Business Analyst with Azure Devops - Remote

Job title: Business Analyst

Location: Remote, USA

Duration: 12 Months

JD:

• We need someone who has intermediate experience in Azure DevOps, is a driver, and ready to dive in quickly.
• We need someone who is not only well versed in Azure DevOps but also feels comfortable owning the backlog. This important as this team works with a vendor to complete the development and we need to ensure PPL practices/processes are followed.
• We need someone who is willing to learn the product to best support the business stakeholders

Responsibilities:

• Interacts and effectively communicates with internal clients to understand functional requirements that potentially lead to user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Organizes and facilitates meetings with Business, Design, Dev Team, and other groups as needed.
• Develops, refines, and documents requirements in the form of epics, features, user stories and acceptance criteria for prioritized feature development.
• Supports the team with current and potential system inputs, processes, and outputs including interface mapping and documentation of business processes "As Is / To Be" State.
• Consults on functional testing of system modifications.
• Ensures traceability on project work including capturing requirements; tracking test cases linked to requirements; and may support capturing defects and linking to root cause as part of User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Supports testing activities prior to release, assuring we built what aligns to agreed features and capabilities.
• Assists with training documentation and supporting product details for the business.
• Collaborates with the Design Team in the Discovery Phase of Agile Playbook related to user requirement activities.
• Participates in the development and implementation of programs intended to strengthen internal controls or improve client service and/or support.
• Provide RFP support in terms of gathering high level requirements, mapping flows, and providing demos.
• Assist with and support business case development including business analyses or feasibility studies associated with technology initiatives.
• All other duties and projects as assigned.