Business Analyst

OverviewWe are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join our team supporting the HHS client.Responsibilities

• Gathers business requirements, conducts need assessments and develops functional specifications to ensure that developed information technology solutions support business objectives.
• Serves as a liaison between development teams and the internal/external customer or end user.
• Communicates requirements to the development teams through the use of specifications, statements of work, project plans, or other forms of documentation. Coordinate with developers, quality assurance teams, and users to test processes and ensure functionality and user acceptance.
• Analyzes and documents system artifacts, user requirements, procedures, and technical challenges to help maintain the existing data platform.
• Independently leads meetings, facilitate discussions, conduct interviews with business clients and other stakeholders to perform integration business requirements elicitation and create business requirements documentation, and meeting minutes.
• Develops business requirements in the form of use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, and system requirements, following an Agile software development life cycle methodology.
• Develops business process models, workflow diagrams and other artifacts.
• Analyzes datasets and integrate business data into BRDs.
• Analyzes and document "current" state of a business operation on-premises to understand its component parts and their relationship to each other in a system, to be able to successfully migrate to the cloud.
• Develops and help implement a future "target" business process solution.
• Develops training materials.
• Assists Sr. Program Manager in deliverable submission and project execution.
• Performs Scrum Master duties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technical field.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Considered a high-level specialist who regularly interacts and works with senior management. Uses advanced techniques, theories, and processes to complete work.
• Requires 5+ years of experience with administration of technical projects.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Solid knowledge of Agile software development experience.
• Ability to work independently and within a team setting.
• Experience working with government clients is a big plus.
• Prior experience with HHS EPLC framework is a plus.
• Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP) or Professional Business Analyst (PBA) certification is preferred but not required.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) is a must.
• Must be a US citizen or a Green Card holder.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability, or have known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at job-assist@akima.com or 571-353-7053 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).Job: Information TechnologyTravel: NoneOrganization: ADM - Akima Data ManagementClearance: Public TrustWork Type: RemoteRemote: YesReqID: 2024-12207