Business Analyst - HYBRID

12-to-18-month contract

Hybrid : 3 days per week Onsite

In-person interview

5+ years of BA Experience in IT project. IT software / application project experience required

5+years 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.
• Other Required and demonstrated work skills
• 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.
• Skills
• 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