ARETUM
ARETUM Holdings, LLC (ARETUM) is a leading government contracting company specializing in technology-enabled mission support services for the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and Civilian agencies$1. .$1
501 - 1000
Business Analyst - Scrum Master
August 22
🏡 Remote – New York
ARETUM
ARETUM Holdings, LLC (ARETUM) is a leading government contracting company specializing in technology-enabled mission support services for the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and Civilian agencies$1. .$1
501 - 1000
Description
• Capture detailed business requirements, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria in JIRA • Work with Product Owner/System Owner, Development, UX/UI, QA team, and Subject Matter Experts to ensure alignment and proper interpretation of complex functional requirements. • Ensure end-to-end requirements traceability, mapping user stories to software test cases, applicable business processes, wireframes, and UX comps. • Leverage strong written and verbal communication skills to drive requirements sessions in a large setting including Product Owners, Subject Matter Experts, Project Manager, Architect, Team Leads, and client personnel. • Collaborate with team members, share knowledge, and continuously improve business analysis efforts, identify and close gaps. • Document functional specifications, traceability matrices, process flow diagrams, wireframes, meeting agenda, meeting minutes, and other supporting artifacts. • Lead and facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, and Backlog Refinement) ensuring active participation from all team members and stakeholders. • Proactively identify and remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments, ensuring a smooth workflow and preventing delays in project delivery. • Shield the team from external interferences and distractions to maximize productivity and focus on sprint goals. • Monitor sprint progress, facilitate discussions, decision-making processes, and conflict resolution. Communicate progress and team dynamics to stakeholders and higher management. • Assist the Product Owner in managing the product backlog, ensuring it is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the team will work on next.
Requirements
• 5+ years of experience in documenting business and functional requirements • 3+ years working in an Agile environment, with demonstrated ability to clearly articulate User Stories and Conditions of Satisfaction to development teams • Web-based software development experience involving complex workflows. • Experience working with large size teams consisting of multiple Scrum teams • Demonstrated ability to elicit, create, and analyze functional and non-functional requirements • Experience organizing and maintaining Product and Sprint backlogs • Experience presenting detailed summaries of progress and updates • Ability to facilitate and drive group discussions to build a shared understanding of software requirements • Ability to foster solid working relationships with senior-level management and subject matter experts within the team and client organization • Propensity to mentor staff on functional expertise and provide peer reviews of deliverables for other product lines • Confident in requirement knowledge to help lead change and implement new strategies company-wide • Ability to work independently and in an awesome team setting • Experience with Jira and Confluence • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Apply Now
