Business Analyst

M9 Solutions is seeking a Business Analyst to work (hybrid) on a government contract for a client located in Washington, DC. An active TS/SCI clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand business needs and translate them into the product backlog.
• Assist the product manager in prioritizing product backlog items.
• Assist the product team in performing estimation and complexity assessments of product backlog items.
• Assist the product manager in the creation and management of product roadmaps.
• Assist the product team in generating and managing artifacts and knowledge bases.
• Assist the product team in body of evidence (BOE) generation and submission.
• Assist the product team in test planning and management.
• Facilitate and refine product team level ceremonies (e.g., stand-up, sprint planning).
• Identify, map, and track dependencies internal and external to the product team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure efficient product development and delivery.
• Utilize product management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and M365 to accomplish daily duties.
• Leverage tools such as Confluence and Jira to facilitate efficient product management.
• Manage risks and dependencies effectively in a software development context.
• Analyze team and product performance through data driven insights.
• Organize and facilitate team, customer, and stakeholder meetings.
• Act through the delivery of innovative, desirable, and mission critical software products.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• 4 - 8+ years of experience.
• Minimum education requirements: Bachelor's degree.
• AWS Cost Management.
• Agile Product Management.
• Agile Scrum.
• Agile Software Development.
• AgilePM/ SAFe.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Atlassian Confluence.
• Change and Risk Management.
• Dependency Management.
• Effective Team Communication.
• Excellent Verbal Communication Skills.
• Jira.
• Product Management.
• Product Road Mapping.
• Product Roadmap Management.
• Requirements Gathering or Elicitation.
• Sprint Backlog Management.
• Systems Development Life Cycle.
• Technical Data Analysis.
• User Research.
• Familiarity and experience with Government risk management frameworks (RMF) and cyber security authorization processes.
• Familiarity and experience with Microsoft technologies (M365, Power Platform).
• Familiarity and experience operating within the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.
• Knowledge of user research methodologies and the ability to derive actionable insights.
• Cloud budgeting and forecasting experience.