Business Analyst

at  Alpha Omega Integration

WORK LOCATION: REMOTE; ARLINGTON, VA (ONSITE QUARTERLY – AS CLIENT REQUESTED)

Alpha Omega is seeking a qualified Business Analyst to support an IT portfolio within a PMO for one of our clients.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in business or an IT related field, which can be substituted for technical certifications or relevant experience
• Skills and Experience:
• 3-5 Years of experience as a Business Analyst or Product Owner
• Knowledge of various agile business analysis techniques including interviewing, brainstorming, problem discovery, and MVP identification
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders at varied levels
• Experience in supporting business and project teams in translating complex business needs into user stories
• Ability to test user stories against acceptance criteria
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and proven ability to ask probing questions to business team members
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities effectively
• Experience using JIRA and Confluence

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working in an environment leveraging the SAFe framework
• Active or recent previous DHS experience HIGHLY desired
• At least 1 year of experience in Product Management and/or Product Development
• Proven track record of delivering data driven solutions with a customer-first mindset
• Expertise in transforming and building end-to-end environments using DevOps to integrate, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and operate multiple systems

• Collaborate directly with Product Management, consisting of client leadership, the Release Train Engineer, designers, and additional Business Analysts
• Decompose and document large initiatives into smaller features and user stories
• Write user stories that clearly describe the desired business outcome and contain non-prescriptive – but testable - Acceptance Criteria that enables teams to define the best solution
• Assist the Product Management team in prioritization of the Program Backlog
• Present documented features and user stories to stakeholders for feedback.
• Suggest product improvements or enhancements to increase end-user satisfaction
• Facilitate and lead meetings with various internal and external stakeholders