Business Analyst

Business Analyst Primary Location: Richmond, Virginia Local candidates only. V-Soft Consulting is currently hiring for a Business Analyst for our premier client in Richmond, Virginia . WHAT YOU'LL NEED: Technical Requirements and Certifications " CBAP and/or CSPO Certification. Education and Experience " Must have a minimum of 10 years of experience delivering business and systems analysis artifacts. 5 years of experience as an Agile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology. Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs. Experience translating client and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories. Proficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process with development. Experience with large, multi-module systems. Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server). Experience with Application Lifecycle management (ALM). Must have exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers. Preferred: Experience using Team Foundation Server for agile software development and work item tracking. Experience with automated testing tools such as TestComplete. WHAT YOU'LL DO: Job Responsibilities: Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points. Develop expertise in the customers' business applications. Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups. Conduct Root Cause Analysis to identify system gaps and deficiencies that require a business, technical or blended approach for resolution. Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows, context diagrams and data flow diagrams. Discover and document requirements and user stories with a focus on improving both business and technical processing. Utilize progressive elaboration; map stories to technical design specifications to be used by internal staff to develop the system modifications. Identify and group related user stories into Themes, document the dependencies and associated business processes. Decompose requirements into Epics and Features and create clear and concise user stories that are easy to understand and implement by technical staff. Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog. Propose alternative solutions that balance cost and benefit, and adequately test a solution's feasibility for business and technical compatibility. Collaborate with staff, vendors, consultants, and contractors as they are engaged on tasks to formulate, detail and test potential and implemented solutions. Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress. Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test plans and test cases, and executing test cases (including regression testing). Interested? Qualified candidates should send their resumes to pvamshivsoftconsulting.com V-Soft Consulting Group is recognized among the top 100 fastest growing staffing companies in North America, V-Soft Consulting Group is headquartered in Louisville, KY with strategic locations in India, Canada and the U.S. V-Soft is known as an agile, innovative technology services company holding several awards and distinctions and has a wide variety of partnerships across diverse technology stacks. As a valued V-Soft Consultant, you're eligible for full benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision), a 401(k) plan, competitive compensation and more. V-Soft is partnered with numerous Fortune 500 companies, exceptionally positioned to advance your career growth. V-Soft Consulting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. For more information or to view all our open jobs, please visit www.vsoftconsulting.com or call (844) 425-8425. LI-PV3 INDSP