Business Analyst - Columbia, MD - Georgia IT Inc.
Columbia, MD
About the Job
Job Title : Business Analyst
Location : Columbia, MD
Position Type : Contract
Salary : DOE $80K/Year
Interview Process : Phone followed by Face to Face
Green Card, U.S Citizens and GC-EAD
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst who can take the lead in translating the operational needs of the business into requirements for implementation. More specifically, they will be working closely with business owners and their agile team to create and enhance features within our proprietary education management system (EMS). Due to the nature of this position, the applicant will need the ability to work from home or during off-hours as necessary.
Responsibilities
In addition, the ideal candidate will have
Location : Columbia, MD
Position Type : Contract
Salary : DOE $80K/Year
Interview Process : Phone followed by Face to Face
Green Card, U.S Citizens and GC-EAD
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst who can take the lead in translating the operational needs of the business into requirements for implementation. More specifically, they will be working closely with business owners and their agile team to create and enhance features within our proprietary education management system (EMS). Due to the nature of this position, the applicant will need the ability to work from home or during off-hours as necessary.
Responsibilities
- Communicate effectively with business owners and their agile team on a regular basis, ensuring the successful delivery of software based on clear expectations.
- Develop rapport and trust with business owners and key stakeholders.
- Fill the Product Owner role on an agile team, representing the needs of the business and exhibiting ownership in the product.
- Elicit business requirements using interviews, discussions, and analytics, to ensure we are fulfilling the needs of the business.
- Develop user stories with acceptance criteria based on business requirements and add them to the product backlog.
- Maintain and prioritize the product backlog based on priorities of the business.
- Serve as the subject matter expert of the product they are responsible for and have strong knowledge of our systems overall.
- Assist the agile team with reproducing and analyzing defects as well as testing features as needed.
- Schedule and host demonstrations of work at the end of each iteration to key business stakeholders and Software Development.
- Accomplish department and organization missions by completing related tasks as needed.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in leading projects, including gathering requirements, scope analysis, and verifying the completion of the project
- Strong analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts throughout the entire lifecycle of a project
- Excellent time management including the prioritization of tasks and controlling scope
- Ability to reconcile key stakeholder interests, conflicting priorities, and business strategy
- Education or working knowledge in business analysis or a strong working knowledge of our custom software applications
- The ability to demonstrate work experience by providing work samples
In addition, the ideal candidate will have
- Experience working with data-driven Web applications, preferably .NET
- An understanding of web technology and current trends the what, why, when, and how of AJAX, HTML5, browsers, etc...
- Experience in working in an agile environment, including a strong working knowledge of the methodology, user stories, and iterative development
- Experience serving as a Business Analyst for a web-based Learning or Education Management System
- Experience in the education field
Source : Georgia IT Inc.