Lead Business Analyst

  • Windsor Mill, MD
  • 05/20/2023
  • On-site Job - W2 - Contract

Lead Business Analyst

Windsor Mill, MD

Position Description:

Lead the development of highly innovative products/solutions, achieved through collaboration and dialogue with other experts in the field. The candidate will continually assess advancements in technologies to gauge and recommend better solutions for the customer to improve the software developer experience and efficient delivery of software.

Mentor and coach technical staff, proactively shape product vision, and support multiple internal/external initiatives to achieve mission success. The candidate will have past and proven experiences as the technical lead on large, complex projects, and enterprise solutions.

Provide technical advice/input that impact strategic client outputs and the federal client business results.

Impact functional strategy by developing new solutions, processes, standards, or operational plans that position the client competitively in the marketplace

All other duties as assigned or directed.

Key Required Skills:

Project Management.

Defining business requirements.

Using agile techniques.

System testing and data analysis.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Experience with testing.

Test plans

Test cases

Agility, and

Exposure to automation testing.

Skills Requirements:

Foundation for Success (Basic Qualifications):

This experience is the foundation a candidate needs to be successful in this position:

Master's degree and 5+ years of experience in a training-related field or bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience in a training-related field.

Must be able to obtain a Public Trust

Experience in defining business requirements focused on the customer experience.

Experience using agile techniques for requirements elicitation, software testing, quality assurance processes, and writing technical documentation.

Experience with system testing and data analysis, which includes creating and running SQL Queries to validate system results.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain grants management policies, processes, and technical information clearly and accurately.

Experience in Agile methodology and related management tools (Confluence, Jira, Kanban, VersionOne/Agility.)

Adept knowledge in developing project management artifacts such as detailed project plans/schedules with dependency

Experience leading projects related to Software Development in a large corporation or federal government agencies.

Ability to work as a Project Manager and/or back up Project Manager time to time in a medium to large scale projects.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills including presentation skills.

Experience with cross team collaboration with groups or organizations outside project team you led.

Ability to collaborate in a team environment, including with organizations/projects outside your own.

Factors to Help You Shine (Required Skills):

These skills will help you succeed in this position:

Project management experience.

Experience with Version one (Agility) or Jira.

Experience working in a scaled agile/scrum environment managing requirements, backlogs and roadmaps of multiple projects and products.

Ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Experience engaging in business process analysis, understanding the customer's business process requirements, and capable of translating those business requirements into business and technical documentation and specifications.

Support User Interface (UI) and database validation activities by documenting test plans and test scenarios, identifying and creating test data, executing test cases and test scenarios, identifying defects and performing defect management.

Comprehensive knowledge of Scrum and Kanban Agile development process and ceremonies including scrums, planning events, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and demos.

Strong communication and collaborative skills in providing technical direction and hands-on software development to include design, development, and testing.

Ability to work as a Co-PM and lead tasks related to project management.

Demonstrate ability to analyze risks and uncertainties.

Demonstrate ability to navigate projects through established processes.

Analyzing and responding to requirements.

Developing and leading presentations.

Ability to communicate with Directors, Customers, and Executives on progress, status and risks about the project.

How to Stand Out from the Crowd (Desired Skills)

Showcase your knowledge of modern development through the following experience or skills:

Experience with Ready APIs, testing, writing, communication.

Experience documenting requirements in the form of epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

Experience validating system results match the expectation of the requirements.

Experience developing and maintaining technical documentation.

PMP certification would be a plus.

Education/Work Experience:

Master's degree and 5+ years of experience in a training-related field or bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience in a training-related field.

 

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Please send/Email resumes:

careers@ommincorp.com