Business Analyst

Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing team as Business Analyst. In this role, you will be supporting impactful projects that make a difference for our country.

This Business Analyst will have the ability to work with clients to understand their requirements, assist Product Owners in building, organizing and managing their backlog. They will also serve as the primary member of the DevelopementTeam to organize the sprint backlog, ensure stories are ready for sprint planning, and validates stories throughout a sprint to confirm requirements meet the Product Owners expectations. The business analyst will ensure the product/project releases are well defined and communicated to the customer so that all works is visualized and manage customer relationships and expectations and serve as the leader of one or more teams.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Knowledge of Power Platform low code/no code development capabilities to assist with backlog / acceptance criteria development in an Agile environment
• Ability to use Power Platform tools in day to day activities to manage work and collaborate with team.
• Responsible for uncovering and identifying client requirements and translate them into user stories, then for creating and contributing to lifecycle documentation for a system including but not limited to Software Requirements Specification, Installation/Operations Manuals, Vision and Scope, and Software Design Document.
• Responsible for analyzing a problem and/or requirement to ensure root need is defined and understood
• Determine business processes and define/model these processes to manage communication between the business and dev team
• Organize and visualize the work to help manage customer expectations and delivery of work
• Create week/monthly status reports for customers and Program Manager to ensure products are on track

Skills Required:

• 3-5 years of Business Analyst experience, ideally in a Federal work environment.
• Bachelor's Degree is preferred or commensurate work experience
• Business Analyst certification and/or PMP
• Working knowledge of backlog management and user story creation
• Working knowledge of Agile principles and Scrum and/or Kanban practices
• Knowledge and experience with Power Platform tools and development
• Understanding of Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project
• Proven excellence in communication skills working with customer outreach to determine project needs, uncover issues and escalating potential challenges
• Ability to define and manage projects and products throughout their lifecycle
• The ability to work onsite in the DC area as needed is a big plus
• Previous clearance at the Public Trust level, and/or the ability to hold a Public Trust clearance