Business Analyst - Senior

Precise Software Solutions, Inc., has an opportunity for a Senior Business Analyst. The successful candidate has business analyst experience working within an Agile framework to support complex/critical programs.

This position is remote. Successful candidates must be able to work mostly core East Coast business hours.

This position requires U.S. Citizenship.

A qualified candidate must have or be able to attain a Public Trust clearance and be able to wait 2-3 months for a clearance for this role.

NOAA experience and/or an existing Public Trust or higher clearance is ideal.

Position Summary

In this collaborative, hands-on position, you will work with your Precise team, other companies and federal employees to architect, design, build, deliver, and enhance highly available, scalable, real-time systems. Your initial focus will be to develop, configure, install, and customize an Archibus application. Archibus is a leading workplace management tool for data-driven real estate decisions, increased operational excellence, and enhanced employee experience.

You will work in a dynamic, driven, and fast-paced environment with similarly motivated team members to build, customize, and extend web applications. The right candidate will specialize within or across business analyst activities as part of an agile team, attending and participating in daily standups and weekly retrospectives while working closely with team members on a daily basis. They will participate across the software development lifecycle, including supporting and leading component design, development, and test activities, along with involvement in the requirements gathering process. Team members work collaboratively with other internal team members as well as the client.

Partner with clients to elicit and understand business needs, elaborate business processes and define the scope of work to be accomplished in each engagement. Become an expert in existing solutions in order to perform gap analyses that map business needs to deliverables for the purpose of making both tactical and strategic recommendations to project teams. Collaborate with project leadership to perform a variety of project functions such as monitoring and control, risk management, change management, client communication and others. Translate and document functional requirements in close partnership with technical members of the delivery team through user stories and scenarios and participate in internal design sessions aimed at converting these business needs to technical solutions. Lead both internal and external quality assurance activities and training sessions.

Skills/Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship
• Ability to obtain a NOAA Public Trust clearance and wait the 2-3 month clearance period
• Must be able to work mostly core East Coast business hours 
• Bachelor of Science Degree or greater
• Experience with agile techniques, especially Kanban and Unified Process (e.g., OpenUP)
• Three to five years of experience in full life-cycle support of web/mobile applications
• Experience with Business-Driven-Development approaches and technologies (e.g., Specification by Example, Cucumber)
• Experience with collaboration tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence)
• Prior experience handling clients and/or teams, prioritizing and aligning work from multiple potential sources, and communicating with both internal and external stakeholders
• The ability to think strategically and translate strategy to action for a team
• Experience with requirements gathering, documentation, testing
• Robust problem-solving skill set, deadline-driven, organized and able to multitask
• Able to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, agile environment
• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills

Skills (Desired but not required)

• ARCHIBUS Experience / Expertise
• NOAA and/or Government Experience

Education

Typically requires BS degree and 3 years of prior relevant experience or Masters’ with 1 year of prior relevant experience

ABOUT US

Precise Software Solutions, Inc., an SBA 8(a) program participant, is an innovative small business with a proven record of success delivering quality services and solutions to government organizations. A CMMI Level 3 company, Precise serves as a trusted advisor to senior technology executives and helps government agencies enhance and expand their information technology capabilities. Precise helps their customers capitalize on the efficiencies offered by technological advancements and ensures the integrity of their IT systems and programs so they can perform their public mission more effectively. The company is known for delivering agile and innovative solutions and specializes in strategic consulting, system modernization and integration, digital transformation and experience, infrastructure and cloud implementation, and data management and analytics.

BENEFITS AND PERKS:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision) including High Deductible Health plan where company pays 100% of the deductible for your family.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA) 
• Retirement Plan with 4% match and discretionary match at year end
• Paid Time Off (PTO): 15 days of PTO accrued per year; 7 holidays+ 3 Floating holidays; 2 Innovation days (paid training days)
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Jury Duty leave 
• Life and AD&D Insurance 
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Training and Development 
• Wellness Incentives & Discount programs
• Employee Referral Program 
• Annual Charity Donation Match 
• Awards and Recognition

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Precise is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification), national origin, age, disability, military/veteran status, marital status, genetic information or any other factor protected by law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment, promotion, wages, benefits and all other privileges, terms and conditions of employment. The company is dedicated to seeking all qualified applicants.