Sr. Business Analyst (Agile/ AWS Cloud)- PMP or CSM

Sr Business Analyst
Washington, DC – 100% Onsite @ the Federal Reserve
Per Federal contract U.S. citizenship is required
Must be able to PASS federal background check for Public Trust clearance
W2 with benefits or C2C Contract
Must Apply by September 9th
Position Requirements:
Project Scope:  The Business Analyst will capture requirements and assist the team with updating user stories for an examiner workflow tool.  The Business Analyst should also be familiar with Agile methodologies and properly update user stories and help facilitate Agile meetings as necessary.
 Business Requirements:  The examiner workflow tool will replace and enhance a legacy system leveraging AWS cloud services.  To support the development, implementation, continuous improvement and maintenance of the tool; a business analyst is required to work with the product owner and development team to ensure a shared understanding of desired outcomes.
 Business Constraints:  The candidate is expected to report onsite 5 days per week at our office in downtown DC.  This is not a remote/hybrid position.
 This contract will run until the end of 2026 with possibility for renewal in 2027.
 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computing Information Systems, Computer Science, or relevant technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading projects or key business initiatives.
• 2 years of IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience.
• At least one of the following or its equivalent:
  • PMP Certification, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, Scaled Agile Framework or CSM (Certified Scrum Master)

• Strong oral and written communication skills (writing samples may be requested).
• Experience working on AWS GovCloud User Interface (UI) application development related project(s).
• Direct experience working closely with the business and technical teams to elicit, analyze, specify, verify, write, and manage business and system requirements for web-based UI and data driven applications.
• Strong experience working in the Agile space: Scrum, Kanban and SAFe.
• Experience creating user stories with clear acceptance criteria, prioritization, and estimation. 
• Direct experience facilitating backlog refinement sessions and assisting with release management and PI planning sessions.