Metric5
Senior Business Analyst
Metric5, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022
Location: Washington, DC; Reston, VA; Silver Spring, MD (Remote Flexibility)
Description
Metric5 is looking for a motivated Senior Business Analyst with strong Project Management skills to join an agile program supporting our US Treasury client.
As a Senior Business Analyst, you will be responsible for collaborating with the product owner, SMEs, and stakeholders to analyze tasks and requests to create user stories with acceptance criteria. You will also manage the sprint backlog, lead sprint demos, and participate in all major program ceremonies. You are comfortable working in a customer-facing role in an agile environment, and you are proactive in identifying risks, and developing solutions. The successful candidate will work directly with customers, developers, and other team members throughout all stages of the development lifecycle to implement application enhancements.
Position Responsibilities
Manage the product backlog and design artifacts in JIRA and ConfluenceLead requirements elicitation and refinement sessions to uncover business, functional, and technical needsFacilitate collection of user feedback and metrics trackingTranslate customer needs and requirement into epics, features, and user storiesMaintain requirements traceability and ensure development aligns with business objectivesPerform gap analysisSupport business process modeling, and human centered design activitiesWork directly with the development teams to clarify requirementsTranslate user stories into test cases and support QA/testing activitiesSupport organizational change strategy and artifacts to support a smooth system roll-outDevelop executive briefing artifacts and info-graphics/diagramsDevelop and deliver training material such as user guides, quick reference guides, learning videos, and instructor-led trainingSupport daily/weekly/quarterly Agile ceremonies
Required Skills
8 or more years of experience in the IT field focused on eliciting requirements and user story writingMust have excellent communication skillsExperience writing acceptance criteria in GherkinExperience in Agile business analysis, product ownership, or managementKnowledge and experience in several agile frameworks (e.g., Kanban, Scrum, XP, Lean, DevOps)Strong writing and communication skillsWorking knowledge and documented experience using requirements management tools such as JIRA and ConfluenceExperience with functional and end-to-end testing, such as conducting manual test cases and writing BDD test scriptsExperience providing end user training
Desired Skills And Certifications
Experience working in a SAFe Agile environmentPMP CertificationCertified Scrum MasterTechnical understanding to connect technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiencesInnovative thinking – ability to learn new tools and techniques and apply them to the program
Education: Bachelors degree
Years of Experience: 8+ years of relevant experience
Clearance: Must be a United States Citizen and able to obtain a security clearance for this government position.#J-18808-Ljbffr
Description
Metric5 is looking for a motivated Senior Business Analyst with strong Project Management skills to join an agile program supporting our US Treasury client.
As a Senior Business Analyst, you will be responsible for collaborating with the product owner, SMEs, and stakeholders to analyze tasks and requests to create user stories with acceptance criteria. You will also manage the sprint backlog, lead sprint demos, and participate in all major program ceremonies. You are comfortable working in a customer-facing role in an agile environment, and you are proactive in identifying risks, and developing solutions. The successful candidate will work directly with customers, developers, and other team members throughout all stages of the development lifecycle to implement application enhancements.
Position Responsibilities
Manage the product backlog and design artifacts in JIRA and ConfluenceLead requirements elicitation and refinement sessions to uncover business, functional, and technical needsFacilitate collection of user feedback and metrics trackingTranslate customer needs and requirement into epics, features, and user storiesMaintain requirements traceability and ensure development aligns with business objectivesPerform gap analysisSupport business process modeling, and human centered design activitiesWork directly with the development teams to clarify requirementsTranslate user stories into test cases and support QA/testing activitiesSupport organizational change strategy and artifacts to support a smooth system roll-outDevelop executive briefing artifacts and info-graphics/diagramsDevelop and deliver training material such as user guides, quick reference guides, learning videos, and instructor-led trainingSupport daily/weekly/quarterly Agile ceremonies
Required Skills
8 or more years of experience in the IT field focused on eliciting requirements and user story writingMust have excellent communication skillsExperience writing acceptance criteria in GherkinExperience in Agile business analysis, product ownership, or managementKnowledge and experience in several agile frameworks (e.g., Kanban, Scrum, XP, Lean, DevOps)Strong writing and communication skillsWorking knowledge and documented experience using requirements management tools such as JIRA and ConfluenceExperience with functional and end-to-end testing, such as conducting manual test cases and writing BDD test scriptsExperience providing end user training
Desired Skills And Certifications
Experience working in a SAFe Agile environmentPMP CertificationCertified Scrum MasterTechnical understanding to connect technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiencesInnovative thinking – ability to learn new tools and techniques and apply them to the program
Education: Bachelors degree
Years of Experience: 8+ years of relevant experience
Clearance: Must be a United States Citizen and able to obtain a security clearance for this government position.#J-18808-Ljbffr