Job Description
We are seeking a Technical Business Analyst who is a master at bridging the desires of the customer and the capabilities of the technology removing barriers to software development You will be responsible for grooming the product backlog and have insight into technical requirements of individual stories thus creating a more efficient user experience.
You will partner with business leaders to elicit understand analyze document refine and communicate business needs so that business andor technical delivery teams can build effective solutions This requires a deep understanding of customer needs as well as business vision and strategy to prioritize investment business value and delivery.
You will serve as the day today decision maker and provide continual business mentorship for the execution team You will prioritize the execution teams work so that it aligns with the sponsors business executives strategies You will work with the business and IT delivery teams to identify and mitigate risks to include business operational risks advance issues and develop and recommend appropriate solutions.
Whether you started from the product side and developed technical skills or started as a technical resource you have a knack for the product side of the business You possess the necessary technical product knowledge to drive strategic conversations about the product and enhance value to Equifax and its customers.
What You'll Do
You will serve as a Technical Business Analyst supporting USISs Identity Fraud Compliance group This involves understanding the products backend service technologies and the end-to-end data flow The incumbent must be the conduit between business needs technical capabilities and engineering requirements developing these into roadmaps and requirements for the Agile backlog of a development team.
In addition you will
- Work closely with the business leaders to build and maintain the product functionality backlog.
- Work with Business Product Management to define larger and more complex solution components for IT departments and break them down into logical discrete units for development.
- Authenticate technical integration across multiple enterprise software systems.
- Communicate the vision and goals at the beginning of every release and sprint.
- Elaborate user stories for implementation working with Business Analysts across IT to ensure alignment toward the Equifax vision.
- Ensure that the Product Backlog is constantly prioritized to secure delivery of maximum business value.
- Engage with key customer contacts and with Product Managers as required to ensure that all relevant inputs to the Product Backlog have been collected and prioritized.
- Participate in team planning meetings and exercising availability to provide advice clarification and guidance during the execution of each Sprint.
- Inspect accept or reject completed work from the development Sprint.
- Demonstrate completed product functionality to the internal partners at the completion of each Sprint.
- Demonstrates an aptitude and drive to learn new technologies and processes.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of skills and experience.
- 5 years of IT experience including 3 years Business Analyst or Business Analyst with state-of-the-art hardware and software systems.
- 3 years experience working with Agile development methodologies including extensive user story definition and writing.
- 3 years of experience working with large development teams with multiple scrum teams and development interdependencies.
Extra Points for any of the Following
- You're an experienced Scrum Business Analyst or Technical Product Manager working with Agile Delivery Teams utilizing Agile Scrum Kanban.
- You have a deep understanding of web service technologies user interface interaction batch systems and knowledge of systems development and project management life cycles.
- Youve developed a Product Roadmap and have influenced key business partners for consensus on business priorities.