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Senior Functional Analyst

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)
  • Green Bay, WI
  • Remote
  • $78,167–$103,855 Per Year
2 days ago

Job Description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Senior Functional AnalystLocation: RemoteDepartment: Veterans AffairsType: Full TimeMin. Experience: ExperiencedSecurity Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI)Salary Range: $78,167 - $103,855If you have previously applied to Syms Strategic Group (SSG), there is no need to reapply. Applications are still under review.Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Previous Federal Government experience and Security Clearance highly desired!
  • Lead the capture of business requirements for software development teams
  • Collaborate with business users, Information Technology (IT), and leadership to elaborate and document requirements in an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool
  • Manage requirements in an ALM tool
  • Perform Agile requirement management activities for a product team
  • Perform the analysis of user needs to determine functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements
  • Conduct user interviews, lead and facilitate sessions, and develop business process models and formal specifications
  • Work with customers, team members, stakeholder users, and other contractors to gather and document business, functional, technical, and non-technical requirements
  • Perform elaboration of user stories and decomposition of stories into backlog items and determine acceptance criteria
  • Use an ALM tool (JIRA) for Requirements Management, Testing, and Defect Management to create and manage requirements, epics, sub-epics, and user stories
  • Perform the collection, tracking, and monitoring of system and business requirements
  • Validate requirements and integration
  • Conduct backlog refinement sessions
  • Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on technical solutions
  • Manage and coordinate requirements for various projects
  • Write and deliver project documents to the client
  • Identify and manage risks and issues impacting the progress and outcome of the project
  • Develop and maintain the scheduled project/product backlog(s)
  • Own and manage requirements change control
  • Develop Change Requests per established policies and procedures
  • Facilitate accurate configuration management for project-related artifacts
  • Identify, document, verify, and track traceability amongst requirements, test cases, and potential risks and impediments
  • Collect, analyze, manage, and report key Program and Product Team execution status and metrics across all aspects of the Agile product development lifecycle using SAFe
  • Perform analysis to identify required tasks and their interrelationships to establish well-documented stories
  • Become a product functional Subject Matter Expert (SME)
  • Lead and mentor junior analysts in accordance with strategy and direction established by the Team Lead
  • Establish strong relationships with product and business owners
  • Support development team as needed to help everyone understand the requirements’ details
  • Follow Agile methodology (Scrum) and deliver requirements/specifications for Sprint teams
  • Remove impediments from team members to achieve successful completion of Sprints
  • Provide clear qualitative and quantitative information to teams and stakeholders
  • Support change control processes established to monitor and control project scope
Required Skills and Experience
  • Must possess a strong background in software development and Agile/Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies
  • Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to the customer, management, and non-technical audiences
  • Must possess excellent attention to detail, customer service skills, and problem-solving abilities
  • Past experience conducting independent research to support the resolution of complex questions
  • Must possess advanced experience with Microsoft (MS) Office, including Excel
  • Must possess excellent analytical skills, including integrating information from several sources
  • Expertise with JIRA tools
  • Experience in large, Agile software development or data integration projects
Professional CertificationsNone required
Years of Professional Experience10 years of professional (an additional 10 years of experience may be substituted for education)
Desired experienceExperience working in an Agile environmentWorking knowledge of VA’s Veterans Independence Program (VIP)VA SQA Testing experienceCertified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM)Experience working for a Federal Health Agency (VA, DHA, HHS, etc.)Healthcare billing and claims processing application knowledge
Formal EducationMaster’s degree in Engineering or a related scientific or technical discipline
Citizenship RequirementU.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunity
Security Clearance RequirementsMust possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI)
CRITICAL NOTES:
  1. SSG will not make assumptions regarding your qualifications. Your answers to the mandatory screening questions must be supported by the information on your resume.  Applications with inconsistencies will not be considered.
  2. Recruiters or Third parties will not be considered.
  3. This is a 100% U.S. based remote position.  However, candidates from CA, CO, IL, MN, NJ, NY, OR, or WA will not be considered.
U.S Citizenship is required for this specific opportunity. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be able to obtain a government-granted security clearance. Individuals may also be subject to a background investigation including, but not limited to criminal history, employment and education verification, drug testing, and creditworthiness.Syms Strategic Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or genetic information.

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Numbers & Facts

LocationGreen Bay, WI (
Remote
)
Salary$78,167–$103,855 Per Year

Skills

  • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Atlassian JIRAunmatched
  • Bug Tracking/Defect Managementunmatched
  • Business Developmentunmatched
  • Business Modelunmatched
  • Business Processesunmatched
  • Change Controlunmatched
  • Change Managementunmatched
  • Change Requests/Ordersunmatched
  • Claims Processingunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Configuration Managementunmatched
  • Credit Riskunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Customer/Client Researchunmatched
  • Department of Health and Human Servicesunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Federal Governmentunmatched
  • Functional Analysisunmatched
  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Interviewing Skillsunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Medical Billingunmatched
  • Mentoringunmatched
  • Metricsunmatched
  • Microsoft Officeunmatched
  • Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
  • Policy Developmentunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Procedure Developmentunmatched
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  • Process Modelingunmatched
  • Product Backlogunmatched
  • Product Developmentunmatched
  • Product Lifecycleunmatched
  • Product Managementunmatched
  • Project Controlunmatched
  • Project Scheduleunmatched
  • Project Trackingunmatched
  • Requirements Managementunmatched
  • Requirements Validation/Verificationunmatched
  • Research Skillsunmatched
  • Risk Analysisunmatched
  • Risk Managementunmatched
  • Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
  • ScrumMasterunmatched
  • Security Clearanceunmatched
  • Software Developmentunmatched
  • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
  • Software Testingunmatched
  • Strategic Analysisunmatched
  • Strategic Planningunmatched
  • Systems Analysisunmatched
  • Systems Engineeringunmatched
  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Test Caseunmatched
  • Test Requirementsunmatched
  • Traceabilityunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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