Senior Business Analyst with Security Clearance

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Job description

A1C Partners is seeking an experienced, motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior Business Analyst to join our team on a multi-year contract in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. This is a hybrid position. Onsite attendance may fluctuate, but once/week is anticipated. Position Responsibilities: -Conducting and facilitating status and planning meetings. -Working with clients to create, review, and adjudicate Program Increment planning. -Working with scrum teams to execute all objectives and epics in the Program Increment -Developing detailed documentation of client needs -Leading and facilitating grooming session with clients to gather, analyze, and decompose both functional and non-functional requirements. -Using Atlassian Confluence and Jira. Maintaining a Kanban board -Creating detailed user stories, including acceptance criteria, mockups (if required), and any additional information to assist development. -When scope changes occur mid-sprint or during a release cycle, working with Project Managers on adjustments and message to the clients. -Interacting with Office of Information Technology (OIT) PMs and their customers. -Developing and delivering business processes for requirements. -Writing JQL queries in Jira. -Performing requirements analysis to determine feasibility and to decompose requirements to concise and testable user stories. -Developing and adhering to Definition-of-Ready and Definition-of-Done established by the team. Required Skills: -Business analyst with a minimum of 5 years of experience facilitating meetings with stakeholders to develop business and technical requirements. -Ability to co-lead a technical development team of 6-10 team members. -Experience in leading and facilitating scrum ceremonies. -Experience with SAFe and Program Increment planning and execution. -Strong time management to ensure meetings are done efficiently and within time box. -Must be resourceful in removing team roadblocks. -Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), or Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus. -Experience defining software requirements for complex products using the Agile software delivery methodology. -Ability to understand complex technical concepts and present them in simple terms to non-technical team members and clients. -Candidate must be willing to work collaboratively in a team environment and manage multiple assignments. Must actively support, enforce, and contribute to the Agile practices adopted by the development team. -Must have experience with enterprise web applications for the Federal government. -Experience with 508 compliance. -May provide end-user support to the field. Required Experience: -Bachelors and eight (8) years or more experience; Masters and six (6) years or more experience
-US Citizenship is required and ability to obtain a Customs and Border Protection Public Trust. BI Requirement: -Current holder of a DHS Public Trust clearance or the ability to obtain one. Strong preference for individuals with current CBP BI.
-Note: Employment will be contingent upon having/obtaining a DHS Public Trust clearance prior to starting.

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