Business Analyst

SAIC•Ashburn, VA

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior Business Analyst to join our team based out of Ashburn, VA and begin an exciting and challenging career with SAIC. This position is hybrid-remote and requires 2 days on-site in Ashburn, VA per week.

Requirements

Business analyst with a minimum of 5 years of experience facilitating meetings with stakeholders to develop business and technical requirements.
Ability to co-lead a technical development team of 6-10 team members.
Experience in leading and facilitating scrum ceremonies.
Experience with SAFe and Program Increment planning and execution.
Strong time management to ensure meetings are done efficiently and within time box.
Must be resourceful in removing team roadblocks.
Experience defining software requirements for complex products using the Agile software delivery methodology.
Ability to understand complex technical concepts and present them in simple terms to non-technical team members and clients.
Candidate must be willing to work collaboratively in a team environment and manage multiple assignments.
Must actively support, enforce, and contribute to the Agile practices adopted by the development team.
Must have experience with enterprise web applications for the Federal government.
Experience with 508 compliance.
May provide end-user support to the field.
Bachelor's and five (5) years or more experience; Master's and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience.
US Citizenship is required and ability to obtain a Customs and Border Protection Public Trust.
Current holder of a DHS Public Trust clearance or the ability to obtain one.
Employment will be contingent upon having/obtaining a DHS Public Trust clearance prior to starting.

Nice To Haves

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), or Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus.

Responsibilities

Conducting and facilitating status and planning meetings.
Working with clients to create, review, and adjudicate Program Increment planning.
Working with scrum teams to execute all objectives and epics in the Program Increment.
Developing detailed documentation of client needs.
Leading and facilitating grooming session with clients to gather, analyze, and decompose both functional and non-functional requirements.
Using Atlassian Confluence and Jira.
Maintaining a Kanban board.
Creating detailed user stories, including acceptance criteria, mockups (if required), and any additional information to assist development.
When scope changes occur mid-sprint or during a release cycle, working with Project Managers on adjustments and message to the clients.
Interacting with Office of Information Technology (OIT) PMs and their customers.
Developing and delivering business processes for requirements.
Writing JQL queries in Jira.
Performing requirements analysis to determine feasibility and to decompose requirements to concise and testable user stories.
Developing and adhering to Definition-of-Ready and Definition-of-Done established by the team.