Agile Business Analyst
*Local to Richmond, VA only please
*This is a hybrid position with 3 days/week onsite
Description:
- The client Team is looking to fill a Business Analyst position with a candidate with the following skills and Experience
Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
- 5years of BA Experience in IT projects. Must have strong oral and written communication skills.
- IT software/application project experience required. Looking for a candidate with the specific skills/experience listed below
- Analytical Thinking
- Review Analyze complex process and systems and break them down into manageable parts.
- Has strong problem-solving skills – finds root causes and not just symptoms.
- Technical Proficiency
- Familiarity with enterprise software – like Oracle SQL Server.
- Understanding of databases SQL APIs Data Flow Diagrams.
- Not necessarily a developer but should have a strong understanding of how IT systems work.
- Requirements Gathering Proficiency
- Strong experience in conducting stakeholder interviews and workshops.
- Skilled at writing clear testable functional and non-functional requirements.
- Strong familiarity and previous experience with using Azure DevOPS TFS for creating and managing agile items – Product backlog Epics Features User Stories Tasks AND Test Plans and Test Cases.
- Prepare diagrams explaining the modifications so that both technical staff and executive management can visualize and understand what must be done. Experience creating wireframes or visualization examples Visio from requirements.
- Agile/Waterfall Knowledge
- Should be previous experience in working with Agile/Scrum including SAFe AND Waterfall projects.
- Can translate from tech talk Developers to business users and business talk Stakeholders to developers.
- Writes clear documents and delivers strong presentations.
- Can handle pushback negotiate priorities and resolve conflict diplomatically.
- Experience with Business Process Modelling – using/documenting Swim Lane and Flow Chart Diagrams.
- Experience in rolling out new systems/processes and managing user adoption.
- In addition to performing system integration testing IT Testing assists with User Acceptance Testing.
Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
- Agile Business Analyst; Stong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodologies, Required 5 Years
- Well versed with Scrum and Agile, Scaled Agile and Kanban methodologies, Required 5 Years
- Technical experience in organizing and maintaining sprint and product backlogs, Required 5 Years
- Technical experience translating client and product strategy requirement into application requirements and user stories., Required 5 Years
- Documenting high level Test Strategy, Test Plans, Test Cases and execution of test cases., Required 5 Years
- Ability to analyze and document business and system processes., Required 5 Years
- Prior State of VA IT Business Analyst Experience Strongly preferred, Highly desired
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