Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst

Category: Business Analysis (functional and technical) Main location: United States, Virginia, Fairfax Alternate Location(s): United States, Tennessee, Knoxville United States, Louisiana, Lafayette Position ID: J1026-1487 Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description

The ideal candidate for this position is a problem solver. As a Senior Business Analyst, you are an experienced analyst proficient in requirements definition and development. You can build strong relationships with your clients and your team and can manage stakeholder expectations. Candidates who are extremely organized and thrive on making processes run efficiently will do well in this position. If you are looking for a place where you can grow your skills while working with a friendly, dynamic team, this is the role for you. This position is located in our Fairfax, VA, Lafayette, LA or Knoxville, TN office; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.

Your Future Duties and Responsibilities

A Senior Business Analyst is a go to person with expertise in the application and the project. You are not afraid to dig into the details, find the outliers, test the edge cases, and keep the team running. Your responsibilities may include but are not limited to: Organize the daily activities of a software development project team Translate client business needs into functional and technical requirements. Create detailed development tickets and track requirements through the development process. Interact with client during JAD sessions. Run daily scrums, organize sprints, and conduct all team agile ceremonies. Remove blockers so that the team can accomplish sprint goals. Interact with advanced business analysts and solution developers to communicate and validate requirements. Perform functional and integrated testing to test application functionality against client requirements Prepare and maintain project documentation and artifacts including analysis, reports and user documentation. Work with project managers, developers, and end users to ensure application designs meet business requirements. Assist in all phases of software systems programming applications. Evaluate new and existing software products. Author and prepare meeting minutes to be distributed to a variety of audiences Author user stories, test scripts, acceptance criteria, and other Agile deliverables Prepare and deliver application demos to clients and other stakeholder audiences

Required Qualifications to Be Successful in This Role

Bachelor's degree in a business related field or information systems management preferred Minimum 8 years work experience as a business analyst and/or functional lead Ability to travel to client site as needed Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle Strong analytical and writing skills Excellent communication skills Ability to work effectively within a team environment under tight timelines? Ability to multi task and support multiple projects at once? Experience working with JIRA and Confluence Proactive attitude and willingness to take on any task as required to support the client and the team Desired qualifications/non essential skills required CSM certification desired but not required. Experience authoring SQL queries will strongly benefit a candidate.

What You Can Expect From Us

Together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action. Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because… You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction. Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.