Business System Analyst - Direct- Hire/FTE - Elk Grove, CA. - INSPYR Solutions

Business System Analyst - Direct- Hire/FTE - Elk Grove, CA. 

Title: Business System Analyst
Location: Elk Grove, CA - Hybrid with 3 days onsite per week
Duration: Direct Hire/FTE
Compensation: $90,000 - $103,000 Annual Base Salary
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the US

Position Summary: 
The Business Analyst is assigned to work with 2-3 Scrum teams and is responsible for performing discovery, requirements elicitation and requirements documentation work. This team member documents all requirements in user stories and manage all grooming sessions with the Scrum teams. The Business Analyst supports all of the activities of the Product Manager(s) assigned to the respective teams.     
Top skills needed or won't consider for role: Story writing, Requirements gathering, Discovery, Grooming

Position Responsibilities - Other duties may be assigned:

• Demonstrate sufficient level of product competency.
• Conduct and document findings from discovery sessions and requirement elicitation meetings to define business requirements for product development priorities.
• Write user stories and participate in prioritization of backlog.
• Serve as liaison between business, architects and development teams.
• Conduct grooming sessions and manage stories through to completion.
• Support product manager, product owner and scrum master in product implementation.
•  Facilitate product or project meetings.
• Write acceptance criteria for purposes of building test documentation.
• Ad-hoc testing.
•  Use case modeling.
• In absence of scrum master, conduct scrum practices and guide teams.
• Participate in the review and/or analysis of customer feedback.
• Support roadmap creation and management.
• Participate in all scrum activities/ceremonies.
• Create product and/or product-related process documentation.   
• Consistently demonstrate the ability to independently lead discussions/meetings related to the product, write clear stories with comprehensive acceptance criteria, create thorough and accurate product documentation and perform product/process analysis, yielding clear results that meet the task objectives.
• Consistently attend and take an active role in all meetings, such that participation is an on-going effort to drive the delivery of value to customers and the organization and/or resolve impediments to the process.
• Provide clear, concise and timely communication to all members of the scrum team and any product stakeholders to deliver the value of current and future sprints.
• Independently manage assigned meetings to produce the desired outcome in a time-efficient manner based on a clear set of self-defined meeting objectives.
•  Demonstrate understanding and produce work based on the priorities that provide value to customers and the organization.
• Consistently produce high-quality deliverables in a timely manner, self-assigning dates/times for delivery and meeting delivery due dates.
•  Create comprehensive, clear and accurate documentation to ensure effective development and testing of products and solutions.
• Consistently meets the values outlined in the AutoZone Pledge & Values.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a closely related engineering field is required.
• 2+ years of professional experience in business analysis and requirements definition.
• Strong profeciecny in Jira, Confluence, and MS Excel. 
• Professional experience contributing to the Software Development Life Cycle for a commercial product and/or an internal Business System.
• Experience in an Agile Scrum environment preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and abilities to successfully interact with peers, departments outside of the Technology team and members of the management team.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge of all phases of the SDLC.
• Effective analytical/problem solving and research skills.

About INSPYR Solutions

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients’ business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.