This is a remote position.
Looking to leave a lasting footprint in the consulting and design engineering world?
With an impressive legacy spanning over four decades, DLB Associates is on the hunt for a dynamic Agile Business Analyst Specialist focused on the development of engineering tools. Join our team and contribute to our high-impact projects, which encompass some of the most technologically advanced environments in the world.
Position Title: Agile Business Analyst Specialist – Engineering Tools
Position Location: Remote – work virtually from anywhere in the United States
SALARY
DLB recognizes salary ranges from job boards do not necessarily reflect our pay ranges. In many instances we out-compete those ranges for well-qualified candidates.
JOB SUMMARY
As an Agile Business Analyst Specialist focused on the development of engineering tools, you’ll bridge the gap between stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring that product requirements are clearly defined, prioritized, and delivered within Agile frameworks. Leveraging your expertise in MEP engineering, you’ll provide valuable insights and analysis to drive the development of innovative solutions that meet both business objectives and technical requirements.
This role will involve managing and prioritizing requirements, creating user stories, wireframes, and process flow diagrams, and collaborating closely with various stakeholders throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
This individual will work collaboratively with software engineers, BI developers, IT professionals, project managers, and other relevant team members to ensure seamless integration and alignment between business requirements and technical solutions.
The role involves a strong focus on documenting both new and legacy applications, managing and prioritizing requirements, and creating user stories, wireframes, and process flow diagrams. The individual in this role will act as a liaison and facilitator between various stakeholders, ensuring the successful implementation of solutions that meet business needs and add value.
The Agile Business Analyst Specialist – Engineering Tools will receive limited direction on day-to-day work and general instruction on new projects, tasks or assignments. Will execute and assist team leadership on projects, tasks or assignments of complex scope. Will work independently or under limited supervision.
This person will communicate and operate in line with organizational goals and values, as well as departmental objectives.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT (30%)
- Manage and prioritize requirements effectively.
- Elicit and clearly document functional business and systems requirements.
- Partner with Product Owner to understand and prioritize key success factors and critical business needs.
USER STORIES AND WIREFRAMES (25%)
- Write effective user stories with clear acceptance criteria focused on business value.
- Develop wireframes and process flow diagrams for the development team.
COLLABORATION AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (20%)
- Conduct Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with stakeholders throughout SDLC.
- Collaborate closely with project managers, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), developers, and QA testers.
- Facilitate and manage meeting sessions with various stakeholders.
BUSINESS ANALYSIS (15%)
- Assess business process and system inefficiencies to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Interact with business owners, SMEs, and the management team to identify the scope of the project and to prepare use cases, user stories, and activity diagrams to further develop technical requirements.
- Provide guidance to project managers, business owners, development team, and subject matter experts to resolve outstanding issues and action items taken in the review meeting.
REPORTING & DOCUMENTATION (10%)
- Assist with all project communication and reporting.
- Document both new and legacy applications.
- Prepare development of project progress reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Use DevOps tools to manage Software Development Lifecyle and programming tasks.
- Manages personal hours using company tools.
Completion of Assigned Tasks and Deliverables on Time and on Budget
Performs Other Related Duties as Assigned
Requirements
POSITION REQUIREMENTS (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL FOR ALL THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT AS NOTED)
- Skilled in conducting JAD sessions and other stakeholder engagement activities.
- Skilled in using Agile methodologies, particularly in writing user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Skilled in using Agile project management tools like DevOps.
- Skilled in analytical and problem-solving techniques.
- Skilled in creating and maintaining excellent documentation.
- Skilled in interpersonal interactions.
- Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form (technical and non-technical information).
- Ability to communicate effectively directly with clients and at times serve as primary point of client contact.
- Ability to work successfully as a member of a team and independently with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet close deadlines.
- Ability to learn new technology quickly.
- Organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
TRAVEL / RELOCATION REQUIREMENTS
- Up to 5%, this may include travel to any or all 50 US states
- Travel is defined as physically leaving home on behalf of business activities including but not limited to client sites, meetings with other employees, meeting for business development purposes, running errands on behalf of the business, attending industry conferences, etc.
EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
PLUS
- Minimum of five years of experience as Agile Business Analyst or similar role
- Experience with Revit preferred
DLB Associates is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
We are committed to diversifying our workforce.
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