Senior Business Analyst

Overview

As a Steampunk Senior Business Analyst, you’ll be asked to serve as the Business Analyst on an Agile software development team.

Contributions

• Must have experience managing Agile/Information Technology related projects and must be well versed in software development life cycle and project management methodologies
• Must be able to identify and mitigate risks.
• Apply different techniques to facilitate meetings and workshops, create a shared understanding with stakeholders, and engage team-members to produce product and portfolio road-maps
• Define help project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects.
• Support managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and help to implement an effective system of project governance.
• Serves business engagement by making sure team issues are escalated, worked, and resolved
• Collaborates 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.
• Document Acceptance Criteria in stories in a way that both development team and business stakeholders can understand and agree on the content.
• Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members.

Qualifications

• Authorized to work for any U.S. employer
• 3+ year experience with Scrum/Kanban Methodologies
• 3+ Years experience serving as the Product Owner or Scrum Master or Business Analyst
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to establish immediate credibility with clients, build consensus, and achieve goals through influence
• Ability to help teams write user stories/epics, identify dependencies, and design optimal solutions
• Flexibility to work with teams, individuals, and executives and willingness to help with a wide variety of work products and people
• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills
• Experience working in a studio / human centered design approach
• Proficiency in JIRA
• Business Analyst certification(s) a plus
• Salesforce Admin or Salesforce Business Analyst certification

Preferred

• Preferred experience in serving as a Scrum Master.
• Preferred Federal Civilian Client Experience.

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 $100,000 to $160,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

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Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.