Tygart Technology is seeking a
Business Analyst to join our team supporting a DOJ component in Clarksburg, WV. The ideal candidate will assist in analyzing business needs, gathering requirements, assessing risks, and supporting the development of data products aligned with data governance and data mesh strategies. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and data domain teams. The candidate will also support Agile development activities and project coordination to ensure successful delivery of business and technical initiatives. An active Top Secret security clearance is required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in analyzing business needs and assessing business propositions, including strategic alignment, cost/benefit, and potential risks.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to define product approaches that meet user needs and align with business objectives.
- Gather, document, and analyze business and technical requirements to support application development and data initiatives.
- Assist in identifying project risks and developing recommendations and potential mitigation strategies.
- Work with teams to define how user and financial benefits will be realized and measured.
- Assist in the design and deployment of data products by ensuring alignment with data governance and data mesh strategies.
- Collaborate with data domain teams to develop scalable data solutions that support self-service analytics.
- Participate in Agile development activities, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Assist with project coordination, tracking tasks, milestones, deliverables, and timelines.
- Maintain project documentation, including business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, meeting notes, and status reports.
- Communicate project updates, issues, and potential risks to project stakeholders and team members. Monitor compliance with data governance standards, including data privacy, access control, and lineage management.
- Assist with organizational training initiatives for data stewards and users, supporting the adoption of data mesh principles and data governance best practices.
- Provide team-specific training and documentation as needed.
Qualifications:
- Active Secret Security Clearance (required).
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a similar technical field.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience as a Business Analyst or Business Systems Analyst supporting application development projects.
- Experience working on Agile development teams and familiarity with Agile methodologies.
- Familiarity with Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Confluence, and SAFe