Senior Functional Analyst - II
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We need to decide what goes where. About the role: brief overview paragraph. Responsibilities: list of duties. Requirements: maybe qualifications like experience, education, citizenship, clearance. Skills: list of required skills. Pay: salary range. Schedule: Full Time.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Also not include Job ID/requisition numbers.
We must preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all duties listed, all required skills, etc.
Let's extract substantive content:
From posting:
- Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Senior Functional Analyst - II
- Location: Remote
- Department: Veterans Affairs
- Type: Full Time
- Min. Experience: Experienced
- Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI)
- Salary Range: $78,167 - $103,855
Then after that: "If you have previously applied..." remove.
Then "Essential Duties and Responsibilities" heading (we can treat as Responsibilities). Then list of duties:
- Previous Federal Government experience and Security Clearance highly desired!
- Lead the capture of business requirements for software development teams
- Collaborate with business users, Information Technology (IT), and leadership to elaborate and document requirements in an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool
- Manage requirements in an ALM tool
- Perform Agile requirement management activities for a product team
- Perform the analysis of user needs to determine functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements
- Conduct user interviews, lead and facilitate sessions, and develop business process models and formal specifications
- Work with customers, team members, stakeholder users, and other contractors to gather and document business, functional, technical, and non-technical requirements
- Perform elaboration of user stories and decomposition of stories into backlog items and determine acceptance criteria
- Use an ALM tool (JIRA) for Requirements Management, Testing, and Defect Management to create and manage requirements, epics, sub-epics, and user stories
- Perform the collection, tracking, and monitoring of system and business requirements
- Validate requirements and integration
- Conduct backlog refinement sessions
- Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on technical solutions
- Manage and coordinate requirements for various projects
- Write and deliver project documents to the client
- Identify and manage risks and issues impacting the progress and outcome of the project
- Develop and maintain the scheduled project/product backlog(s)
- Own and manage requirements change control
- Develop Change Requests per established policies and procedures
- Facilitate accurate configuration management for project-related artifacts
- Identify, document, verify, and track traceability amongst requirements, test cases, and potential risks and impediments
- Collect, analyze, manage, and report key Program and Product Team execution status and metrics across all aspects of the Agile product development lifecycle using SAFe
- Perform analysis to identify required tasks and their interrelationships to establish well-documented stories
- Become a product functional Subject Matter Expert (SME)
- Lead and mentor junior analysts in accordance with strategy and direction established by the Team Lead
- Establish strong relationships with product and business owners
- Support development team as needed to help everyone understand the requirements’ details
- Follow Agile methodology (Scrum) and deliver requirements/specifications for Sprint teams
- Remove impediments from team members to achieve successful completion of Sprints
- Provide clear qualitative and quantitative information to teams and stakeholders
- Support change control processes established to monitor and control project scope
Then "Required Skills and Experience" heading. Then list:
- Must possess a strong background in software development and Agile/Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies
- Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to the customer, management, and non-technical audiences
- Must possess excellent attention to detail, customer service skills, and problem-solving abilities
- Past experience conducting independent research to support the resolution of complex questions
- Must possess advanced experience with Microsoft (MS) Office, including Excel
- Must possess excellent analytical skills, including integrating information from several sources
- Expertise with JIRA tools
- Experience in large, Agile software development or data integration projects
- Professional Certifications: None required
- Years of Professional Experience: 10 years of professional (an additional 10 years of experience may be substituted for education)
- Desired experience:
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Working knowledge of VA’s Veterans Independence Program (VIP)
- VA SQA Testing experience
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
- Experience working for a Federal Health Agency (VA, DHA, HHS, etc.)
- Healthcare billing and claims processing application knowledge
- Formal Education: Master’s degree in Engineering or a related scientific or technical discipline
- Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunity
- Security Clearance Requirements: Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI)
- CRITICAL NOTES: ... (some boilerplate about assumptions, screening questions, recruiters, third parties, etc.) We need to remove boilerplate like "CRITICAL NOTES: SSG will not make assumptions regarding your qualifications..." etc. Also "Recruiters or Third parties will not be considered". Also "This is a 100% U.S. based remote position. However, candidates from CA, CO, IL, MN, NJ, NY, OR, or WA will not be considered". Also "U.S Citizenship is required for this specific opportunity." (duplicate). Also "Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation..." etc. Also EEO statement. Also "Powered by JazzHR bW6PUGMrKz". Remove all that.
We need to keep substantive info: citizenship requirement, security clearance, location remote, full time, salary range, etc.
We need to decide sections:
About the role: maybe a paragraph summarizing the role: Senior Functional Analyst - II, remote, Veterans Affairs department, full time, requires public trust clearance, salary range.
Responsibilities: list of duties (the big list). Use
- .
Requirements: maybe education, experience, citizenship, clearance. Could be separate from Skills. But we have both Requirements and Skills headings. We need to decide what goes where. Typically Requirements: education, experience, citizenship, clearance. Skills: technical skills, tools, methodologies.
Let's parse:
Required Skills and Experience section includes both skills and experience requirements. We could split: Requirements: education, years of experience, citizenship, clearance. Skills: background in software development, Agile/SAFe, communication, attention to detail, independent research, MS Office, analytical skills, JIRA expertise, large Agile experience, etc. Also desired experience items could be under Skills or Requirements? They are desired, not required. We could include them under Skills as "Desired experience" maybe as a sublist.
But we must not invent sections; we can include Skills section with both required and desired? The rule: include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it. It does have content for Skills. So we can include Skills.
We also need Requirements section: we have education (Master's degree), years of experience (10 years, alternative), citizenship, security clearance. Also maybe "Professional Certifications: None required" could be included but it's not a requirement; we could include as note but maybe not needed.
We also have "Min. Experience: Experienced" but that's vague.
We'll include Requirements: Education, Experience, Citizenship, Security Clearance.
Pay: salary range.
Schedule: Full Time (type). Could also mention Remote location? Location is not schedule; maybe we could include location in About the role.
We must not create Benefits section as not mentioned.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only.
Let's craft:
About the role
Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Functional Analyst – II to support the Veterans Affairs department. This is a full‑time, remote position requiring a Public Trust (MBI) security clearance and U.S. citizenship. The role offers a salary range of $78,167 – $103,855.
Responsibilities
- Lead the capture of business requirements for software development teams
- Collaborate with business users, Information Technology (IT), and leadership to elaborate and document requirements in an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool
- Manage requirements in an ALM tool
- Perform Agile requirement management activities for a product team
- Perform the analysis of user needs to determine functional, cross‑functional, and technical requirements
- Conduct user interviews, lead and facilitate sessions, and develop business process models and formal specifications
- Work with customers, team members, stakeholder users, and other contractors to gather and document business, functional, technical, and non‑technical requirements
- Perform elaboration of user stories and decomposition of stories into backlog items and determine acceptance criteria
- Use an ALM tool (JIRA) for Requirements Management, Testing, and Defect Management to create and manage requirements, epics, sub‑epics, and user stories
- Perform the collection, tracking, and monitoring of system and business requirements
- Validate requirements and integration
- Conduct backlog refinement sessions
- Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on technical solutions
- Manage and coordinate requirements for various projects
- Write and deliver project documents to the client
- Identify and manage risks and issues impacting the progress and outcome of the project
- Develop and maintain the scheduled project/product backlog(s)
- Own and manage requirements change control
- Develop Change Requests per established policies and procedures
- Facilitate accurate configuration management for project‑related artifacts
- Identify, document, verify, and track traceability
for prose. We need to decide what goes where. About the role: brief overview paragraph. Responsibilities: list of duties. Requirements: maybe qualifications like experience, education, citizenship, clearance. Skills: list of required skills. Pay: salary range. Schedule: Full Time. We must not repeat job title as heading. Also not include Job ID/requisition numbers. We must preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all duties listed, all required skills, etc. Let's extract substantive content: From posting: - Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Senior Functional Analyst - II - Location: Remote - Department: Veterans Affairs - Type: Full Time - Min. Experience: Experienced - Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI) - Salary Range: $78,167 - $103,855 Then after that: "If you have previously applied..." remove. Then "Essential Duties and Responsibilities" heading (we can treat as Responsibilities). Then list of duties: - Previous Federal Government experience and Security Clearance highly desired! - Lead the capture of business requirements for software development teams - Collaborate with business users, Information Technology (IT), and leadership to elaborate and document requirements in an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool - Manage requirements in an ALM tool - Perform Agile requirement management activities for a product team - Perform the analysis of user needs to determine functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements - Conduct user interviews, lead and facilitate sessions, and develop business process models and formal specifications - Work with customers, team members, stakeholder users, and other contractors to gather and document business, functional, technical, and non-technical requirements - Perform elaboration of user stories and decomposition of stories into backlog items and determine acceptance criteria - Use an ALM tool (JIRA) for Requirements Management, Testing, and Defect Management to create and manage requirements, epics, sub-epics, and user stories - Perform the collection, tracking, and monitoring of system and business requirements - Validate requirements and integration - Conduct backlog refinement sessions - Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on technical solutions - Manage and coordinate requirements for various projects - Write and deliver project documents to the client - Identify and manage risks and issues impacting the progress and outcome of the project - Develop and maintain the scheduled project/product backlog(s) - Own and manage requirements change control - Develop Change Requests per established policies and procedures - Facilitate accurate configuration management for project-related artifacts - Identify, document, verify, and track traceability amongst requirements, test cases, and potential risks and impediments - Collect, analyze, manage, and report key Program and Product Team execution status and metrics across all aspects of the Agile product development lifecycle using SAFe - Perform analysis to identify required tasks and their interrelationships to establish well-documented stories - Become a product functional Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Lead and mentor junior analysts in accordance with strategy and direction established by the Team Lead - Establish strong relationships with product and business owners - Support development team as needed to help everyone understand the requirements’ details - Follow Agile methodology (Scrum) and deliver requirements/specifications for Sprint teams - Remove impediments from team members to achieve successful completion of Sprints - Provide clear qualitative and quantitative information to teams and stakeholders - Support change control processes established to monitor and control project scope Then "Required Skills and Experience" heading. Then list: - Must possess a strong background in software development and Agile/Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies - Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to the customer, management, and non-technical audiences - Must possess excellent attention to detail, customer service skills, and problem-solving abilities - Past experience conducting independent research to support the resolution of complex questions - Must possess advanced experience with Microsoft (MS) Office, including Excel - Must possess excellent analytical skills, including integrating information from several sources - Expertise with JIRA tools - Experience in large, Agile software development or data integration projects - Professional Certifications: None required - Years of Professional Experience: 10 years of professional (an additional 10 years of experience may be substituted for education) - Desired experience: - Experience working in an Agile environment - Working knowledge of VA’s Veterans Independence Program (VIP) - VA SQA Testing experience - Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) - Experience working for a Federal Health Agency (VA, DHA, HHS, etc.) - Healthcare billing and claims processing application knowledge - Formal Education: Master’s degree in Engineering or a related scientific or technical discipline - Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunity - Security Clearance Requirements: Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI) - CRITICAL NOTES: ... (some boilerplate about assumptions, screening questions, recruiters, third parties, etc.) We need to remove boilerplate like "CRITICAL NOTES: SSG will not make assumptions regarding your qualifications..." etc. Also "Recruiters or Third parties will not be considered". Also "This is a 100% U.S. based remote position. However, candidates from CA, CO, IL, MN, NJ, NY, OR, or WA will not be considered". Also "U.S Citizenship is required for this specific opportunity." (duplicate). Also "Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation..." etc. Also EEO statement. Also "Powered by JazzHR bW6PUGMrKz". Remove all that. We need to keep substantive info: citizenship requirement, security clearance, location remote, full time, salary range, etc. We need to decide sections: About the role: maybe a paragraph summarizing the role: Senior Functional Analyst - II, remote, Veterans Affairs department, full time, requires public trust clearance, salary range. Responsibilities: list of duties (the big list). Use
- .
Requirements: maybe education, experience, citizenship, clearance. Could be separate from Skills. But we have both Requirements and Skills headings. We need to decide what goes where. Typically Requirements: education, experience, citizenship, clearance. Skills: technical skills, tools, methodologies.
Let's parse:
Required Skills and Experience section includes both skills and experience requirements. We could split: Requirements: education, years of experience, citizenship, clearance. Skills: background in software development, Agile/SAFe, communication, attention to detail, independent research, MS Office, analytical skills, JIRA expertise, large Agile experience, etc. Also desired experience items could be under Skills or Requirements? They are desired, not required. We could include them under Skills as "Desired experience" maybe as a sublist.
But we must not invent sections; we can include Skills section with both required and desired? The rule: include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it. It does have content for Skills. So we can include Skills.
We also need Requirements section: we have education (Master's degree), years of experience (10 years, alternative), citizenship, security clearance. Also maybe "Professional Certifications: None required" could be included but it's not a requirement; we could include as note but maybe not needed.
We also have "Min. Experience: Experienced" but that's vague.
We'll include Requirements: Education, Experience, Citizenship, Security Clearance.
Pay: salary range.
Schedule: Full Time (type). Could also mention Remote location? Location is not schedule; maybe we could include location in About the role.
We must not create Benefits section as not mentioned.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only.
Let's craft:
About the role
Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Functional Analyst – II to support the Veterans Affairs department. This is a full‑time, remote position requiring a Public Trust (MBI) security clearance and U.S. citizenship. The role offers a salary range of $78,167 – $103,855.
Responsibilities
- Lead the capture of business requirements for software development teams
- Collaborate with business users, Information Technology (IT), and leadership to elaborate and document requirements in an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool
- Manage requirements in an ALM tool
- Perform Agile requirement management activities for a product team
- Perform the analysis of user needs to determine functional, cross‑functional, and technical requirements
- Conduct user interviews, lead and facilitate sessions, and develop business process models and formal specifications
- Work with customers, team members, stakeholder users, and other contractors to gather and document business, functional, technical, and non‑technical requirements
- Perform elaboration of user stories and decomposition of stories into backlog items and determine acceptance criteria
- Use an ALM tool (JIRA) for Requirements Management, Testing, and Defect Management to create and manage requirements, epics, sub‑epics, and user stories
- Perform the collection, tracking, and monitoring of system and business requirements
- Validate requirements and integration
- Conduct backlog refinement sessions
- Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on technical solutions
- Manage and coordinate requirements for various projects
- Write and deliver project documents to the client
- Identify and manage risks and issues impacting the progress and outcome of the project
- Develop and maintain the scheduled project/product backlog(s)
- Own and manage requirements change control
- Develop Change Requests per established policies and procedures
- Facilitate accurate configuration management for project‑related artifacts
- Identify, document, verify, and track traceability