Overview

Are you a Senior Business Analyst who would like to have a positive impact for millions of people? If so, we may have an opportunity for you!

TISTA associates enjoy above Industry Healthcare Benefits, Remote Working Options, Paid Time Off, Training/Certification opportunities, Healthcare Savings Account & Flexible Savings Account, Paid Life Insurance, Short-term & Long-term Disability, 401K Match, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Holidays, Military Leave, and much more!

Responsibilities

• Work as part of cross-functional Agile and SDLC project teams
• 5 years’ experience as a business analyst supporting Agile teams
• Participate in the planning and prioritization of product, release, and sprint backlogs 
• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
• Coordinate with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their problems and need
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with internal colleagues and customers to analyze platform needs and clarify, refine and document requirements
• Strong analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to translate requirements into application deliverables
• Collaborate with engineers and subject matter experts to document and communicate the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
• Manage client relations to ensure that expectations are managed and fulfilled and high quality analysis is delivered on or before time
• Develop recommendations and methodologies to help Business capture the most critical, actionable data to achieve their objectives
• Develop use cases to assure the quality of the Technology product built to meet requirements of the business workflows
• Facilitate/lead in meetings at the business, operational and project levels

Qualifications

• 5 years work as a Business Analyst or Product Owner in an Agile environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools with particular skill with Excel, PowerPoint and VISIO
• Must be a team player with strong attention to detail and able to work independently
• In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills
• Strong communication and collaborative skills with other team members and customers
• Experience working with Rational CLM is a strong plus

Education: 

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related scientific /technical discipline and 5 years’ experience

 Clearance:

• Must be US Citizen or US Lawful Permanent Resident
• Must be Federal Tax Compliant

• The ability to pass a Tier 2/Modest Background Investigation 
• Active IRS MBI clearance a plus