Senior Power Platform Business Analyst

Senior Power Platform Business Analyst

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Local

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The Opportunity:

CACI's Agile Solution Factory (ASF) is hiring an Agile Business Analyst with knowledge of the Power Platform family of tools. The candidate will have Agile methodology delivery experience and project management experience to support a key program based in Ashburn, VA. The candidate will apply CACI agile methodologies to meet obligations. The candidate will be the primary interface with government stakeholders to gather and document requirements. The candidate and will use oral and written communications skills to develop great working relationships with the government stakeholders. The candidate will meet regularly with customer stakeholders to identify and agree upon business requirements and timelines for assigned projects, clearly communicate those business needs to Scrum Development Team - all of which help facilitate the delivery of deployable software. The individual must be able to work independently with little supervision and solve complex problems.

You will work as an integral part of an Agile team - a highly productive team of technical professionals who thrive on supporting the customer's mission and growth objectives through Agile software development. You will work in close collaboration with team members, other product teams, shared services teams such as cybersecurity, and other stakeholders within Agile methodologies.

The ideal candidate will have business analyst experience with complex software applications. In addition, experience working with stakeholders to refine requirements, document them for the development team and interfacing with the team and stakeholders as applications are developed and additional refinement of requirement occur. The candidate will work collaboratively with customer stakeholders and Development Team to decompose high-level business requirements into user stories (functional requirements).

Responsibilities:

• Acting as proxy Product Owner and assists the customer product owner with managing the product backlog.
• Meet with government stakeholders in multiple organizations to develop complete functional requirements and business rules.
• Support developing and maintaining product roadmaps.
• Liaising between developers and project stakeholders.
• Analyzing new and complex project-related problems and creating innovative solutions involving prioritizing/ordering of requirements, technology, methodology, tools, and solution components.
• Ensuring product quality and timeliness of efforts.
• Possess both an understanding of real-world mission/business objectives and a working knowledge of software development practices and technologies.
• Serve as the focal point for the capture, analysis, and management of functional and non-functional systems requirements.
• Show a demonstrated skill in effective decomposition of mission/business objectives into requirements contained within a product backlog which can then be implemented in a series of short and iterative development cycles.
• Meet regularly with stakeholders to identify business needs.
• Clearly communicate business needs to the development team through user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, Product Architect as well as the product development team during the development cycle to ensure the customer needs are being met.
• Review and evaluate work done by development team to ensure proper scope has been met.
• Familiar with Power BI Dashboards and visualizations.
• Familiar with Power Apps application development utilizing "model-driven" design, Canvas apps and Power Pages.
• Familiar with Power Automate workflows.
• Familiar with web site and forms utilizing Power Apps Portal.
• Work with the Enterprise Architecture team to perform process modeling and develop data validation processes.
• Interface with Integrated Product Teams (IPT).

Qualifications:

Required:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen, with an active secret DoD security clearance (ability to attain interim will be considered).
• College degree (B.S., M.S.) in Information Assurance, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related discipline. Experience will be considered in lieu of education.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Software development team background, with a minimum of five (5) solid years' experience facilitating incremental software development projects (using an Agile approach preferable).
• Understanding of all elements of the software development life cycle, including planning, development, requirements management, demonstrations, CM, quality assurance, and release management.
• Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication skills and work ethic and is a self-starter.
• Experience developing business processes, capability needs, and business requirements.
• Experience translating business requirements into user stories, use cases and technical requirements.
• Experience with functional decomposition of large business needs into multiple layers of requirements/user stories.
• Experience conducting interviews with stakeholders to gather pertinent information.
• Experience working on complicated problems and providing solutions that are highly creative and ingenious, exhibiting ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness.
• Acts independently to expose and resolve problems.
• Experience in estimating techniques.
• The ability to be adaptable and to constructively lead a technically diverse team.
• Strong skills with MS Office tools (Excel, Word, Project, Visio) and SharePoint.
• Experience in translating customer requirements into functional requirements for the application (User Stories/Backlog Items).
• Experience in providing status briefings and product demonstrations to customers.
• Support new user requirements and assist with planning new features for future releases.
• Familiar with applications using Microsoft Power Platform suite (Model-driven and Canvas App, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Pages/Portals, Portal Management, MDA, Power Apps Pipeline) and the Dataverse data platform in an Azure environment.

Desired:

• Experience with managing agile projects using an agile user story management tool - project uses Microsoft's Azure DevOps (ADO)
• Certified Business Analysis Professional
• Certified Product Owner
• Certified Scrum Master/Scrum Practitioner
• Experience with continuous deployment models
• Experience analyzing data and data relationships across an organization's business areas

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What You Can Expect:

A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you'll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer's missions and driven by a higher purpose - to ensure the safety of our nation.

An environment of trust.

CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You'll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground - in your career and in our legacy.

Your potential is limitless. So is ours.

Learn more about CACI here.

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Pay Range: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here .

The proposed salary range for this position is:
$86,600 - $181,800

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.