Job Title : Business Analyst(2516-BIAS-ICG-IOM-ATLT)

Location :  Atlanta, GA

Duration :  Long Term

Emp.Type : W2 / 1099

Scope :
Responsible for understanding functional and product requirements for component / module for a specific release, documenting it as functional specifications, applying agile principles to convert these specifications into stories and work units and then translating them into criteria for acceptable product performance; Works independently, at the same time collaborating with all other roles within an agile product development life cycle to ensure product releases that meet organizational standards and customer needs. 

Business Analyst:

•       3-5 years experience
•       This role is the glue between customer, SW engineers and QA engineers
•        BA probably hard to fill on a contingency basis (so Sam thinks)
•        Must have excellent writing and communication skills
•        Primary responsibility is to look at customer requirements, work through them with customer and to understand the real need the custoner is trying to get at. They will work with another BA or two to assist with whatever else they need and getting requirements into user stories to use to build scrum backlog. Not looking for them to estimate scope (engineers do that).
•       Provide in-depth requirements.
•       When they build out sprints – BDD experience is great.
•        They team up BA, QA and SW engineer to talk through scope of work for next sprint. They refer to them as the Three Amigos. They make sure technical folks understand what is expected to be built and delivered.
•        They have 2 week sprints and deliver on 4 week cycle. The first 2-week print happends and they use the second 2-week sprint to test and prove work.
•       Tools they use are: Target Process (a web version of backlog xx tool). They are transitioning to Rally, which is a tool for backlog and task management for SW engineering team. Use Team City (??), which is a .NET automation tool (run automatic tests).
•       Candidate has to be well versed in Visual Studio 2012 (they don't use 2013)
•       It will be hard to find domain experience, but if the candidate has experience with invoicing and automation, from the automobile reparir industry, for example, that would be good (web based tools)
•       It would be good if they have knowledge of what the American Association of Railroads organization is.

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