SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST

Senior Business Analyst

10 PLUS YEARS

10/10 COMM SKILLS

AGILE

Key Responsibilities:

• As a Senior BA, the candidate will be responsible for leading and authoring system requirements and specifications, liaising between business and IT groups, being the proxy product owner in agile sprints, and supporting daily system operations.
• Act as an interface between the development team and the customer along with the Project Manager and Technical Project Manager, in an Agile environment to ensure stakeholder needs are being addressed.
• Conduct calls with customer, maintain and prioritize product backlog, write user stories, conduct release & sprint planning sessions and agile ceremonies.
• Develop and maintain user stories in a clear and concise manner.
• Use appropriate methods, techniques, and procedures necessary to obtain and evaluate user requirements, to design, develop, and implement computer application systems in response to customer's business needs.
• Experience with wire framing/mockup tools to create Use case diagrams, Functional flow diagrams, screen mockups, etc. to illustrate requirements.
• Manage and prioritize Product Backlog based on the customer and business priorities.
• Meet regularly with end-users (external clients) to discuss and analyze problem reports and enhancement requests.
• Edit and review documentation produced by team members, enforcing best practices.
• Host meetings with the customer as well as run internal team meetings.
• Manage risk and scope-creep effectively and escalate risks and issues to management appropriately.
• Provide application production support and troubleshoot production issues.
• Document meeting minutes, internal and external status reports, and other artifacts for the project
• Write SQL queries to research data, troubleshoot issues in SQL Developer and/or Toad.
• Use collaborative software development tools such as Team Foundation Server (TFS) and JIRA for application lifecycle management, release & sprint planning, issue tracking, generating reports, etc.

Basic Qualifications:

• A minimum of 10 years of experience as a BA in a fast-paced enterprise application development environment and BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment as a Product Owner or Business Analyst is essential.
• Excels in conducting calls with customer, maintaining and prioritizing product backlog, writing user stories, conducting release and sprint planning sessions with technical team etc.
• Experience in supporting and developing workflow-based systems.
• Has advanced Microsoft Office skills to produce quality deliverables (Word and PowerPoint for documentation and presentation needs, and Excel for data analysis and reporting)
• Well-versed in using tools such as SQL Developer, TOAD (a plus), SharePoint, TFS, JIRA, and Google Apps
• Excellent Interpersonal skills to interact with customers and team members.
• Fast learner, Ability to multi-task, Problem-solving, goal-oriented, willing to learn, with very good writing skills.
• A team player with positive attitude and enthusiasm toward work and team members
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to see tasks through to completion without significant guidance.
• Candidate must successfully pass a public trust government background investigation. (Previous background investigation (MBI, NACI) or clearance is a plus)