Business Analyst (DoL)
United States of America
Full-time
2 weeks ago
$100,000 - $120,000 USD
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
Business process analysisSystem analysisAgile methodologyJIRAUI/UX experienceScrum master certificationTesting-related certificationChange managementTraining supportCommunication skillsJiraAgileScrumStrategic PlanningChange Management
About this role
Horizon Industries Limited is a dynamic IT and Management Consulting firm based in the Washington, DC area. They are seeking a Business Analyst (Appian) to support the Department of Labor, focusing on understanding user stories, documenting acceptance criteria, and leading scrum sessions.
Responsibilities:
- Review user stories in backlog; gain a solid understanding of the changes needed
- Collaborate with Product Owners to understand user stories and updates needed
- Document acceptance criteria for user stories and bug tickets
- Help Developers understand the user stories and acceptance criteria, and lead discussions of new functionality
- Test user stories and ensure that testing is appropriately documented, with evidence recorded
- Serve as scrum master/ lead daily scrums
- Develop an agenda for backlog grooming session; get concurrence with Product Owners
- Lead backlog grooming sessions with Product Owners
- Lead demo day and introduce stories to the Product Owners
- Train stakeholders on new functionality
- Document business processes and changes
- Update requirements documentation
- Update user manuals
Requirements:
- Provide detailed, comprehensive, testable, and traceable process components in several formats, including but not limited to Business Requirements, Functional Requirements, Data Requirements, System Software Specifications and Use Cases
- Provide business process and system analysis, design, improvement, and implementation support
- Translate business process needs into technical requirements, provide change management and training support
- The ability to communicate organizational and strategic planning for both technical and functional environments
- Five (5) years of current experience (including educational) in business process and system analysis, design, improvement, and implementation efforts, change management, and training support
- Experience in Agile and JIRA is required
- Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as software engineering, information systems, computer science, business, etc
- It is desired that this person has UI/UX experience with software applications
- Scrum master certification is nice to have
- Any testing-related certification is a plus