Senior Business Analyst
US-VA-McLean
External
Req #: 5646
Type: Full-Time
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Overview: As a Steampunk Senior Business Analyst, you'll be asked to serve as the Business Analyst on an Agile software development team. Responsibilities: Contributions * Must have experience managing Agile/Information Technology related projects and must be well versed in software development life cycle and project management methodologies * Must be able to identify and mitigate risks. * Apply different techniques to facilitate meetings and workshops, create a shared understanding with stakeholders, and engage team-members to produce product and portfolio road-maps * Define help project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects. * Support managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and help to implement an effective system of project governance. * Serves business engagement by making sure team issues are escalated, worked, and resolved * Collaborates with stakeholders and product teams to decompose large epics into features and user stories that can be understood and approved by members of the development team. * Document Acceptance Criteria in stories in a way that both development team and business stakeholders can understand and agree on the content. * Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members. Qualifications: Required: * Authorized to work for any U.S. employer * 3+ year experience with Scrum/Kanban Methodologies * 3+ Years experience serving as the Product Owner or Scrum Master or Business Analyst * Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS or equivalent combination of education and experience * Ability to establish immediate credibility with clients, build consensus, and achieve goals through influence * Ability to help teams write user stories/epics, identify dependencies, and design optimal solutions * Flexibility to work with teams, individuals, and executives and willingness to help with a wide variety of work products and people * Excellent interpersonal/communication skills * Experience working in a studio / human centered design approach * Proficiency in JIRA * Business Analyst certification(s) a plus * Salesforce Admin or Salesforce Business Analyst certification Preferred: * Preferred experience in serving as a Scrum Master. * Preferred Federal Civilian Client Experience.
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