Junior Business Analyst (SAFe/Agile)

The Digital Modernization Sector has an opening for a Junior Business Analyst to support a large healthcare contract.

We are seeking a Junior Business Analyst with experience working in a SAFe/Agile environment to help support CMS’s Enterprise Portal Services (EPS) program who will understand thoroughly business space and its underlying data, inputs and outputs. The successful Junior Business Analyst should have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the scrum team to maximize the team's velocity

• Work with the customer and team to refine the priorities within the Product Backlog

• Capture meeting minutes and key decisions for distribution to the team and subsequent review with the customer

• Interface continually with the customer, project SMEs, and key stakeholders to gather and document business requirements in support of their vision

• Organize requirements into epics and stories, generate Acceptance Criteria.

• Support user acceptance testing (UAT)

• Gather and analyze data to understand business problems and opportunities

• Identify and evaluate the potential risks and impacts of proposed solutions

• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for implemented solutions

Required Skills:

• 1 year experience working as a BA in a Agile Environment with SAFe Framework or 1 year experience as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment.

• Exceptional analytical, conceptual thinking, and documentation skills.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and an ability to follow-up in a timely manner

• Experience creating detailed reports and presenting information to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Experience using JIRA and Confluence to manage requirements

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance.

Desired Skills:                                                                                                                

• Experience working in federal projects 

• A Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification or other agile-related certification

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (or higher). Experience may be substituted in lieu of degree

• 2-4 years of experience

All candidates supporting the CMS programs must have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years prior in order to be considered.

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.