Business Analyst

at  Applied Information Sciences

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Introduction
As a Business Analyst, you will be using Agile software methodologies to identify, document, and convey multiple software use cases to our client. You will be helping maintain and develop systems and models with your advanced skills.

What you’ll be doing

• Perform refactoring analysis in support of MS Application modernizations.
• Elicit, identify, and capture functional and non-functional requirements through systems and use case analysis.
• Capture and transform stakeholder needs, expectations, constraints, and interfaces into customer features and user stories.
• Develop system context models, use case models, user interface storyboards, business process flow models, and domain models.
• Identify and specify business rules and map rules to use cases.
• Mockup UI designs in Visio, VS.NET, or other UI prototyping tools.
• Define an appropriate set of requirements definition and management tasks and estimate the work for their tasks and backlog items.
• Provide support for review of requirements compliance and requirements management best practices and artifacts.
• Possess effective skill in decomposition of business objectives into requirements contained within a product backlog which can then be implemented in a series of short and iterative development cycles.
• Engage regularly with stakeholders to identify business needs.
• Clearly communicate those business needs to a development team/Product Owner through user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Lead Backlog Grooming sessions in partnership with the Product Owner and the Team to refine Product Backlog.

Location and Travel Details:

• This is a remote opportunity with some travel to the client site.
• Must be a US Citizen
• Travel to the People’s Republic of China is prohibited for this role.

Required For This Opportunity

• Minimum three years relevant experience as a Business Analyst.
• Experience building backlogs and leading Backlog Grooming sessions.
• In-depth working knowledge of agile software development methodologies
• Experience with mockup UI designs, report designs and/or another reporting tool.
• Working knowledge of UML based modeling tools.
• Demonstrated client-services orientation in complex, evolving situations.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Skills

• Working knowledge of iterative software development methodologies such as Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF), or IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP).
• Working knowledge of Power Platform (Power Bi, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Query).
• Facilitating agile ceremonies.
• Previous experience working on Microsoft 365 modernization efforts.
• Listen and communicate detailed technical information effectively, verbally and in writing, in English. Strong technical writing and presentation skills.
• Security clearance preferred: Secret

Applied Information Sciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis covered by law. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business need

• Perform refactoring analysis in support of MS Application modernizations.
• Elicit, identify, and capture functional and non-functional requirements through systems and use case analysis.
• Capture and transform stakeholder needs, expectations, constraints, and interfaces into customer features and user stories.
• Develop system context models, use case models, user interface storyboards, business process flow models, and domain models.
• Identify and specify business rules and map rules to use cases.
• Mockup UI designs in Visio, VS.NET, or other UI prototyping tools.
• Define an appropriate set of requirements definition and management tasks and estimate the work for their tasks and backlog items.
• Provide support for review of requirements compliance and requirements management best practices and artifacts.
• Possess effective skill in decomposition of business objectives into requirements contained within a product backlog which can then be implemented in a series of short and iterative development cycles.
• Engage regularly with stakeholders to identify business needs.
• Clearly communicate those business needs to a development team/Product Owner through user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Lead Backlog Grooming sessions in partnership with the Product Owner and the Team to refine Product Backlog