Sr. Business Analyst

Planned Systems International (PSI) is a Government Contractor providing Independent Verification and Validation services for the Veterans Affairs. They are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support modernization efforts and testing activities, ensuring requirements are met and risks are managed.

Responsibilities:

• Identifying, coordinating and reviewing Portfolio/Product/Project requirements/Epics/User Stories and User Acceptance criterion (includes interaction/sync with product owner, Scrum Master and other work streams/teams)
• Creating System of Records and workbooks for evaluating business risk and criticality based on the fit for purpose description of the requirements
• Evaluating, recommending, and implementing risk identification and business impact from a criticality point of view
• Maintaining, and upgrading System of record artifacts for systems under test (SUT) in approved enterprise repositories such as MS Share Point
• Understanding project architecture, test environment, test data needs based on the System build scope
• Conducting thorough evaluation of the SUT by analyzing and comprehending requirements
• Identifying and dispositioning risk assessment functions as per approved standards and processes
• Writing detailed functional risk justification and mitigation strategies reports to ensure that system/product/service requirements are met
• Serving as facilitator providing pre-testing intake assessment know-how for the support of user requirements of routine, complex to highly complex software/hardware health and other IT applications
• Working both independently and as a team, promoting collaborative work environment with team members and customers, defining, organizing, and/or presenting detailed information and data needed to accomplish organization and pre-test activity goals
• Candidate will actively participate in collaborative meetings with the VA customer, VA product development, testing assessment teams and other key stakeholders as needed

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, engineering, scientific, managerial, business, or related discipline
• Substitution: Four (4) years of relevant experience or an associate degree plus two (2) years of relevant experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree
• U.S. Citizenship is required as is successfully passing a thorough Government background screening requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
• Ability to obtain and maintain necessary security clearances as required for access to classified information
• Bachelor's Degree in a recognized technical, engineering, scientific, managerial, business, or other discipline related to area of expertise
• 3-5 years' experience with business requirements management efforts
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Visio 2013 or higher
• SharePoint Online
• Remote Desktop Connection
• Communication tools (Teams, SharePoint)
• VBA, Microsoft Power Automate
• PMP, CSM certifications are preferred but not mandatory, however ability to obtain those certifications, if hired to perform above duties is required
• Knowledge of COTS and GOTS systems/products/services evaluation is preferred
• In-depth understanding and knowledge of Health Information Technology (HIT) policies and procedures, patient care/clinical business processes are preferred but not mandatory
• Experience using Risk based testing methodologies is preferred but not mandatory