills and Experience

Solid oral and written communication skills, with the demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to the customer, management and non-technical audiences

Attention to detail and excellent customer service

Highly motivated and analytical; proven problem-solving abilities

Ability to take initiative

Ability and enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced environment

Willingness and enthusiasm to learn new skills, new client environments, and grow domain expertise

Ability to learn quickly

Excellent attention to detail

Ability to conduct independent research to lead or support the resolution of complex questions and issues

Advanced use of MS Office Suite including strong Excel skills

Excellent analytical skills, the ability to integrate information from multiple sources to execute effectively and efficiently in a dynamic environment

Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting

Experience working at the US Department of Veterans Affairs

Experience working in an Agile environment is preferred

Expertise with Jira tools

Working knowledge of VA’s VIP agile process is highly desired

VA SQA Testing experience highly desired

Experience in large, agile software development or data integration projects

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) is a plus

Must have experience working with customers, users and project leads in analyzing, designing, implementing and supporting a wide variety of IT business systems covering many diverse applications such as healthcare and financial systems.

Fully understands the process to elicit customer / end user requirements in software application lifecycle environment

Strong experience in requirements elaboration and acceptance criteria development

Experience working in a SAFe Agile environment

Experience working for a Federal Health Agency (VA, DHA, HHS, etc.) strongly preferred

Healthcare billing and claims processing application knowledge is strongly preferred

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance

Required Education and Experience

Master’s degree in engineering, or related scientific or technical disciplineand ten (10) years of experience

10 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education

About HigherEchelon, Inc.

HigherEchelon, Inc. (HE) is a service-disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) with offerings in Engineering, Gaming, Human Capital, Enterprise Technology and Cyber Solutions. HigherEchelon aims to be the premier trusted partner in organizational excellence and achieves this through sustained investment in talent and the employee experience. HigherEchelon puts the employee first to better serve customer needs and sustain excellence.

HigherEchelon offers competitive full-time benefits including paid vacation and holidays, 401(k) matching, full health/dental/vision coverage, plus much more. For on-site and remote employees, flexible work schedules are offered when authorized.

By joining our team, you are choosing to embark on a journey towards excellence as a valued team member and trusted partner. We appreciate your inquiry and look forward to discussing the opportunity further.

EOE/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled

HigherEchelon, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in its job application procedures.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. HigherEchelon, Inc. participates in E-Verify.