What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst - Remote (WFH) position at COGNITIVE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC?
Position Summary: Cognitive is seeking a Business Analyst to work closely with development teams, and stakeholders to ensure that the product meets the needs of our client. Identify client’s technical needs, plan enterprise architecture and strategize ideas to improve decision-making, while working in an agile environment.
Duties:
- Works closely with the client and technical team to provide guidance and analysis experience, while incorporating the client’s baseline requirements and processes into scalable design specifications that satisfies business requirements and needs
- Provides solutions to a variety of technical problems of moderate scope and complexity where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors
- Develops, implements, and promotes policies and standard operating procedures
- Improves the flow of information through the organization by using modeling, testing and data models
- Provides input to project plans to achieve performance-based objectives, enhancing implementation, technical integration and interoperability products and services
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Adheres to the Agile software development methodology:
- Work with the development team to document the processes involved in the software development life cycle
- Works with the development team to ensure that the product backlog is well-groomed and contains user stories ready for development.
- Works with the client and the Cognitive development team to build user stories ensuring the team has full understanding of requirements and business process
- Develops and designs user stories, wire frames, and process maps using tools such as Lucidchart and Visio
- Works with all levels to provide input to reports and other deliverables, to execute multiple assignments, & meet agreed deadlines, and adjust to changing client demands
- Provides integral support in mission requirements determination, conceptualization, design, development, testing, verification and validation, documentation, and implementation of technical integration efforts and interoperability products & services
Required Skills:
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills (oral and written)
- Self-starter with a positive attitude and very good interpersonal skills
- Experience with Jira Scrum boards or Kanban (2-4 years)
- Experience with and thorough understanding of Agile methodology and SDLC
- Experience with Excel, SharePoint, Lucidchart (or Visio)
- Experience with data collection and the design and creation of wireframes (2-4 years)
- Experience with and ability to define and document software requirements
- Ability to work / collaborate with a team
- Strong work ethic, ability to self-manage workload & deliverables under tight deadlines
Required Education, Experience, and Clearance:
- Bachelor’s Degree 5 years or more experience, - OR – 13 years of relevant experience
- Ability to obtain a Position of Public Trust – Medium Background Investigation (MBI)
- US Citizenship required
