Business Analyst
Posted Today by System One
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote
Summary: The Business Analyst role involves supporting an Agile team in delivering capabilities for an enterprise financial software system and web application. The position requires translating business needs into clear requirements and documentation while collaborating with various stakeholders. The analyst will also facilitate discussions, support backlog refinement, and maintain comprehensive documentation. A federal Public Trust clearance is necessary for this long-term remote contract position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support an Agile team delivering capabilities for an enterprise financial software system and web application.
- Translate business and system needs into clear requirements, user stories, and documentation while collaborating with stakeholders, product owners, designers, architects, developers, and delivery teams.
- Analyze business systems, user needs, and operational processes to develop clear requirements, user stories, use cases, process flows, and supporting documentation.
- Facilitate stakeholder discussions to clarify scope, confirm priorities, and translate requirements into actionable work for development teams.
- Support backlog refinement, sprint planning, estimation, and prioritization in partnership with the Product Owner and Scrum Master.
- Create and maintain documentation, including functional specifications, data flows, test scenarios, requirements traceability, wireframes, mockups, and status materials.
- Present requirements, product features, metrics, and project updates to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Coordinate with program, project, architecture, technical, and delivery teams to support Agile execution across a large program.
Key Skills:
- Ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust clearance.
- Minimum of four (4) or more years of Business Analyst experience supporting Agile software development or technology implementation projects.
- Bachelor’s degree, or four (4) additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- Strong understanding of the Agile software development lifecycle and project management practices.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
- Strong communication, facilitation, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities while balancing strategic objectives with detailed requirements.
- Experience using Jira and Confluence to support Agile delivery, backlog management, and documentation.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio or a comparable diagramming tool.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: McLean, VA
Type: Long-term contract
Work Model: Remote
Hours: 40.0
Security Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust clearance
Contact: Crystal.dinnocenti@systemone.com
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support an Agile team delivering capabilities for an enterprise financial software system and web application.
- Translate business and system needs into clear requirements, user stories, and documentation while collaborating with stakeholders, product owners, designers, architects, developers, and delivery teams.
- Analyze business systems, user needs, and operational processes to develop clear requirements, user stories, use cases, process flows, and supporting documentation.
- Facilitate stakeholder discussions to clarify scope, confirm priorities, and translate requirements into actionable work for development teams.
- Support backlog refinement, sprint planning, estimation, and prioritization in partnership with the Product Owner and Scrum Master.
- Create and maintain documentation, including functional specifications, data flows, test scenarios, requirements traceability, wireframes, mockups, and status materials.
- Present requirements, product features, metrics, and project updates to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Coordinate with program, project, architecture, technical, and delivery teams to support Agile execution across a large program.
REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust clearance.
- Minimum of two (4) or more years of Business Analyst experience supporting Agile software development or technology implementation projects.
- Bachelor’s degree, or four (4) additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- Strong understanding of the Agile software development lifecycle and project management practices.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
- Strong communication, facilitation, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities while balancing strategic objectives with detailed requirements.
- Experience using Jira and Confluence to support Agile delivery, backlog management, and documentation.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio or a comparable diagramming tool.
System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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