Senior Business Analyst

Index Analytics, LLC, is a rapidly growing, Baltimore-based small business providing health-related consulting services to the federal government. At the center of our company culture is a commitment to instilling a dynamic and employee-friendly place to work. We place a priority on promoting a supportive and collegial team environment and enhancing staff experience through career development and educational opportunities.

Index Analytics is seeking a Business Analyst to support Government clients in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. Metro Area. The Business Analyst will collaborate with our customers to define product requirements, develop a product understanding, and communicate effectively to both business and technical audiences to deliver solutions.

Responsibilities

• Identify and validate business needs and application requirements
• Manages user stories and features related to the application requirements
• Prepares materials for the development and operations teams to use in program increment planning
• Support project managers with managing the client relationship and deliverables
• Work with stakeholders to define product vision and application requirements
• Attend requirements gathering meetings with the client to identify business needs, functional and system requirements
• Participates in Agile Development process
• Collaborate with the development and testing team to ensure implementation of the needed business, functional and system requirements
• Provide regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments
• Understand, visualize, and manage upstream/downstream dependencies
• Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity
• Communicate requirements to developers, testers, and stakeholders
• Demonstrate product functionality to stakeholders

Qualifications

• US citizen or Authorized to Work and lived in the US for 3 of the last 5 years. Must be able to obtain a U.S. Federal government client badge and pass a government Public Trust.
• Bachelor’s degree with at least 10 years of work experience.
• Experience managing requirements and backlog and converting requirements into user stories required.
• Prior experience with Center for Medicare Medicaid Services Cloud Services, Integrated Data Repository (IDR), and CMS enterprise tools (e.g., Jira) required. 
• Agile certifications required.
• Demonstrated ability to break down complex requirements into actionable work items.
• Knowledge and experience of Agile software development methodology
• Demonstrated ability to work with engineering and analytics teams to discuss technical concepts, make tradeoffs to remove roadblocks, and evaluate new ideas
• Ability to demonstrate excellent written and oral communication required

The salary range provided represents the estimated compensation for new hires in this position, applicable across all locations. Actual offers may vary based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and market conditions. Index complements its base salary offering with a competitive package that includes health and retirement benefits, discretionary bonuses, and reimbursement for professional development opportunities.

Index Analytics provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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