Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Xenith Solutions is seeking a Junior Business/Systems Analyst to support software development initiatives. The role focuses on capturing and managing requirements, translating business needs into user stories and acceptance criteria, coordinating with stakeholders and ScrumMasters, and supporting iterative product development and release planning.
Responsibilities
- Possess both an understanding of real-world mission/business objectives and a working grasp of software development practices and technologies
- Help to serve as the focal point for the capture, analysis, and management of functional and non-functional systems requirements, and user stories
- Show a skill in effective decomposition of mission/business objectives into requirements contained within a product backlog which can then be implemented in a series of short and iterative development cycles
- Meet regularly with stakeholders to identify business needs
- Clearly communicate those business needs to a development team through user stories and acceptance criteria
- Work closely with the ScrumMaster to establish Release/Sprint backlogs, resolve impediments, and provide direction on scope of work to be accomplished
- Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, as well as the product development team during the development cycle to ensure the customer needs are being met
- Help to develop product roadmaps and participate in Integrated Release Planning
- Assist in reviewing and evaluating work done by development team to ensure proper scope has been met
- Help with the demonstrations to stakeholder and report on the results of each software iteration
- The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse team is also crucial
- A willingness to learn and stay abreast of industry trends is also required
- The program emphasizes innovation and looks for individuals who can bring creative ideas to solve complex problems, both technical and procedural
Skills
- Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria include but is not limited to:
- College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Minimum two (2) years' experience on iterative software development projects
- Strong skills with MS Office tools (Excel, Word, Project, Visio) and Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence
- Certified Product Owner
- Software development background
- Certified Business Analysis Professional
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