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Job Description:

• Works with all stakeholders to define and document the use cases and product requirements that will determine the success of the solution.

• Translates product requirements and user stories into detailed functional and/or technical specifications.

• Develops and writes clear technical tasks and acceptance criteria in JIRA.

• Provides other documentation as needed such as API specifications, process diagrams, and other models to clarify the desired solutions.

• Works with the team leads, collaboratively using JIRA, to help prioritize stories, tasks, and their dependencies to ensure a smooth agile process.

• Provides input in test plans and participate in writing test cases, tests execution and defect reporting to ensure that solutions implemented meet requirements and are both of high quality and operationally sustainable.

• Identifies opportunities and drives solutions for improving current business and technical processes.

• Facilitates communication and coordination across business and technical units.

• Timely escalation of any concerns, risks and issues pertaining to business analysis.

• Supports Agile project management processes as needed.

• Participates in project meetings and provides insight as appropriate.

• Documenting and reporting to project leadership and senior management.

• Has a deep understanding of business process analyses, needs assessments, and preliminary cost/benefit analyses. Solves complex problems relating to computer equipment capacity, limitations, and operation time.

• Utilizes thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements to translate business and user needs into system requirement specifications.

• Recommends process improvements in existing applications and revises existing system logic difficulties as necessary. Designs, develops, and implements new applications, systems architecture, network systems, and applications infrastructures.

• Communicates and presents on system enhancements and/or alternatives to colleagues in IT management.

• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or a related field.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in progressive technical business analysis or relevant role.

• Experience with Agile methodology and the Software Development Life Cycle.

• Experience translating high-level requirements and user stories into functional specifications.

• Experience with writing technical specifications, with a focus on full stack architecture, including REST APIs, SQL and noSQL data solutions and distributed infrastructure.

• Experience with business analysis and quality assurance professional standards, business processes, workflows, methodologies and leading practices.

• Experience leading business analysis activities while ensuring the traceability and optimum coverage of business requirements defined.

• Experience managing a backlog of requirements in an Agile workflow.

• Experience with programming languages and web technologies.

• Experience working in a Linux command line environment.

• Experience as scrum master.

• Experience in Change Management, Release Management, Incident, Project Management and working on Business Intelligence.

• Experience with HIPAA and/or FISMA security regulations.

• Experience with cancer or human genomics.

• Experience with bioinformatics.

• Experience with JIRA project tracking software.

â‹Preferred Competencies

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with technical staff, non-technical staff, all levels of management, and clients.

• Detail-oriented and highly organized with outstanding problem-solving skills.

• Work effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment.

• Perform business process re-engineering and transformations.

• Understand disparate functionalities arising from various business units from a technical point of view.

• Familiarity with full stack architecture, specifically SQL databases, APIs, and web development.

• Ability to generate wire-frames and flowcharts to accompany user stories or as a brainstorming aid.

Working Conditions

• Office Environment.

Application Documents

• Resume (required)

• Cover Letter (preferred)

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