Azure/JIRA Business Analyst

• Refining product backlogs and experience organizing and tracking work items in Epics, Features, User Stories, Bugs, and Issues and creating Dashboards Develop supporting artifacts such as but not limited to Project Vision Document,
• Journey Maps, Business Workflows, Enterprise Analysis, develop templates etc., based on interviews with the technical team, business team and subject matter experts.
• Write requirements, define acceptance criteria and manage the state of user stories throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC)/ Project lifecycle and develop mock-ups and artifacts to support the development effort.
• Work closely with the development team to address questions discovered during the development phase, validate the code developed matches requirements and acceptance criteria defined in user stories.
• Assist with coordinating or creating test plans for business users and assist with test case creation based on their perspective and understanding of responsible business processes Facilitate engagements between the product owner/business stakeholders and development team members at any time during the project life cycle.
• Work closely with the Quality Assurance team to support testing processes in pre-production environments.
• Align with company QA standards, applying them to assist in the development of test cases.
• Ensure the test cases provide adequate code coverage of user stories and include mapping user tests to traceability matrices to provide adequate coverage.
• During release cycles work closely with the stakeholders to support the releases, working as a liaison to technical resources and serving as the subject matter expert on the underlying business rules for the system/application in case there is a need during the validation of a release
• Ability to prepare project status summary reports and presentations Collaborate with internal team and update project status....

Required Skills : Required/Desired skills: • 5 years Azure DevOps Experience. • Advanced MS Excel Skills. ? Experience documenting requirements traceability through to test cases and scenarios. • Must be a collaborative team member and a quick learner • 5 years of Business Systems experience required in the Atlassian platform. As a Jira Business Systems Analyst, you will be the point of contact for the end user teams that need to implement business and engineering processes within Jira. Education: ? BA/BS required (major in an analytical field desired) • Skills Required: JIRA, Visio, Confluence and SharePoint desired, XML, JSON, API, Web Services and System Integrations. Required Skills • Bachelor s degree. 5 years of progressive experience in business systems analysis, functional design, process improvement, process design, project management and project evaluation. • Should have exceptional verbal and written communication skills and the ability to articulate business value. • Should have experience in project leadership and project management; from business cases, cost/benefit analyses and planning, through post-implementation support. • Extensive experience with JIRA, Visio, Confluence and SharePoint desired. • Knowledge of XML, JSON, API, Web Services and System Integrations. • Ability to work independently and show initiative with minimum