[Hiring] Business Analyst @CACI

Role Description

Join Our Team as a Business Analyst! We're looking for a detail-oriented business analyst with hands-on experience in Agile or SAFe, supporting cross-functional teams through backlog refinement, user story creation, and iteration planning. Someone adept at facilitating stakeholder collaboration, contributing to PI Planning events, and ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical execution. Remote role, but candidate must live within driving distance of Scott Air Force Base.

• Possess both an understanding of real-world mission/business objectives and a working grasp of software development practices and technologies.
• Serve as the focal point for the capture, analysis, and management of functional and non-functional systems requirements, and user stories.
• Show a demonstrated skill in effective decomposition of Features into stories contained within a product backlog which can then be implemented in a series of short and iterative development cycles.
• Work closely with the ScrumMaster to establish Sprint backlogs, resolve impediments, and provide direction on scope of work to be accomplished.
• Lead and facilitate backlog refinement, ensuring work items are clearly defined, prioritized, and ready for implementation.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to prioritize the backlog and align requirements with business objectives and roadmap goals.
• Define and maintain team and iteration backlog content, including documenting stories and Acceptance Criteria, identifying dependencies, and ensuring traceability.
• Work closely with Product Owners, and Functional SMEs to verify understanding of requirements and ensure alignment on scope and expected outcomes. Clearly communicate those business needs to a development team through user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Define and validate acceptance criteria (AC) to enable Test Driven Development, ensuring they are testable and support acceptance of completed work.
• Support future backlog refinement by elaborating upcoming work items and ensuring readiness for upcoming iterations.
• Lead the demonstrations to stakeholders and report on the results of each software iteration.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and a DoD Secret clearance.
• Ability to pass background investigation, criteria include but is not limited to:
  • 3-year check for felony convictions
  • 1 year check for illegal drug use
  • 1 year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud
• College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Minimum five (5+) years’ experience as a business analyst on iterative software development projects.
• Experience with Familiarity with SAFe or Agile methodologies.
• Strong skills with MS Office tools (Excel, Word, Project, Visio) and SharePoint.

Requirements

• Certified SAFe Product Owner.
• Certified SAFe Practitioner.
• SAP or a Software development background.
• Certified Business Analysis Professional.
• Agile or Scrum Master Certification.
• Knowledge and experience with the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK).
• Experience with ServiceNow or Jira.
• Acts independently to expose and resolve problems.

Benefits

• A culture of integrity.
• An environment of trust.
• A focus on continuous growth.
• Comprehensive benefits such as healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

Pay Range

The proposed salary range for this position is: $75,200-$158,100. There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.

Company Description

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.