Steampunk

Business Analyst

Steampunk$75K — $140K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain a government security clearance
  • Bachelor's Degree and 2+ years as a business analyst for federal government
  • Ability to work independently in fast-paced environments with minimal supervision
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for diverse audiences
  • Skilled in producing high-quality technical documentation and analysis
  • Initiative in recommending process improvements and creative thinking
  • Knowledge of Agile and DevSecOps methodologies

Responsibilities

  • Envision, develop, and create requirements to streamline processes and enhance metrics
  • Facilitate workshops and meetings to establish a shared understanding with stakeholders
  • Collaborate with teams to transform large epics into understandable features and user stories
  • Facilitate Increment and planning sessions for clarity and alignment on planned work
  • Assist team members in using JIRA to track and manage program work across product teams
  • Provide guidance on JIRA reporting for progress against major projects
  • Use strong communication skills to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance plans
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
  • Flexible work arrangements including remote work
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Generous paid time off and holidays
  • Support for obtaining relevant certifications, including Scrum Master certification
Full Job Description
Overview

As aBusiness Analystyou will lead the collection, capture, and management of mission user needs from prioritization, concept development, and feature writing to support development and deployment. Provide expertise in business process and system analysis, design, improvement, and implementation efforts and in translating business process needs into technical requirements. Provide expertise in change management and training support. Provide organizational and strategic planning for a wide variety of technical and functional environments. Provide expertise in, but not limited to, Configuration Management, Strategic Planning, Knowledge Management, Business Analysis and Technical Analysis.

Contributions

Responsibilities include:

  • Envision, develop, and create requirements to improve tools to streamline processes to gain efficiencies and improve key metrics.
  • Apply different techniques to facilitate meetings and workshops, create a shared understanding with stakeholders, and engage team-members to produce product and portfolio roadmaps.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and product teams to decompose large epics into features and user stories that can be understood and approved by members of the development team.
  • Facilitate Increment and planning sessions with clients and team members to ensure that planned work is well defined, planned, articulated, and understood.
  • Assist business analysts, team leads, clients, and other team members in the use of JIRA as an Agile Lifecycle Management Tool to track work within the program across multiple product teams.
  • Provide guidance and assistance in the usage of JIRA for reporting of work progress against epics and other larger bodies of work or types of work.
  • Use excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and present findings and recommendations.
Qualifications

Required:

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain a government security clearance
  • Bachelor's Degree and 2+ years of functioning as a business analyst for the federal government
  • Able and willing to work independently and in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, with minimal supervision
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, as well as excellent communication skills, verbal and written to both technical and non-technical audiences that are in a geographically dispersed environment (conference calls, Teams, face-to-face)
  • Ability to produce high quality technical documentation and analysis
  • Take initiative to recommend process improvements and demonstrate creative thinking
  • Knowledge and experience with Agile and DevSecOps methodologies
  • Demonstrate sharp, analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills

Preferred:

  • Certified Scrum Master certification
About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $75,000 to $140,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk9s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

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