Job#: 3027935 Job Description: Job Responsibilities- Ensure project alignment with Strategic Plans.
- Provide content approval and validate estimates for the entire schedule of the project for the Project Manager to ensure compliance with the SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM) and the Systems Engineering Methodology (SEM).
- Facilitate requirements gathering/meetings with clients to gather requirements (traditional waterfall and agile) for all IT solutions and to identify impacted business processes and determine best process and IT solution integration.
- Lead artifact reviews with peers, system specialists, Enterprise Security and other entities to ensure IT solutions and applications adhere to client and agency policies, standards or guidelines.
- Participate in Solutions Design Team meetings and assist in creation of the Enterprise Architecture Solution Assessment (EASA)
- Responsible for development of training content and facilitate training.
- Approves application-wide integration, performance, system or user acceptance test plans.
- Validate test data and test results.
- Differentiate between defects and new requirements and initiate change requests as necessary.
- Develop and monitor defect tracking logs and facilitate problem resolution.
- Review and approve project management documents.
- Serves as Agency Services liaison to outside consultants.
- Serve as a liaison between agency and the client concerning application requests, standards, requirements, and other program and project matters.
- Develop and maintain an effective communication plan with vendors and agency staff relating to project level metrics.
- Document and analyze business processes.
- Develop System diagram and Dataflow diagrams for Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation.
- Collaborate with Product Owner to write clear and concise agile user stories with acceptance criteria using BDD or Gherkin format (Given/When/then).
- Assist Product Owner in prioritizing the product backlog based on business value, risk and dependencies.
- Conduct sprint ceremonies like backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint demo, and refinement sessions.
- Develop and maintain Test Plans, Test Cases and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
- Perform Functional and Regression testing and facilitate User Acceptance Testing.
Experience & Skills: Required- A bachelor's degree in a business-related field such as business administration, information technology, finance, or marketing (or a similar field).
- Strong experience working in Agile/Hybrid environments, translating business requirements into user stories with acceptance criteria.
- Ability to break down complex business requirements into smaller user stories for development teams, while ensuring that technical constraints, limitations and dependencies are considered.
- Experience working on projects involving vendor owned, designed and hosted solutions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- The preferred candidate must possess and demonstrate strong troubleshooting.
Experience & Skills: Preferred- 4+ years Business Analyst or similar experience
- 4+ years Agile experience
- Experience using Azure Devops or similar tool for work item management and source control.
- Recent experience of working in an Agile development environment, e.g. Scrum or Kanban
- Experience with Microsoft tool such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
- Experience with Oracle or SQL Servers
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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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