Business Process Analyst

Leidos•Ashburn, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Homeland Force and Protection within Leidos is seeking Business Process Analyst with strong systems, software, cloud, and Agile experience to support a complex program to provide Agile development and operations and maintenance for critical systems on a mission-critical program supporting the Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD) Interface and Support Processes division within Customs and Border Protection (CBP). PSPD supports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CBP critical missions, specifically screening and processing travelers at the ports of entry (POEs) into the United States. This position requires frequent interactions with Architects, agile delivery teams, CBP product owners, and other CBP stakeholders to lead the gathering, refinement, and documentation of business needs and requirements. This position REQUIRES the candidate to be in Ashburn, VA, twice a week

Requirements

BA/BS with 10+ years of relevant experience or 8+ years of relevant experience with Master's Degree: OR 7 years of experience in lieu of degree
Must be able to maintain and obtain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start
Experience in Agile/Scrum/Kanban supporting Agile efforts
At least five (5) years of experience writing user stories, slicing features, using test suites and maintaining issue backlog
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with diverse agile teams, product owners, stakeholders, and SMEs.
Experience conducting stakeholder interviews and facilitating stakeholder workshops.
Experience with JIRA required

Nice To Haves

Active CBP BI
Experience with CBP PSPD
Previous experience developing software applications in a DevOps environment utilizing one or more of the following technologies: Java, HTML5/JavaScript, Oracle, and web services or IBM MQ
Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter. We're the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We don’t wear capes (they’re a safety hazard), but we do solve high-stakes problems with code, caffeine, and a healthy disregard for “how it’s always been done.”

Responsibilities

Collaborate with product owner, technical leads, and developers on the requirement elicitation, documentation in JIRA epic/stories/features and acceptance criteria in fast-paced agile environment
Work with product owners to refine, groom and prioritize the backlog
Work with development teams to flesh out technical and QA requirements
Collaborates with team on understanding the requirements and properly developing and testing functionality using BDD and ATDD
Quickly adapt to customer dynamic environment and adopt their processes and foster innovative ideas
Adopt to new ways of working, socializing and collaborating with stakeholders and understanding their business goals
Must be a self-starter, strong leader, and have the ability to work independently with little supervision
At times, takes on duties of manual testing, and or scrum maters, primary focus will always be Business Process Analyst