Yakshna Solutions, Inc., (YSI) is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serve its business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, training, and professional development assistance.

YSI is seeking a highly qualified Systems Analyst/Technical Writer. The selected candidate will be able to communicate effectively (written/verbal), possess strong interpersonal skills, be self-motivated, and be innovative in a fast-paced environment.

Job Responsibilities:

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Information Technology Division (ITD) is seeking a Technical Writer / System Analyst to work as a key member of the Design and Planning Team for IT network infrastructure projects. This role will work closely with the PMO office and be responsible for documenting procedures via job aids, templates, forms, flow diagrams, and presentation decks. They will create, update training programs, and conduct trainings as required. Responsibilities include analyzing problems; documenting business processes; developing requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria; and managing requirements traceability and testing. This position is expected to handle multiple projects, and remain flexible and productive, despite changing priorities and processes. Ongoing improvement and efficiency is a part of our culture and each team member is expected to proactively contribute to process improvements.

• Create and update job aids, templates, forms, flow diagrams and presentation decks on the subject of technology project management and the methodologies employed at Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA).
• Consult with other members of the PMO and subject matter experts within the organization to develop content for documentation and training programs.
• Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points
• Develop expertise in the customers’ business applications
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis to identify system gaps and deficiencies that require a business, technical or blended approach for resolution
• Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows, context diagrams and data flow diagrams
• Discover and document requirements and user stories with a focus on improving both business and technical processing
• Decompose requirements into Epics and Features and create clear and concise user stories that are easy to understand and implement by technical staff
• Utilize progressive elaboration; map stories to technical design specifications to be used by internal staff to develop the system modifications
• Identify and group related user stories into Themes, document the dependencies and associated business processes
• Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog
• Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups
• Propose alternative solutions that balance cost and benefit, and adequately test a solution’s feasibility for business and technical compatibility
• Collaborate with staff, vendors, consultants, and contractors as they are engaged on tasks to formulate, detail and test potential and implemented solutions.
• Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test plans and test cases, and executing test cases (including regression testing)
• Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project
• Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress
• Strong background in technology project management.

Strong experience in creating written documentation including update job aids, templates, forms, flow diagrams and presentation decks.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating.
• Ability to plan in a rapidly changing environment and to provide guidance for changes as required.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify and briefly, succinctly communicate complex issues to multiple audiences.
• Exceptional knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principles and practices

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience gathering requirements on IT projects (5 Years)
• Delivering business and systems analysis artifacts such as Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) (10 Years)
• Agile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology (5 Years)
• Experience translating business and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories (8 Years)
• Proficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process with development (10 Years)
• Experience creating wireframes and prototypes (using applications such as Balsamiq) (7 Years)
• Experience with large, multi-module systems (8 Years)

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $85,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) 5% Match
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 10 years
• 5 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• This position requires the candidate to work 2-3 days ONSITE per week. Are you willing and able to meet this requirement?

Experience:

• Gathering requirements on IT projects (: 5 years (Required)
• Delivering business and systems analysis artifacts: 10 years (Required)
• Business Requirements Documentation (BRD): 10 years (Required)
• Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM): 10 years (Required)
• Agile Business Analyst, Scrum Concepts/methodology: 5 years (Required)
• translating business/product strategy requirements: 8 years (Required)
• application requirements/user stories: 8 years (Required)
• defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process: 10 years (Required)
• wireframes/prototypes (using applications such as Balsamiq): 7 years (Required)
• multi-module systems: 8 years (Required)
• Application Lifecycle management (ALM): 8 years (Required)
• Team Foundation Server for agile software development: 3 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) (Preferred)
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) (Preferred)

Work Location: In person