Business Analyst with Agile Scrum (Hybrid)

Job Title: Business Analyst with Agile Scrum (Hybrid)Location: Richmond, VADuration: 12+ MonthsJob Description:The client is seeking a Business with experience in data analytics to work as a key member of Business Analysis and Testing Support team. This analyst will support teams working in Agile (Sprint) as well as traditional Waterfall methodologies for Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).Responsibilities include analyzing problems; documenting business processes and data lifecycle; developing data requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria; and testing. The client is a fast-paced organization with very high standards for work quality and efficiency. This position is expected to handle multiple projects, and remain flexible and productive, despite changing priorities and processes. Ongoing improvement and efficiency are a part of our culture, and each team member is expected to proactively contribute to process improvements.Responsibilities:Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points.Develop expertise in the customers' datasets and data lifecycle.Profile source data: review source data and compare content and structure to dataset requirements; identify conflicts and determine recommendations for resolution.Conduct entity resolution to identify matching and merging and semantic conflicts.Elicit, record, and manage metadata.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.Decompose requirements into Epics and Features and create clear and concise user stories that are easy to understand and implement by technical staff.Utilize progressive elaboration; map stories to data models and architectures to be used by internal staff to facilitate master data management.Identify and group related user stories into themes, document dependencies and associated business processes.Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog.Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups.Collaborate with staff, vendors, consultants, and contractors as they are engaged on tasks to formulate, detail and test potential and implemented solutions.Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test plans and test cases, and executing test cases.Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress.QualificationsRequired:Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogsExperience translating client and product strategy requirements into dataset requirements and user storiesProficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance processExperience with enterprise data managementExperience with reporting systems - operational data stores, data warehouses, data lakes, data martsThe candidate must have exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customersPreferred:CBAP and/or CSPO CertificationCDMP and/or CDP CertificationExperience using Team Foundation Server and work item trackingExperience with automated testing tools such as Test CompleteSkills: SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceDelivering business and systems analysis artifacts such as Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)Required10YearsExperience with enterprise data management, data analysis, and data lifecycleRequired5YearsAgile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodologyRequired5YearsExperience translating business and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user storiesRequiredProficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process with developmentRequiredExperience creating wireframes and prototypes (using applications such as Balsamiq)RequiredExperience with large, multi-module systemsRequiredExpertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)RequiredExperience with Application Lifecycle management (ALM)RequiredExceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customersRequiredExperience using Team Foundation Server for agile software development and work item trackingDesiredExperience with automated testing tools such as TestCompleteDesiredCertified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) CertificationDesired