Date Posted: 10/22/2024
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 473182
Job Title: Business Analyst
Job Location: Richmond, VA, USA, 23220
Work Model: Hybrid
Shift: On-site 3 days a week
Employment Type: Temporary
Estimated Duration (In months): 9
Min Hourly Rate($): 55.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 58.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Agile, Azure, Business Analysis, SCRUM, SDLC, Selenium, UAT
Job Description
***Only qualified Business Analyst candidates located near the Richmond, VA area to be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence***
Preferred Certifications:
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
• PMI - Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
• PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Qualifications/ Experience:
• Minimum of 10 years of experience delivering business and data analysis artifacts with a customer-focused approach
• 5+ years of experience as an Agile Business Analyst with a strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology, including representing the customer during sprint reviews
• Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs, ensuring prioritization based on customer needs
• Proficiency in translating client and product strategy requirements into Epics, Features, and User Stories, ensuring alignment with customer goals
• Strong data analysis background, organizational data management concepts, and SQL/database experience, particularly in supporting customer-driven solutions
• Proficient in defining acceptance criteria and managing the acceptance process with the customer in mind
• Experience with software development applications such as Azure DevOps and/or Jira
• Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)
• Experience with reporting systems, operational data stores, data warehouses, data lakes, and data marts
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills with a proven ability to advocate for customers while working with a diverse set of peers and stakeholders
• Experience using Azure DevOps or Jira for agile software development and work item tracking
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Test Complete, Cucumber, or Selenium
Required Skills:
• Experience delivering business and systems analysis artifacts (8 Years)
• Experience as an Agile Business Analyst with a strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology (5 Years)
• Proven experience in organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs (5 Years)
• Proficiency in translating client and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories (8 Years)
• Defining acceptance criteria and managing the acceptance process with development teams (5 Years)
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with a proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers (8 Years)
Responsibilities:
• Act as the voice of the customer, working with project team members and business stakeholders to fully understand business processes, pain points, and customer needs
• Develop expertise in customers’ business applications and organizational data management concepts, advocating for the customer throughout the SDLC
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis to identify system gaps and deficiencies that impact the customer and require a business, technical, or blended approach for resolution
• Diagram current processes and propose modifications using process flows, context diagrams, and data flow diagrams to ensure clarity for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Discover and document customer-centric requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria with a focus on improving business and technical processes
• Decompose requirements into Epics and Features; create clear and concise user stories that are aligned with customer goals and are easy to implement by technical teams
• Map user stories to technical designs for system modifications, ensuring that solutions meet customer expectations
• Identify and group related user stories into Themes; document dependencies, ensuring alignment with customer priorities and business processes
• Assist the Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog with a customer-first mindset
• Perform Quality Analyst functions, defining test objectives, test plans, and test cases, while executing tests (including regression testing) to ensure customer satisfaction
• Coordinate and facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business stakeholders, ensuring that the customer is at the center of the testing process and keeping Project Managers/Scrum Masters informed of progress
Estimated Start Date: 11/04/2024
Interview Process: Both Web Cam and In Person Interview
Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).
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