IT Business Analyst (REMOTE)

Duties:

• Work as proxy Product Owner
• Work with stakeholders to help them understand the benefits of Agile and how it can help their business. Help the development team understand the business requirements and how they can be met using Agile methods.
• Identify key stakeholders involved in system enhancement or development
• Holds discussions with stakeholders to understand their requirements and their vision of the product. This is then translated into business needs and communicated to the team members to make them understand the expectations of the project.
• Conduct Requirements Gathering Sessions with the business - eliciting, facilitating, documenting, and finalizing business requirements (e.g. process modelling, data, business rules, functions, etc.)
• Develop and grooming the product backlog refers to establishing user stories that represent the overall scope of the project.
• Facilitating sprint planning and backlog refinement sessions, as well as helping to ensure that the development team clearly understands the user stories they are working on.
• Make market and internal research to identify alternatives that may cover business needs
• Collaborate with customers to ensure alternatives have been carefully considered and that the chosen solution meets business objectives
• Document specifications to the appropriate detail level using proper templates
• Collaborate with technical specialists
• Develop test cases and plans, run system testing, conduct testing validation
• Ensure business requirements are met
• Communicate and document any identified risks and/or issues
• Ensure document is completed, reviewed and accepted / approved
• Communicate project tasks status to Project Manager on periodical basis
• Communicate any specification/task changes and their impact on project schedule
• Apply Company's standards, processes, policies and procedures
• Guide and share knowledge with other Business Analysts

Knowledge

• Understands the Agile methodology and can help a business use Agile principles.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to quickly understand existing business processes, analyze and structure the data.
• MS Visio advanced user
• Good meeting facilitation and presentation skills
• Business Analysis techniques such as BPMN, UML Use case Modelling, Data Modelling, Entity Relationship Diagram, Affinity diagram, mind mapping. Mock ups
• Solution Design, system mockups
• Knowledge of project management (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum methodologies)
• Fluent level of English: writing and speaking

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems and Technologies, Software Engineering

Experience

• 3+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure or Business Applications support area
• 5+ years of proved experience as ITM Business Analyst