Acuity, Inc. · 1 week ago

Business Analyst

Herndon, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

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Responsibilities

Own, manage, develop, and prioritize product backlog of user stories. Clearly communicate the requirements to the team and work with individual team members as needed to explain requirements.

Help stakeholders envision how their processes will change with the implementation of the solution.

Establish user story acceptance criteria and accept user stories into the baseline. Help define sprint goals for their project. Act as the proxy product owner to accept sprint-delivered development.

Assist development teams in researching, troubleshooting, and diagnosing issues, documenting solutions, and managing bug-fix release cycles.

Interact with technical staff and work collaboratively to define technical solutions to solve business needs.

Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously with strong time management skills.

Facilitate client-facing meetings to understand requirements and help prioritize organizational strategies and plans.

Coordinate and lead project team meetings with technical staff and other key stakeholders.

Assist the team lead in preparing project status reports and presentations by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information.

Qualification

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Requirements gatheringUser storiesAcceptance criteriaAgile methodsDevsecopsBusiness needs interpretationBusiness writingProblem-solvingVerbal communicationWritten communicationInitiativeTime managementMulti-taskingPrioritizationAnalyticalInterpersonalRelationship-buildingApplication modernizationCustom code developmentJavaReactBusiness process engineeringActive secret security clearanceOrganizedControlledEngagedPolishedEffective meeting management be decisiveSelf-starter

Required

Bachelor's Degree with experience in a related Information Technology field.

Certified Scrum Master strongly desired.

Experience in gathering requirements.

Experience writing user stories, including acceptance criteria.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts.

Able to take initiative, manage own workload, and assume responsibility for tasks.

Able to multi-task, handle multiple projects, and meet internal and client deadlines.

Experience with Agile methods and tools.

Knowledge of challenges and opportunities faced by DevSecOps agile teams.

Strong prioritization skills and ability to gather information quickly to re-prioritize in a dynamic environment.

Strong analytical skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs to be a successful advocate for the customer.

Excellent interpersonal skills, relationship-building skills, coordination, and people skills to promote the improvement of relationships between team members and the overall organization.

Strong business writing skills.