AEM Corporation · 10 hours ago
Business Analyst
Reston, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$75K/yr - $85K/yr
5+ years expAEM Corporation is a recognized market leader in helping education clients improve their systems and processes. They are seeking highly motivated Business Analysts to advance federal and state agency management of data ecosystems by translating business requirements into system solutions and managing system implementation.
ConsultingData VisualizationInformation ServicesInformation Technology
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit and document business and system requirements, working closely with business and IT teams to analyze requirements and identify solutions
Investigate and analyze business processes and workflows, identify improvement opportunities, and document processes and outcomes
Elicit requirements from stakeholders by conducting interviews, workshops, survey/questionnaires, prototypes, documentation analysis, and other requirements gathering techniques
Translate business needs into clear functional specifications, user stories, and create mock-ups
Write and maintain detailed functional specifications and requirements for new or modified systems
Facilitate requirement review and validation sessions with client and development teams
Maintain traceability of requirements throughout the project lifecycle
Manage changes to requirements through formal change control processes
Follow agile development processes and support/lead scrum meetings and ceremonies
Create or assist in creating user documentation, user guides, training materials, and conduct training sessions for system users
Monitor and document post-implementation problems
Apply business and functional knowledge, including testing standards, to meet the team’s overall test objectives
Decompose business requirements into test cases that can be utilized by the internal team and external users (i.e., client, grantees). Analyze the project’s business requirements through test case documentation to ensure requirements are met by the development team
Design and execute the test scripts and test scenarios. Execute all test cases, report defects, and coordinate with the development team to prioritize defects
Prepare, manage, and lead user acceptance testing with external users. Document feedback and issues from user acceptance testing
Complete regression testing, as required
Assist in preparing project documentation
Maintain and update status reports
Qualification
Required
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field from an accredited institution and 5-7 years related experience
Proven past experience with Federal agencies (U.S. Department of Education, state or district K-12 data collections and/or grants experience preferred)
Advanced skills in MS Word, Outlook, Excel, and SharePoint
Effective project management skills. Ability to work on several projects simultaneously, work as part of a team and to also work independently
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Candidates must have the ability to work for any employer in the US without sponsorship
Ability to obtain a clearance. US citizenship required
Preferred
Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies preferred
Experience with JIRA and/or Azure DevOps
Active 5(c) public trust clearance preferred, not required
Company
AEM Corporation
AEM Corporation is a diversified services company that primarily supports federal agencies and Fortune 500 clients.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Sharon deMonsabert
President
Recent News
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