Title:  Specialist, Business Systems Analyst

Job Title: Specialist, Business Systems Analyst 

Job Code: 41536

Job Location: Nashville, TN

Job Schedule: 9/80 employees work 9 out of 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Business Systems Analyst, Specialist Level is an intermediate professional with experience as a Business Analyst or Product Owner, or experience in a related industry. The Specialist BSA will support a program or product team in the Agile development lifecycle by developing a backlog of work items, and ensuring the completed product meets customer expectations. The Specialist BSA develops the product vision and communicates it to the team, as well as tracks the progress of the development team to ensure customer deliverables are met on time. The Specialist BSA helps team members understand the integration of the software product on the SIL and develops a strong working knowledge of the system. The Specialist BSA interfaces directly with customers and stakeholders, and may travel to support technical, program, and field or test events.

Essential Functions:

• Product ownership within an AGILE/SCRUM software development lifecycle.
• Develops a product vision and strategy, and communicates it with other BSAs, software development team members, customers and stakeholders.
• Develops a product roadmap or release plan, and prioritizes features for development to ensure product delivery schedules are met or exceeded.
• Serves as a Product Owner, and communicates product vision, strategy and purpose to the team, effectively translating customer requirements.
• Breaks down large capabilities and requirements into Epics and User Stories. Works directly with customers, stakeholders, and systems engineers/architects to understand the intent of requirements and feature requests.
• Tracks project deliveries, analyzes business metrics, and reports status of deliverables.
• Uses strong communication skills (written, verbal, visual) to ensure the development team understands the customer requirements and features to be developed, as well as to communicate the status of the product to customers and stakeholders.
• Primary contributor to user story writing and backlog development. Develops and prioritizes the backlog of work for the team, using inputs from the engineering and customer groups. Ensures development team has adequate backlog health and sets clear vision and goals for the sprint.
• Participates in team activities and events; owns backlog refinement and serves as a leader on the team providing vision, direction and support.
• Assists in writing and reviewing technical documentation that will be delivered as part of a contract.
• Accepts the work of the development team each sprint, ensuring delivered product is operating in accordance with the customer’s expectations.
• Maintains a can-do attitude. Ability to tackle new and unique problems and reach solutions. Earns the trust of others. 
• Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology or business related field with 4 years minimum prior work experience

• 8 years of prior experience working as a Business Analyst, Engineer or experience with Department of Defense customers, hardware and software integration, or installation/maintenance of avionics systems
• Operational knowledge of the AGILE/SCRUM development methodology.
• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
• Ability to travel up to 25%

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Knowledge of TCP/UDP fundamentals, network switch configuration, and packet routing.
• Familiarity with tactical data links, DoD voice/data radios, and EO/IR sensor integration contexts.
• Good critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Good customer relations skills and the ability to build relationships
• Ability to utilize multiple desktop publishing and still-image editing programs
• Ability to prioritize and organize multiple tasks and assignments to effectively manage time

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