What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Business Analyst/Functional Lead position at CGI?
Position Description
The ideal candidate for this position is a problem solver. As a Senior Business Analyst and Functional Lead, you are an experienced analyst proficient in requirements definition and development. You can build strong relationships with your clients and your team and can manage stakeholder expectations. Candidates who are extremely organized and thrive on making processes run efficiently will do well in this position. If you are looking for a place where you can grow your skills while working with a friendly, dynamic team, this is the role for you.
This position is located in our Fairfax, VA office; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.
Your future duties and responsibilities
A Functional Lead is the go-to person with expertise in the application and the project. You are not afraid to dig into the details, find the outliers, test the edge cases, and keep the team running.
Your responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics to the extent required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws where we do business.
CGI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to apply for a job in the U.S., please email the CGI U.S. Employment Compliance mailbox at US_Employment_Compliance@cgi.com. You will need to reference the Position ID of the position in which you are interested. Your message will be routed to the appropriate recruiter who will assist you. Please note, this email address is only to be used for those individuals who need an accommodation to apply for a job. Emails for any other reason or those that do not include a Position ID will not be returned.
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All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Dependent upon role and/or federal government security clearance requirements, and in accordance with applicable laws, some background investigations may include a credit check. CGI will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records in accordance with all local regulations and ordinances.
CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.
The ideal candidate for this position is a problem solver. As a Senior Business Analyst and Functional Lead, you are an experienced analyst proficient in requirements definition and development. You can build strong relationships with your clients and your team and can manage stakeholder expectations. Candidates who are extremely organized and thrive on making processes run efficiently will do well in this position. If you are looking for a place where you can grow your skills while working with a friendly, dynamic team, this is the role for you.
This position is located in our Fairfax, VA office; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.
Your future duties and responsibilities
A Functional Lead is the go-to person with expertise in the application and the project. You are not afraid to dig into the details, find the outliers, test the edge cases, and keep the team running.
Your responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
- Organize the daily activities of a software development project team
- Translate client business needs into functional and technical requirements. Create detailed development tickets and track requirements through the development process.
- Interact with client during JAD sessions.
- Run daily scrums, organize sprints, and conduct all team agile ceremonies. Remove blockers so that the team can accomplish sprint goals.
- Interact with advanced business analysts and solution developers to communicate and validate requirements.
- Perform functional and integrated testing to test application functionality against client requirements
- Prepare and maintain project documentation and artifacts including analysis, reports and user documentation.
- Work with project managers, developers, and end users to ensure application designs meet business requirements.
- Assist in all phases of software systems programming applications.
- Evaluate new and existing software products.
- Author and prepare meeting minutes to be distributed to a variety of audiences
- Author user stories, test scripts, acceptance criteria, and other Agile deliverables
- Bachelor's degree in a business-related field or information systems management preferred
- Minimum 7 years work experience as a business analyst and/or functional lead
- Ability to travel to client site as needed
- Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle
- Strong analytical and writing skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work effectively within a team environment under tight timelines
- Ability to multi-task and support multiple projects at once
- Experience working with JIRA and Confluence
- CGI is unable to sponsor international hires for this position. US Citizenship required.
- CSM certification desired but not required.
- Experience authoring SQL queries will strongly benefit a candidate.
CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive insurance options
- Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
- Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
- Paid parental leave
- Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
- Wellness and Well-being programs
Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics to the extent required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws where we do business.
CGI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to apply for a job in the U.S., please email the CGI U.S. Employment Compliance mailbox at US_Employment_Compliance@cgi.com. You will need to reference the Position ID of the position in which you are interested. Your message will be routed to the appropriate recruiter who will assist you. Please note, this email address is only to be used for those individuals who need an accommodation to apply for a job. Emails for any other reason or those that do not include a Position ID will not be returned.
We make it easy to translate military experience and skills! Click here to be directed to our site that is dedicated to veterans and transitioning service members.
All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Dependent upon role and/or federal government security clearance requirements, and in accordance with applicable laws, some background investigations may include a credit check. CGI will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records in accordance with all local regulations and ordinances.
CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.