Business Analyst / Scrum Master

Rate TBD

Location Vancouver, BC Canada (On-site)

Type of project Business consulting & Finance, Technology Agile / Scrum Master, Business Analysis

Duration part time ongoing

Education required College/University

Years of experience more than 5

Type of employment N/A

Area of Specialization Business

Languages required N/A

Workhoppers Home Vancouver BC

Description

Job Description

Our national IT consulting company, is seeking a
Business Analyst / Scrum Master to help our client
collaborate with client stakeholders and document business
requirements for a large initiative to replace 2 legacy systems with
cloud-based solutions. The requirements must be articulated in a way
where test cases can easily be derived from the documentation set.

Responsibilities:

Business Analyst duties include, but are not limited to:

* Collaborate across stakeholder groups to elicit functional and
non-functional requirements for the application
* Drive the creation and maintenance of requirements across
functional testing teams to ensure completeness of scope,
identification of defects, follow through to resolution, and
appropriate support as the product subject matter expert
* Document user stories, functional requirements and non-functional
requirements in Jira
* Draft thoughtful, objective and accurate documentation for the
project, such as business cases, decision records, change requests,
root causes, recommendations, etc.
* Work with the Project Manager and client to obtain sign off and
approvals
* Conduct gap and capabilities analysis, recommending processes and
functional controls by identifying potential issues or gaps
* Escalation and expectation management of delays to deliverables and
milestones, with prompt communication of emerging risks and challenges
to the Project Manager
* Document defects and conduct troubleshooting in support of the
development team
* When development and unit testing is complete, review the solution
and confirm its accuracy prior to UAT
* Coordinate user reviews of the application throughout the
implementation process
* Build test cases covering all involving workflows, including
extreme edge cases, and execute test plan accordingly
* Provide references for users by writing and maintaining user
documentation/manual, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and
providing support and training to users

Scrum Master duties include, but are not limited to:

* Scheduling and facilitating sprints and regular stand-up meetings
* Planning sprint cycles and dependent activities
* Working with business teams to understand backlog priorities and
new requests
* Grooming the backlog items so they are ready for development
* Planning and organizing demos and system testing
* Facilitating internal communication and effective collaboration
* Resolve conflicts constructively and remove obstacles that occur
* Serve as point of contact for external stakeholders/business teams
* Mentor and support the team to follow Agile values, principles, and
practices

Requirements:

* 5 years of experience in business analysis or a related field
* 3 years of experience as a Scrum Master or in a similar role
* Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), Certification in
Business Analysis (CCBA) or other relevant professional designations
* Certified Scrum Master (CMS) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
* Other Certifications such as SAFe and PMI Agile Certified
Practitioner are strong assets
* Solid experience in custom application development and the software
development life cycle
* Ability to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple
sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into
details, abstract up from low-level information to a general
understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true
needs
* Ability to assimilate and correlate disconnected documentation and
drawings, and articulate their collective relevance to the
organization and to high-priority business issues
* Possess a natural analytical and critical way of thinking and be
able to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users.
* Demonstrated ability to be a positive and an active listener and
convey information needs of the business to IT and data constraints to
the business, with the ability to influence others to move toward
consensus
* Proven ability to anticipate and handle obstacles, and formulate
effective solutions.
* Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations.
* Strong situational analysis and decision making abilities
* Level-headedness, calmness, and the ability to think and respond
appropriately in difficult situations
* Experience working with software replacement project is preferable
* Able to reverse-engineer and correctly document current state and
the future state of the applications, including the desired fixes and
improvements
* Excellent organizational skills and a high level of attention to
detail and accuracy
* Exceptional written, verbal, and visualization communication skills
* Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and Outlook
* Competency in Atlassian applications, including Jira and Confluence
* Working knowledge of Agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks,
such as Scrum and Kanban, to deliver solutions

If you have this expertise, and are able to work in Canada, please
submit your resume. While we thank all candidates in advance for their
application, only those candidates who are shortlisted will be
contacted.