Job Seekers, Please send resumes to resumes@hireitpeople.com Senior Business Analyst with specific government application experience. 
This position will be joining the State of Iowa Office of the CIO department, working on an in-flight Agile Scrum project as the project’s Business Analyst. It is a multi-phase project and entails the design and development of a new web application. End users and SMEs will need significant assistance with the agile process of defining and documenting user stories.The project’s application is being written in C#.NET using MVC and Entity Framework. Experience working on projects with these technologies, as well as the fundamentals of the Agile Scrum methodology, are required. Agile Scrum knowledge will be heavily tested during the interview process.

Responsibilities will include: • Lead the effort to define and document requirements and user stories • Work with Scrum development team during the course of the project• Lead product documentation efforts including core functional documentation• Participate in the QA process by documenting testing steps and performing hand-off to QA organization• Participate in planning and estimation sessions• Participate in customer feedback and research activities• Lead and coordinate internal training sessions for new employees or new product releases.

Required/Desired Skills:-
SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceExperience working as an Agile Scrum business analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodologyRequired5YearsExperience translating client and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user storiesRequired5YearsExperience defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process with developmentRequired5YearsExperience working on web application projects using C#.NETRequired3YearsUnderstanding of tax accounting/financeHighly desired  Understand other processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/enterprisDesired  Understand basic fundamentals of software development processes and proceduresDesired  Understand the value of commitments to delivery made by a development teamDesired  Understand backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definitionDesired  Technical knowledge of infrastructure components, their dependencies, and interactions between servers, virtual systems, networks, databases, web appsDesired  Ability to participate in customer engagements, follow direction from lead technicians, work with customers, and participate in technical planningDesired  Possess strong communications skillsRequired