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Business Analyst 4 - Hybrid Richmond, VA

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Overview

VDOT - Asset Management Team is looking to fill a Business Analyst position with a candidate who has the following skills and experience: 5+ years of BA experience in IT projects, strong oral and written communication skills, IT software/application project experience, and the specific skills/experience listed below.

Responsibilities

Analytical Thinking

Review, analyze complex processes and systems and break them down into manageable parts.

Demonstrate strong problem‑solving skills to identify root causes, not just symptoms.

Technical Proficiency

Familiarity with enterprise software (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server).

Understanding of databases (SQL), APIs, and Data Flow Diagrams.

Not necessarily a developer, but should have a strong understanding of how IT systems work.

Requirements Gathering Proficiency

Strong experience conducting stakeholder interviews and workshops.

Skilled at writing clear, testable, functional, and non‑functional requirements.

Strong familiarity with using Azure DevOps (TFS) for managing agile items (Product backlog, Epics, Features, User Stories, Tasks) and Test Plans/Test Cases.

Ability to prepare diagrams explaining modifications so both technical staff and executive management can visualize and understand what must be done; experience creating wireframes or visualizations (Visio) from requirements.

Agile/Waterfall Knowledge

Experience working with Agile/Scrum (including SAFe) as well as Waterfall projects.

Other Required and Demonstrated Work Skills

Translate from technical to business terminology and vice versa for stakeholders and developers.

Write clear documents and deliver strong presentations.

Handle pushback, negotiate priorities, and resolve conflicts diplomatically.

Business Process Modelling & Testing

Experience with business process modelling (swim lanes, flow charts).

Experience rolling out new systems/processes and managing user adoption.

Support system integration testing (IT Testing) and assist with User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Qualifications

Agile Business Analyst with strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodologies (Required) – 5+ years.

Well-versed with Scrum, Agile, Scaled Agile, and Kanban methodologies (Required) – 5+ years.

Technical experience in organizing and maintaining sprint and product backlogs (Required) – 5+ years.

Technical experience translating client and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories (Required) – 5+ years.

Documenting high-level test strategy, test plans, test cases, and execution of test cases (Required) – 5+ years.

Ability to analyze and document business and system processes (Required) – 5+ years.

Prior VA IT Business Analyst experience strongly desired.

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