Business Analyst II

Company: Mackson, an A-Tek Company
Location: Bethesda
Posted on: May 1, 2021

Job Description:

A-TEK Inc., is seeking to staff a team of software professionals to build and deploy new systems with web capabilities for one of our key government customers. We have an immediate opportunity for a Business Analyst II at the customer site in Bethesda, MD or remotely.This position involves working as an integral part of a team with developers on multiple projects to build out web-based applications. The ideal candidate will have experience in web-based applications with a track record of establishing good customer relationships, understanding business needs, and training users to use the systems developed.Position Responsibilities:

• Identify client business and system requirements and translate or decompose those needs into actionable software requirements, test criteria, and scenarios
• Analyze business and user needs, document requirements, and translate them into proper system requirement specifications
• Establish positive relationships with all stakeholders
• Assist with developing the business case and vision
• Document the as-is state and to-be state of systems
• Elicit, analyze and validate business requirements
• Clearly describe requirements following Agile User Story conventions
• Develop, manage and maintain all work products and deliverables from creation to finalization
• Create and maintain a hierarchical, feature-driven view of requirements
• Create technical specifications and test plans
• Examine and evaluate current systems to determine and assess capabilities and business rules
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Facilitate system design sessions with business users and client managers
• Liaise with users to track additional requirements and features
• Train users on new systems, applications and provide support
• Create training materials to support users adoption of new systems, features or functionalityRequired Qualifications:
  • Requires a BA or BS degree from an accredited institution in a management or technical discipline - Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Management (related degrees and equivalent experience will be considered) and 4-6 years of performing business analysis, including aspects of business process and requirements elicitation and producing documentation and wireframes
  • Positive customer and user orientation and demonstrated experience working with customers face-to-face to elicit and translate customer business needs and requirements
  • Proactive customer management skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication including effective listening skills and customer relationship management; must be able to communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing
  • Knowledge of IT systems or IT organizations
  • Ability to learn the functionality of software applications and the elements of business or user processes and write detailed non-coding requirements
  • Ability to become a product expert and communicate coherently to our customers
  • Ability to learn and document moderately complex business rules and processes
  • Agile/SCRUM experience
  • Familiarity working with user stories and other SDLC documentation
  • Ability to work in a highly team-oriented, cross-functional and collaborative environment
  • Highly organized and efficient; strong attention to detail and accuracy
  • Ability to be a self-starter and manage competing priorities, multi-task, and continue to meet all deadlines and commitments while remaining flexible with continually changing priorities
  • Solid computer skills with Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Visio)
  • Ability to write training materials that are intuitive for different levels of usersPreferred Skills and Experience:
    • Federal contracting experience, HHS a plus
    • JIRA and other Agile Backlog tools like Visual Studio Online
    • Experience with the SDLC / EPLC
    • Experience with facilities management and/or BIM
    • Keen sense of the User Experience and User Journey
    • Technical competency in JIRA, HP ALM, Office 365 - provided by Dice

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