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DSFederal,Inc. is looking for a Requirements Analyst to play a key role in assisting with elicitation of technical/non-technical requirements for a federal project, including communicating with stakeholders, performing backlog grooming sessions, requirements analysis, feature/user story development, test case development, validating data and information, presenting findings, preparing presentations, and creating necessary supporting documentation. This is a contingent position.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Lead business and requirement analysis activities.
- Work collaboratively and proactively with the customer and development team to fully understand the program and business processes, including facilitating requirement elaboration sessions, and documenting the output.
- Collaborate closely with the Agile development team, actively participating in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and prioritization activities.
- Engage with project stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document software and non-software requirements, ensuring a clear understanding of business needs.
- Develop features and user stories based on requirements, ensuring that detailed scenarios are provided to guide the development team.
- Develop the initial test cases and coordinate with testers to make sure the test cases are well understood.
- Maintain traceability matrices, ensuring that requirements are seamlessly mapped to user stories and test cases throughout the development lifecycle.
- Play a key role in backlog grooming sessions, facilitating the discussions with stakeholders and providing insights into feasibility, clarity, and testability of requirements.
- Deliver high-quality requirements specifications in specified formats that enable ease-of-use for the intended audience/cross functional team members.
- Assist the team and the customer decision-makers in mapping the requirements implementation against the timeline.
- Oversee the testing efforts, if required by the PM.
Requirements
Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree with at least 10 years of related work experience, with a track record of supporting Agile software development.
- Proven experience in business and requirements analysis, documentation and traceability; backlog grooming; and developing user stories.
- Excellent organizational skills and multi-tasking abilities to insure timely completion of tasks.
- Critical analytical skills and be a creative thinker.
- Superb written and oral communication skills.
- Experience facilitating meetings with customer stakeholders at various levels of seniority.
- Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision, and multi-task in a high volume,fast-paced work environment.
- Must be flexible and be a team player
- Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues and customers.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree
- A degree in required field of study: Information Technology, or a related field is preferred.
Desired Certifications:
- Agile, IIBA or Lean Six Sigma certifications is preferred.
Who We Are:
DSFederal is a leader in health IT and data analytics that delivers innovative solutions to improve healthcare delivery and address critical challenges, including cancer surveillance, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and COVID-19 emergency response. Our highly experienced professionals serve over 50 different federal clients on over 80 projects. Our people are united by one mission – to empower federal agencies to achieve their mission by connecting the dots between data, people, and technology to derive insights that help improve federal policies and decisions.
What We Can Offer You:
DSFederal attracts the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and more. If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional services, and technology focused organization, we encourage you to apply!
Our Core Values:
Collaborative, Curious, Impactful, Invested, Reliable, Trusted
EEO Statement:
DSFederal is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
E-Verify Statement:
DSFederal utilizes the E-Verify program for every potential new hire. This makes it possible for us to confirm that every employee who works for DS Federal is eligible to work in the United States. To learn more about E-Verify you can call 1-800-255-7688 or visit their website by clicking the logo below. E-Verify® is a registered trademark of the United States Department of Homeland Security.#LI-PL1
