Senior Business Analyst IV

Company: A-TEK
Location: Rockville
Posted on: September 17, 2020

Job Description:

Mackson, an A-TEK Company, is seeking to staff a team of software professionals to build and deploy new systems with web capabilities for our key government customers. We have an immediate opportunity for a Business Analyst IV in our Rockville, MD office. The Business Analyst IV will also spend time on the customer site in Rockville, MD in support of federal clients.

This position involves working as an integral part of a team of analysts and developers on multiple projects to build out applications that have web and mobile components. The ideal candidate will have experience in web-based applications with a track record of establishing good customer relationships. These applications may involve single and/or multiple platform solutions. These apps will include features such as being workflow driven, media capture, complex business rules, printing, barcode creation and scanning, and many more interesting challenges.

Position Responsibilities:

Identify client business and system requirements and translate or decompose those needs into actionable software requirements, test criteria, and scenarios

Analyze business and user needs, document requirements, and translate them into proper system requirement specifications

Establish positive relationships with all stakeholders

Assist with developing the business case and vision

Document the as-is state and to-be state of systems

Elicit, analyze and validate business requirements

Clearly describe requirements following Agile User Story conventions

Develop, manage and maintain all work products and deliverables from creation to finalization

Create and maintain a hierarchical feature driven view of requirements

Create technical specifications and test plans

Examine and evaluate current systems to determine and assess capabilities and business rules

Collaborate with cross-functional teams

Facilitate system design sessions with business users and client managers

Liaise with users to track additional requirements and features

Train users on new systems, applications and provide support

Required Qualifications:

Requires a BA or BS degree from an accredited institution in a management or technical discipline – Computer Science, Information Technology (related degrees will be considered) and 10-15 years of performing business analysis, including aspects of business process and requirements elicitation and documentation including customer relationship management

Experience working with clients face-to-face

Knowledge of IT systems or IT organizations

Ability to learn the functionality of software applications and the elements of business or user processes and write detailed non-coding requirements

Ability to become a product expert and communicate coherently to our clients

Ability to learn and document complex business rules and processes

User stories and other SDLC documentation

Agile/SCRUM experience

Ability to work in a highly team-oriented, collaborative environment

Strong attention to detail and accuracy

Ability to be a self-starter and manage competing priorities, multi-task, and continue to meet all deadlines and commitments while remaining flexible with continually changing priorities

Excellent written and oral communication including technical writing; must be able to communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing

Solid computer skills with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Visio)

Preferred Skills and Experience:

Federal contracting experience supporting HHS or FDA;

JIRA and other Agile Backlog tools like Visual Studio Online

Experience with the SDLC / EPLC

Experience with data analytics and process analysis paradigms for addressing client needs

Keen sense of the User Experience and User Journey

Technical competency in JIRA, HP ALM, Office 365 and Balsamiq

Qualifications Education Required

Bachelors or better in Computer Science or related field.

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