About the role
Overview GovCIO is currently hiring for a Business Analyst to support the Department of Homeland Security. This position will be remote, local to the DC/ Maryland/Virginia area, with some onsite at client location for working sessions.
We are looking for an analytical, results-driven professional to join our team providing effective documentation, tailored towards executive-level audience, requirements analysis and elaboration, reporting, and functional support to a team-building government services and systems with a focus on user-centered design and agile delivery processes. As a Business Analyst, you will apply your knowledge of technical writing, requirements gathering, and agile processes with a focus on team organization and innovation, to build and enhance existing government platforms. If you are a person that thrives working in a fast-paced environment this team is for you.
Responsibilities
- Craft effective, professional, executive level communications to support IT projects and initiatives
- Own the intake process for all documentation/writing tasks from multiple Stakeholders, prioritize completion of final products
- Meet with stakeholders to intake requirements and translate to Behavior Driven Development User Stories
- Strong ability to reconcile business/technical/user flows and feature requirements
- Leverage communication skills to work with product owners and end-users to enhance requirements gathering and feedback for Scrum Teams
- Complete functional analysis of requirements as needed
- Act as Scrum Master owning appropriate DevOps/Agile ceremonies in coordination, execution, documentation, and reporting on test activities and functional analysis completed by teams
- Coordinate, execute, document, and report on test activities required to support the integration and systems interfaces
- Work with development teams and Project Managers to resolve test defects
- Estimate level of effort based upon tasks and responsibilities specific to tester functions
- Coordinate with other teams to facilitate Change Management activities
- Proficiency with ServiceNow and Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dynamics will be key to support multiple software products
Qualifications Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or business field with 2-5 years (or commensurate experience)
- Experience in JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNow, Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics
- Experience working on a scrum team and in a Scrum environment
- Candidates for this role must be proficient in both the Technical Writing and Business Analyst aspects of this position.
- Possesses exceptional communication, analytical, and writing skills
- Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced team environment
- Must be a U.S citizen
Preferred Skills And Experience
- Proven ability to work in a team-oriented environment
- Experience supporting government agencies, specifically DHS
- Experience planning, implementing, and executing software testing processes
Clearance Required: Ability to obtain and maintain a DHS clearance
Posted Salary Range: USD $75,000.00 - USD $85,000.00 /Yr.
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