Business Analyst - Remote

Job Description

Founded in 1994, Mindex specializes in software development for large enterprise clients in the Rochester, NY area and for New York State K-12 schools. We are a rapidly growing organization expanding heavily into cloud app. development and modernizing our home-grown K-12 Student Management System, SchoolTool.

We are looking for a candidate with an agile background with the primary responsibility of creating shared understanding of solution requirements through User Flows, Story Maps, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, and other agile artifacts. The analyst must have strong communication skills and will work heavily with their agile teams and with client stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gathers and analyzes requirements for complex projects using strategies which includes interviews and observations, workshops, and documents.
• Develops a deep understanding of the body of work, partners with the team and project stakeholders to elaborate clear solution requirements.
• Demonstrates the ability to use resources available to identify technical requirements.
• Partners with PO to ensure there is shared understanding between the team and project stakeholders.
• Evaluates information gathered from multiple sources and facilitates consensus between stakeholder groups.
• Participates in PI planning projects alongside the Product Owner and Scrum Master to ensure scope and delivery plans align.
• Facilitates refinement of requirements and team estimations via elaboration and refinement sessions to ensure scrum team alignment for functional and non-functional requirements while championing a predictable estimate for all requirements for up to 2 teams.
• Works with Product Owner to understand and communicate priority of backlog items.
• Demonstrates the ability to partner with the teams Product Owner to represent Product team interests in meetings as necessary.
• Represents Product Owner on project teams, as a back up, to assist in answering questions and to provide direction to project agile teams as needed.
• Engages and actively collaborates within the Agile Triangle.
• Through collaboration with the team Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead and Product Delivery Leads influence agile process & team norm changes.
• Demonstrates the ability to use graphical representation to augment textual requirements such as diagrams, models, workflow diagrams, and story maps.

Requirements

• BS degree in Business, Communications, or related area preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1-2 years of Business Analysis experience.
• Preferred knowledge in any of the following areas: basic data analysis, public speaking, agile methodologies, software delivery life cycle (SDLC).

Benefits

• Medical Insurance (with a free option!)

• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Optional Additional Life Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Accounts with Company Contributions
• Optional Hospital Indemnity, Accident and Critical Illness Insurance as well as Legal Assistance

Our Perks:

• Flexible Time Off
• Eight Paid Holidays
• Pre-tax and Roth 401(k) Options with Company Match
• Investment in Professional Development including a license to Udemy training courses and leadership training
• Employee Assistance Program
• Adoption Assistance
• Pet Insurance Discounts
• Tickets to local sporting events
• Team building events
• Holiday and celebration parties

The band range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, education, experience, training, certifications, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at, or near, the top of the range for their role; and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The range for this role is $60,000 - $90,000.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor, or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.