Junior Business Analyst - REMOTE

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Business Process Analysis

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Business, Business Analysis, Functional Requirements, Teamwork

Certifications:

None

Experience:

0 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a highly motivated Junior Business Analyst to join our growing team to define and support our mission-critical applications for our DHS customer.  The successful candidate(s) will provide support to Agile Teams by transforming client business needs into user stories that accurately capture functional requirements. Perform as an advocate of the client Product Owner with the Agile Teams and support all aspects of the program as priorities change while leveraging best practices. This includes involvement with users to define system scope and objectives, as well as documenting functional requirements.

HOW A JUNIOR BUSINESS ANALYST WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Analyze customer needs, current business processes and systems, and other data
• Conduct research, gathering requirements from stakeholders and identify improvements
• Create procedures to improve existing processes or systems
• Write user stories and functional requirements using JIRA application
• Ability to assign points for user stories
• Provide support and technical advice throughout Agile sprint cycles
• Assist in validating enhancements to existing system in addition to coordinating with Sprint teams 
• Implementing scrum/agile project lifecycle approach to software development

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Required Skills / Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship
• DHS HQ EOD required to start; must be able to obtain DHS HQ Final Suitability
• BS or equivalent
• Experience developing Agile user stories for an IT Mission System

Desired Skills / Qualifications:

• BS in computer science or information systems field of study
• Experience in Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Experience implementing and configuring DevOps solutions
• Proven track record as a self-learner keeping current with the latest techniques including automated testing and continuous integration
• Experience with Agile Scrum/Kanban and SAFe
• Certification in SAFe, SCRUM or Kanban

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
  Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely hourly rate for this position is between $26.30 - $31.05. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of u