Senior Functional Analyst-VHA Finance

Clearwaters.IT•Washington, DC

15h•Remote

About The Position

Clearwaters.IT is seeking a highly motivated, self-directed Senior Functional Analyst to lead the capture, elaboration, documentation, and management of business requirements for software development teams. The role collaborates closely with business users, IT teams, customers, stakeholders, contractors, and leadership. The analyst uses JIRA as an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool to manage requirements, testing, defects, epics, sub-epics, and user stories, and supports Agile and SAFe product development. The position is 100% remote, and candidates must reside in the United States. The analyst serves as a product functional subject matter expert, supports development teams in understanding requirements, facilitates Scrum activities, monitors product and program execution, and mentors junior analysts. The role also manages requirements change control, project artifacts, risks, traceability, and delivery of project documents.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance.
Master’s degree in engineering or a related scientific or technical discipline and 10 years of experience; alternatively, 10 additional years of relevant experience may substitute for the education requirement.
Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics to customers, management, and non-technical audiences.
Attention to detail and excellent customer service skills.
Motivation, analytical ability, problem-solving skills, initiative, and ability to learn quickly.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, learn new skills and client environments, and develop domain expertise.
Ability to conduct independent research to lead or support resolution of complex questions and issues.
Advanced use of Microsoft Office Suite, including strong Excel skills.
Ability to integrate information from multiple sources and work collaboratively in a team setting.
Expertise with Jira tools.
Experience in large Agile software development or data integration projects.
Experience working with customers, users, and project leads to analyze, design, implement, and support IT business systems across diverse applications, including healthcare and financial systems.
Understanding of eliciting customer and end-user requirements in a software application lifecycle environment.
Strong experience in requirements elaboration and acceptance-criteria development.
Experience working in a SAFe Agile environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience working at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Experience working in an Agile environment.
Working knowledge of VA’s VIP Agile process.
VA SQA testing experience.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification.
Experience working for a federal health agency such as VA, DHA, or HHS.
Knowledge of healthcare billing and claims processing applications.

Responsibilities

Lead Agile requirements management activities for a product team, including analyzing user needs and identifying functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements.
Conduct user interviews and facilitate sessions; develop business process models and formal specifications.
Gather and document business, functional, technical, and non-technical requirements with customers, team members, stakeholder users, and contractors.
Elaborate user stories, decompose stories into backlog items, and define acceptance criteria.
Use JIRA for requirements management, testing, and defect management, including creating and managing requirements, epics, sub-epics, and user stories.
Collect, track, monitor, validate, and integrate system and business requirements.
Conduct backlog refinement sessions and maintain scheduled project and product backlogs.
Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess the impact of requirements on technical solutions.
Manage requirements across projects and write and deliver project documents to clients.
Identify and manage risks and issues affecting project progress and outcomes.
Own and manage requirements change control, develop change requests under established policies and procedures, and support processes for monitoring and controlling project scope.
Facilitate configuration management of project artifacts.
Identify, document, verify, and track traceability among requirements, test cases, risks, and impediments.
Collect, analyze, manage, and report program and product team execution status and metrics across the Agile product development lifecycle using SAFe.
Analyze and document task dependencies and interrelationships in stories.
Become a product functional subject matter expert and lead and mentor junior analysts in accordance with the Team Lead’s strategy and direction.
Build strong relationships with product and business owners and support development teams in understanding requirements.
Follow Scrum practices and deliver requirements and specifications for sprint teams.
Help remove impediments to support successful sprint completion.
Provide clear qualitative and quantitative information to teams and stakeholders.