Agile Business Analyst

Vana Solutions is recruiting an Agile Business Analyst. Vana Solutions, LLC is an information technology services company headquartered in Beavercreek, Ohio. Vana Solutions delivers technical solutions supporting complex organizational objectives while solving business-driven challenges. 

• Perform story analysis to determine conditions of satisfaction and ensure acceptance criteria are clearly defined. 
• Manage the evolution of user stories and other backlog items, including breaking down the stories, eliciting conversations, and facilitating story refinement sessions. 
• Work with cross-functional team members to ensure user stories are concise, comprehensible, feasible, unambiguous, and verifiable. 
• Work with the development team to support data analysis to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of an enterprise system.
• Perform functional and regression testing and provide feedback 
• Facilitate UAT with end-users including the development of Release Notes, test scenarios, UAT process training, and collaboration with testers. 
• Must be experienced in Agile/Scrum framework 
• Strong understanding of Scrum and Quality Assurance processes
• Must be able to work on Eastern Standard Time 

• Proficient in entire MS 365 Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) 
• Strong understanding of business analysis principles, processes, and techniques 
• Ability to plan and organize in complex, fast-paced environments 
• Posses excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Results-oriented, self-motivated, pro-active team player, and positive attitude
• Strong facilitation skills (e.g., facilitating diverse groups to a decision or consensus)
• Demonstrates "hands-on" approach where necessary 
• Experience with Jira preferred  
• Strong written and verbal communication. 
• Ability to obtain a security clearance. 
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.  

Education:

Bachelor's degree from an accredit university - preferably in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field