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DataStaff is in need of a Business Analyst for one of our direct clients in the Richmond, VA area for a long-term contract opportunity.
*This position is hybrid; 2/3 days per week will be onsite
Description:
Our client is seeking a Business Analyst 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:
- Analyzing problems; documenting business processes; developing requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria; and managing requirements traceability and testing.
- Handle multiple projects, and remain flexible and productive, despite changing priorities and processes.
- Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points
- Develop expertise in the customers business applications
- 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
- 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 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
- Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog
- Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups
- 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.
- Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test plans and test cases, and executing test cases (including regression testing)
- Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress
- Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs
Required Skills:
- 10 Years - Delivering business and systems analysis artifacts such as Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
- 5 Years - Agile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology
- 10 Years - Experience translating business and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories
- 10 Years - Proficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process with development
- 10 Years - Experience creating wireframes and prototypes (using applications such as Balsamiq)
- 5 Years - Experience with large, multi-module systems
- 10 Years - Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)
- 5 Years - Experience with Application Lifecycle management (ALM)
- 10 Years - Exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers
Desired Skills:
- Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certification
- Experience using Team Foundation Server for agile software development and work item tracking
- Experience with automated testing tools such as TestComplete
- 2 Years - Expertise with Power platform
This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.
