IT Business Analyst

TeleSolv Consulting is seeking an experienced IT Business Analyst to support the delivery of enterprise technology solutions for the Government. The IT Business Analyst will support stakeholder engagement, application requirements development, Agile backlog management, sprint execution, testing and solution delivery. Working closely with Government stakeholders, developers, quality assurance personnel and other members of the Agile delivery team, this professional will translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements and help ensure technology solutions meet operational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions with Government stakeholders.
• Analyze and document functional and business requirements.
• Develop user stories and detailed acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain Business Requirements Documents.
• Manage and refine product backlogs and maintain backlog information in JIRA.
• Support sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews and other Agile ceremonies.
• Coordinate among stakeholders, developers and QA/testing personnel.
• Plan and execute User Acceptance Testing.
• Document and track defects through resolution.
• Maintain program and application documentation in Confluence.
• Conduct business-process analysis and process modeling.
• Assist stakeholders with prioritizing requirements.
• Support application enhancements and new system capabilities.
• Assist development teams with interpreting business requirements.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• IT business and systems analysis
• Requirements elicitation, analysis and documentation
• User-story and acceptance-criteria development
• Business Requirements Documents
• Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies
• JIRA and Agile backlog management
• Confluence documentation
• User Acceptance Testing and defect management
• Business-process analysis and process modeling
• Stakeholder facilitation and requirements prioritization
• Collaboration with application development and QA/testing teams
• Data analysis

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Five or more years of hands-on experience in the required field.
• Demonstrated IT business-analysis experience.
• Experience eliciting and documenting requirements.
• Agile project experience.
• Experience developing user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with User Acceptance Testing and defect management.
• Experience working with technical development teams.