Business Analyst – Federal Government

Position: Business Analyst | Product Owner Location: O’Fallon, IL Start Date: ASAP Duration: 6 month contract-to-hire Brooksource is seeking a full-time Business Analyst/Product Owner to serve as the voice of the customer as part of a team developing advanced web applications.

You’ll support applications that are used for mission planning and re-planning for the Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) and Department of Defense U.S.

Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM).

In this role, you will regularly interact with the customer and the development team(s) to determine, document, and verify that end user needs and requirements are being fulfilled as part of the development process.

This can include innovative and out-of-the-box thinking to improve the user experience.

You will also serve as the face of the team for demonstrations and design reviews.

What you’ll do: As our Business Analyst, you will be assigned as a member of Team Sentinel (Advanced Backlog Grooming group) and report to the Requirements Manager.

You will be integrated into a development or sustainment team implementing Agile methodologies to create web application functionality, where the PO serves as the subject matter expert.

Primary Responsibilities Formulate and define system scope and objectives to meet business requirements and customer objectives.

Support feature grooming through Team Sentinel grooming sessions based on prioritized backlog items.

Based on customer-provided priorities, groom features for development and/or sustainment team assignment.

“Own” the Acceptance Criteria of product features after they have been assigned to the development and/or sustainment team.

With input from Team Sentinel, end user representatives, Solution Architect, and stakeholders, build and edit user stories, defects, and enablers.

Collaborate with the development and/or sustainment team to create and detail stories that sufficiently address all the Acceptance Criteria in the assigned feature and ensure acceptance tests are written.

Prioritize user stories in the “Team Backlog” to streamline the execution of program priorities.

Maintain the conceptual and technical integrity of user stories and each component within a user story.

Provide quality control by being the only team member empowered to accept stories as “Done” and ready for presentation for Government acceptance.

Ensure the creation of mockups and visuals to demonstrate development functionality and capabilities Serve as the liaison between Team Sentinel, stakeholders and development and/or sustainment teams.

Work with project managers, developers, test engineers, customer representatives, and end users to ensure the web application design and functionality meets business requirements and expectations.

Analyze future development for blockers and enablers.

Assist in preparation of technical reports, presentations, user guides and other documents as required or requested.

Participate in SAFe ceremonies as required to demonstrate capabilities developed by the team and user story completion for Government acceptance.

Represent the development and/or sustainment team during VIP demonstrations, design reviews, etc., Review and reprioritize the team backlog as part of the preparation work for Iteration Planning to include coordinating with other members of Team Sentinel and other Product Owners based on dependencies and program reprioritizations.

Qualifications Qualified Candidates will have: A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in a related field (computer science, computer engineering, management information systems, or science field) Familiarity with web-based technology.

Experience with Agile software development methodologies.

An active SECRET security clearance.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly present information in oral and written format.

Strong analytical skills and the ability to evaluate complex situations in order to develop helpful solutions, including innovative approaches.

The ability to contribute to deliverables and performance metrics where applicable.