Senior Business Analyst /Requirements Lead

Senior Business Analyst/Requirements Lead Job #986

Clearance: Public Trust or ability to obtain

High-Level Project Summary/Intro:  

Dev Technology Group is looking for an experienced Business Analyst/Requirements Lead to support both Operations & Maintenance (O&M) and new development efforts for a federal government client. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in the application of methodologies related to software lifecycle management and agile software development. This is a great opportunity to work on mission-critical systems that provide clear value to end users and our federal government clients.

What You'll Be Doing:

The Business Analyst/Requirements Lead shall ensure that the acceptance criteria are understood by the development team and serve as a liaison to the program’s Business Requirements team.

Business Analyst responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Collaborating with the government business owners to define and document business requirements in user stories
• Conveying government business owner requirements to the team (including documentation, prioritization, clarification) for analysis, estimate, development, testing, and implementation
• Managing creation and maintenance of program service level agreements, team processing agreements, working agreements, and other associated agile documentation
• Ensuring technical documents and processes are successfully completed, updated, and stored (i.e., logical design diagrams, control agreements, etc.)
• Overseeing the successful operation of Scrum teams and Kanban activities across the program
• Completing meeting minutes for technical meetings and storing minutes and other agile documentation on appropriate documentation tools
• Assisting the Contract PM and Government ITPMs with documenting, assigning, and closing action items
• Documenting business processes flows and technical workflows

Required Education, Experience, and Skills: 

• Bachelor’s degree with eight (8) or more years of relevant business analyst
• experience in an enterprise software development environment, including experience in the application of methodologies related to software lifecycle management and agile

• Agile development experience to include requirements definition via user story creation, facilitation of agile ceremonies, and knowledge of processes and procedures for continuous improvement and maturity

• Five (5) or more years of relevant experience using Jira to manage workloads utilizing Scrum and Kanban methodologies
• Ability to explain business requirements to developers and testers for implementation in releases
• Ability to discuss technical issues with non-technical, management-level government officials

• Ability to work in a demanding and deadline-driven environment

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Excellent active listening skills

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification issued by Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Prior experience with the SEVIS application or in a related function such as PDSO/DSO or RO/ARO
• Understanding of Federal governing regulations for F, M and J nonimmigrants

Who We Are

Dev Technology is a growing IT company with an employee-centric culture that works on mission-critical projects for the federal government. We partner with our federal customers to deliver technology services and solutions, and to drive our client’s missions forward through innovation. We use Agile and