Urgent required – Contract Jobs – Business Analyst for Richmond, VA

Business analyst
Richmond, VA
Contract

Preferred Certifications:
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
• PMI - Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
• PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Qualifications/ Experience:
• Minimum of 10 years of experience delivering business and data analysis artifacts with a customer-focused approach
• 5+ years of experience as an Agile Business Analyst with a strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology, including representing the customer during sprint reviews
• Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs, ensuring prioritization based on customer needs
• Proficiency in translating client and product strategy requirements into Epics, Features, and User Stories, ensuring alignment with customer goals
• Strong data analysis background, organizational data management concepts, and SQL/database experience, particularly in supporting customer-driven solutions
• Proficient in defining acceptance criteria and managing the acceptance process with the customer in mind
• Experience with software development applications such as Azure DevOps and/or Jira
• Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)
• Experience with reporting systems, operational data stores, data warehouses, data lakes, and data marts
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills with a proven ability to advocate for customers while working with a diverse set of peers and stakeholders
• Experience using Azure DevOps or Jira for agile software development and work item tracking
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Test Complete, Cucumber, or Selenium

Required Skills:
• Experience delivering business and systems analysis artifacts (8 Years)
• Experience as an Agile Business Analyst with a strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology (5 Years)
• Proven experience in organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs (5 Years)
• Proficiency in translating client and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories (8 Years)
• Defining acceptance criteria and managing the acceptance process with development teams (5 Years)
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with a proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers (8 Years) 

Responsibilities:
• Act as the voice of the customer, working with project team members and business stakeholders to fully understand business processes, pain points, and customer needs
• Develop expertise in customers’ business applications and organizational data management concepts, advocating for the customer throughout the SDLC
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis to identify system gaps and deficiencies that impact the customer and require a business, technical, or blended approach for resolution
• Diagram current processes and propose modifications using process flows, context diagrams, and data flow diagrams to ensure clarity for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Discover and document customer-centric requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria with a focus on improving business and technical processes
• Decompose requirements into Epics and Features; create clear and concise user stories that are aligned with customer goals and are easy to implement by technical teams
• Map user stories to technical designs for system modifications, ensuring that solutions meet customer expectations
• Identify and group related user stories into Themes; document dependencies, ensuring alignment with customer priorities and business processes
• Assist the Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog with a customer-first mindset
• Perform Quality Analyst functions, defining test objectives, test plans, and test cases, while executing tests (including regression testing) to ensure customer satisfaction
• Coordinate and facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business stakeholders, ensuring that the customer is at the center of the testing process and keeping Project Managers/Scrum Masters informed of progress