Job Title: Senior Business Analyst and Gherkin
Location: McLean, VA or Plano, TX (5 Days Onsite) - F2F Interview
Mandatory Skills: Gherkin, User Stories, User Acceptance, SQL
Note: Client is looking for Only Ex- Freddie/ Ex-Fannie resources (6 months capping period from Freddie Mac)
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Business Analyst to bridge the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams by eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business requirements. The ideal candidate will transform requirements into well-defined user stories with comprehensive acceptance criteria, facilitate Agile delivery, support UAT, investigate production issues, and perform data analysis across multiple systems to ensure business and functional objectives are met.
Key Responsibilities
Partner with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
Develop detailed user stories with clear acceptance criteria, including Gherkin-based scenarios.
Support the Product Owner in maintaining, refining, and prioritizing the product backlog.
Prioritize user stories based on business value, impact, and delivery timelines.
Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Collaborate with development teams to estimate and refine user stories during backlog grooming sessions.
Work closely with stakeholders and technical teams to align sprint priorities and clarify business requirements.
Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by validating sprint deliverables against business requirements.
Analyze and triage production issues to identify root causes and determine whether they require defect fixes or enhancements.
Perform end-to-end data analysis across upstream and downstream systems to validate functionality and support business decision-making.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong experience in business analysis, requirements elicitation, and documentation.
Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Expertise in writing user stories and Gherkin-based acceptance criteria.
Experience with backlog management, sprint planning, and stakeholder collaboration.
Knowledge of UAT, production support, and defect management.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Experience performing data analysis across integrated enterprise systems.
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