Overview
Skills
Job Details
Location & Work Arrangement
- City, State: Richmond, Virginia
- Work Arrangement: Hybrid (Note: Specific onsite frequency will be clarified upon interview.)
- Contract: This is a Contract position.
- Mode of Interview: To be determined (Virtual/Online highly likely).
Key Duties and Responsibilities (5+ Years Required)
Requirements Elicitation & Documentation
- Requirements Leadership: Able to lead requirements-gathering sessions, utilizing techniques such as workshops, interviews, and document analysis to capture detailed business needs.
- Agile Translation: Able to accurately translate system and business requirements into Epics, Features, and User Stories with clearly defined acceptance criteria.
- Collaboration: Communicate and collaborate effectively with agile delivery teams, technical staff, business partners, and vendors.
Quality Assurance & Lifecycle Management
- UAT Specialization: Proficient in UAT testing and skilled in writing comprehensive UAT test scripts.
- Requirements Traceability: Able to track requirements throughout the SDLC lifecycle to ensure the delivered product meets the initial business intent.
- Risk Management: Able to identify and document project risks and define appropriate actions to mitigate those risks.
Skills and Tool Proficiency
- Analytical: Highly analytical; able to use logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, and approaches to problems.
- Tooling: Strong working knowledge of standard industry tools:
- Project Management/Agile: ADO (Azure DevOps) and JIRA.
- Documentation: Confluence and Microsoft Office 365 Suite.
- Diagramming: Visio and Draw.io.
- Reporting: BI tools.
Required Qualifications and Soft Skills
| Focus Area | Minimum Experience | Key Expertise & Knowledge |
| Business Analysis | 5+ Years (Required) | Proven working experience as a Business Systems Analyst for medium- to large-scale projects. |
| Requirements | 5+ Years (Required) | Leading requirements sessions and translating requirements into Epics, Features, and User Stories. |
| Quality/Testing | N/A (Required) | Able to write UAT test scripts and proficient in UAT testing. |
| Tools | N/A (Required) | Strong working knowledge of ADO, JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Draw.io. |
| Soft Skills | N/A (Required) | Excellent client-facing and internal communication (written/verbal), solid organizational skills, ability to meet deadlines with minimal supervision. |