Agile Business Analyst - Vana Solutions

Vana Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of VTG, is recruiting an Agile Business Analyst. The Business Analyst will work with a team of developers and testers to analyze business requirements for delivery to internal and external stakeholders. They will work with product owners and business subject matter experts to elicit business requirements and translate business requirements into technical requirements. As well as facilitate storyboarding, story mapping, and backlog refinement sessions. 

• Perform story analysis to determine conditions of satisfaction and ensure acceptance criteria are clearly defined. 
• Manage the evolution of user stories and other backlog items, including breaking down the stories, eliciting conversations, and facilitating story refinement sessions. 
• Work with cross-functional team members to ensure user stories are concise, comprehensible, feasible, unambiguous, and verifiable. 
• Work with the development team to support data analysis to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of an enterprise system.
• Perform functional and regression testing and provide feedback 
• Facilitate UAT with end-users including the development of Release Notes, test scenarios, UAT process training, and collaboration with testers. 
• Must be experienced in Agile/Scrum framework 
• Strong understanding of Scrum and Quality Assurance processes
• Must be able to work on Eastern Standard Time 

• Proficient in entire MS 365 Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) 
• Strong understanding of business analysis principles, processes, and techniques 
• Ability to plan and organize in complex, fast-paced environments 
• Posses excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Results-oriented, self-motivated, pro-active team player, and positive attitude
• Strong facilitation skills (e.g., facilitating diverse groups to a decision or consensus)
• Demonstrates "hands-on" approach where necessary 
• Experience with Jira preferred  
• Strong written and verbal communication. 
• Ability to obtain a security clearance. 
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.  

Education:

Bachelor's degree from an accredit university - preferably in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field