Senior Business/Functional Analyst

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Senior Business/Functional Analyst. The role involves leading the capture of business requirements for software development teams and collaborating with various stakeholders to document and manage requirements in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the capture of business requirements for software development teams
• Collaborate with business users, Information Technology (IT), and leadership to elaborate and document requirements in an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool
• Manage requirements in an ALM tool
• Perform Agile requirement management activities for a product team
• Perform the analysis of user needs to determine functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements
• Conduct user interviews, lead and facilitate sessions, and develop business process models and formal specifications
• Work with customers, team members, stakeholder users, and other contractors to gather and document business, functional, technical, and non-technical requirements
• Perform elaboration of user stories and decomposition of stories into backlog items and determine acceptance criteria
• Use an ALM tool (JIRA) for Requirements Management, Testing, and Defect Management to create and manage requirements, epics, sub-epics, and user stories
• Perform the collection, tracking, and monitoring of system and business requirements
• Validate requirements and integration
• Conduct backlog refinement sessions
• Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on technical solutions
• Manage and coordinate requirements for various projects
• Write and deliver project documents to the client
• Identify and manage risks and issues impacting the progress and outcome of the project
• Develop and maintain the scheduled project/product backlog(s)
• Own and manage requirements change control
• Develop Change Requests per established policies and procedures
• Facilitate accurate configuration management for project-related artifacts
• Identify, document, verify, and track traceability amongst requirements, test cases, and potential risks and impediments
• Collect, analyze, manage, and report key Program and Product Team execution status and metrics across all aspects of the Agile product development lifecycle using SAFe
• Perform analysis to identify required tasks and their interrelationships to establish well-documented stories
• Become a product functional Subject Matter Expert (SME)
• Lead and mentor junior analysts in accordance with strategy and direction established by the Team Lead
• Establish strong relationships with product and business owners
• Support development team as needed to help everyone understand the requirements’ details
• Follow Agile methodology (Scrum) and deliver requirements/specifications for Sprint teams
• Remove impediments from team members to achieve successful completion of Sprints
• Provide clear qualitative and quantitative information to teams and stakeholders
• Support change control processes established to monitor and control project scope

Requirements:

• Must possess a strong background in software development and Agile/Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to the customer, management, and non-technical audiences
• Must possess excellent attention to detail, customer service skills, and problem-solving abilities
• Past experience conducting independent research to support the resolution of complex questions
• Must possess advanced experience with Microsoft (MS) Office, including Excel
• Must possess excellent analytical skills, including integrating information from several sources
• Expertise with JIRA tools
• Experience in large, Agile software development or data integration projects
• 10 years of professional (an additional 10 years of experience may be substituted for education)
• Master's degree in Engineering or a related scientific or technical discipline
• U.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunity
• Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI)
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Working knowledge of VA's Veterans Independence Program (VIP)
• VA SQA Testing experience
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
• Experience working for a Federal Health Agency (VA, DHA, HHS, etc.)
• Healthcare billing and claims processing application knowledge