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Engage tactically with the development team, maintain close collaboration with stakeholders, and actively participate in Agile delivery throughout the development lifecycle.\nResponsibilities\nRequirements Gathering & Decomposition: Elicit and document functional requirements from the government customer and stakeholders, decomposing them into detailed technical requirements.\nUser Story Development: Translate technical requirements into well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria for the development team.\nSprint Curation: Curate and groom the sprint backlog, ensuring stories are appropriately sized and sequenced so each developer has sufficient, well-scoped work.\nDeveloper Support: Serve as a point of contact for developers, addressing implementation questions and helping remove blockers throughout the sprint.\nInitial Testing: Conduct initial functional testing of new development to validate features against requirements before broader QA and customer review.\nCustomer Presentation: Present new development and completed features to the government customer, gathering feedback for future iterations.\nUX Collaboration: Partner with the UX team on new designs, ensuring requirements and user stories reflect usability and design considerations.\nAgile Ceremonies: Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, demos, retrospectives) and support the broader development lifecycle.\nRequirements\nRequired Skills and Experience\nAbility to work directly with customers and stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document functional requirements\nAbility to translate requirements into actionable Jira user stories and epics for development teams\nExperience conducting functional/manual testing of application features\nFamiliarity with Agile software development methodologies and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical work to non-technical stakeholders\nFamiliarity with software development concepts (e.g., Java or JavaScript frameworks, RESTful microservices) sufficient to communicate effectively with developers\nDesired Skills and Experience\nFamiliarity with Cloud-based architecture and deployment (Amazon Web Services)\nExposure to UX/design collaboration or wireframing tools\nFamiliarity with domain knowledge surrounding government agency reporting and dissemination policies\nBenefits\nThe likely salary range for this position is $94,213- $122,500. 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