Senior Scrum Master/Requirements Analyst

About the role

The successful candidate will provide extended support as a business process/requirements analyst on a software development team that designs, develops, and maintains complex web-based applications in support of our Federal client.

Responsibilities

• Conducts and facilitates all Scrum ceremonies - daily stand-up, sprint planning, release planning, grooming sessions, sprint retrospectives, and sprint reviews.
• Works with the client to create, review, and adjudicate Program Increment planning.
• Develops detailed documentation of client needs.
• Develops and delivers business processes for requirements.
• Performs requirements analysis to determine feasibility and to decompose requirements to concise and testable user stories.
• Develops and adheres to the Definition-of-Ready and Definition-of-Done established by the scrum team.
• Create clear, detailed business requirement documents (BRDs), functional specifications, and use cases, as needed.
• Create and maintain requirement traceability matrices to ensure all requirements are met.
• Develops and maintains requirement traceability matrices to ensure all requirements are met.
• Work with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business requirements.
• Interface with all areas of the project, including customer, architects, development team, operations, and other teams.
• Provide expertise and guidance in interpreting policies, regulations, and guidelines to ensure compliance.
• Interacts with Integrated Customer/Vendor Teams.
• Conduct client interviews and coordinate with business and technology teams to define and document system requirements, including program functions, output requirements, input data acquisition, and system controls.
• Perform cost-benefit analysis when needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field of study is required with a minimum of 5 years of experience (or masters equivalent).
• Proven experience as a Scrum Master, Business Analyst, Requirements Analyst, or in a similar role, facilitating meetings with stakeholders to develop business and technical requirements.
• Experience in leading and facilitating all Scrum ceremonies.
• Experience with SAFe and Program Increment planning and execution.
• Strong time management to ensure ceremonies are done efficiently and within the time box.
• Must be resourceful in removing scrum team roadblocks.
• Servant leadership mentality to drive discussion and input from all members of the scrum team.
• 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.
• Experience with enterprise web applications for the Federal government.
• Experience with 508 compliance.
• Experience in working on software development projects and understanding of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).
• Proficiency in requirement elicitation techniques and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
• Experience with process modeling tools (e.g., Visio, Lucidchart) and methodologies.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall project methodologies.
• Experience with formal system development methodologies including Agile.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Experience with business process modeling.
• Experience in business analysis activities, including:
• Software requirements management and analysis.
• Software requirements elicitation.
• Software solutions analysis.
• Software requirements planning.
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Membership in the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) or a related professional organization is a plus.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification preferred.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification is a plus.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.

Security Clearance Requirements

• MUST be a U.S. citizen OR Permanent Resident Alien (Green card holder and NOT H1 Visa holder).
• Ability to obtain an MBI (Minimum Background Investigation) Security Clearance from a Federal Agency.
• An active MBI Clearance is highly desirable.