- Company Name
- Maven Companies Inc.
- Job Title
- Business Analyst
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Business Analyst
**Role Summary:**
Seasoned Business Analyst with 5‑10 years of experience in application development environments, adept at driving requirements gathering, translating business needs into functional specifications and user stories, and supporting Agile SDLC processes.
**Expactations:**
- Deliver high‑quality requirement artifacts on schedule.
- Communicate clearly with stakeholders across large organizations.
- Contribute to sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release coordination.
- Identify and resolve gaps, ambiguities, and risks in requirements.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
- Create and maintain functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and traceability matrices.
- Collaborate with product owners, developers, QA, and UX teams to ensure alignment with Agile sprint goals.
- Manage requirements throughout the SDLC, supporting sprint reviews and retrospectives.
- Utilize JIRA, Confluence, and Azure DevOps for backlog management, documentation, and reporting.
- Facilitate workshops, meetings, and presentations with stakeholders.
- Assist in prioritizing backlog items and defining release scopes.
**Required Skills:**
- 5+ years Business Analyst experience on application development projects.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile (Scrum/Kanban), sprint cycles, and release management.
- Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps (or similar ALM tools).
- Excellent written and verbal communication, stakeholder management, and problem‑solving abilities.
- Ability to work in hybrid/on‑site environments and adapt to fast‑paced projects.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
- Preferred: CBAP, PMI‑PBA, Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP), Scrum Master/PO certifications (optional).