Centennial Technologies Inc. (Centennial) is looking for a Business Analyst with at least two (2) years of experience to join our delivery team and support a major federal agency. It is preferred for the candidate to have experience in implementing acquisition management systems, including working side by side with software engineers, product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together to assist the team in quickly breaking down features into user stories through progressive elaboration, as well as track and report on operational needs. The candidate must be willing to ask questions, dig deep to identify and solve problems experienced by the team and the customer, focus on continuous improvement, and make thoughtful suggestions for areas of process enhancement. In addition, the business analyst must have a passion for maintaining secure, high-quality, reliable, and available software solutions and be a proactive, fast learner.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct requirements analysis, including requirement elicitation, analysis, and recording in various forms, including user stories and use cases.
• Create and maintain documentation and standards.
• Analyze existing needs, prepare, present results, and collaborate with business and development teams to implement high-value features and solutions.
• Apply expertise in business analysis and requirements gathering to make an impact on corporate projects
• Assist in driving the development and improvement of business processes within the organization
• Build relationships with business partners and development teams and provides functional leadership and business user perspective to development team members
• Perform all activities in Agile software development environments, including planning sprints, prioritizing development, and managing Jira boards and backlogs
• Ability to breakdown requirements into user stories
• Ability to plan, create and manage sprints and backlogs
• Must be able to bring tact and diplomacy to challenging situations

Requirements:

• At least two (2) years of experience supporting IT projects (preferably within the federal sector)
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science/systems, information systems/technology, engineering/engineering technology, software engineering/programming, management, natural sciences, social sciences, mathematics or business/finance. OR a Master’s Degree (in subjects described above) from an accredited university
• Ability to pass and maintain a Tier 4 High Risk (6C) background investigation
• Must be a US Citizen

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Certified Scrum Master certification
• Project Management Professional certification
• Experience with Agile management software such as Jira
• Experience implementing COTS/SaaS/Low-code No-code products

About the Company
Centennial Technologies Inc. (Centennial) is committed to a healthy work-life balance for our employees and we have worked hard to foster an environment that enables employees to effectively prioritize both their professional and personal responsibilities. We make every effort to accommodate employees by providing flexible paid time off, a casual work atmosphere, frequent collaborative interaction, and the opportunity to continuously develop career skills.

Centennial offers a competitive benefit package, which includes Medical, Dental, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life Insurance, 401k, Mass Transit Benefits, Paid Time Off and Federal Holidays.
Our Culture is inclusive of:
* A supportive professional environment which promotes a healthy work-life balance
* Performance Management techniques which reward our top performers
* Employee surveys and discussions to inform Management’s decisions
* Paid training on the latest technologies and business practices
* An employee-focused model
* Our team’s shared vision of client success through cultivating long-term client relationships

Equal Opportunity Employer

Centennial is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.

Job Type: Full-time

Experience level:

• 2 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• What is your salary expectation?
• Are you a US citizen?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Business analysis: 2 years (Preferred)
• IT Federal project: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Leesburg, VA 20176 (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leesburg, VA 20176