SemanticBits is a leading company specializing in the design and development of digital health services and the work we do is just as unique as the culture we’ve created. We deliver using Agile practices to help the government solve their most technically challenging problems. The systems we develop are used to improve the quality of healthcare delivered to millions of people and revolutionize the healthcare industry on a nationwide scale. SemanticBits is a remote-first employer and has been named a Top Workplace in 2021. Candidate must be able to obtain a Public Trust.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct user research, draft user stories and meet with users to validate and enhance them
• Breakdown the roadmap into epics and group user stories under them
• Work with the Scrum Master, customers and developers to write user stories which are independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, small and testable
• Responsible for ensuring user stories include validation criteria which reasonably covers all areas necessary for complete testing of the new functionality
• Act as an interface and customer advocate to ensure customer, stakeholder and user needs are being addressed
• Collaborate with and support developers during their design and development efforts to provide support for their analysis of the story
• Provide additional support and guidance to clients during the implementation phase to include development of training resources
• Participate as a member of the product delivery team
• Validate that product deliveries meet customer requirements and drive product demos
• Represent the customer and users during backlog grooming sessions and internal demosImprove and expand knowledge and skill sets with regard to current trends and changes in software development industry and be up to date with latest design trends
• Proactively contribute to the quality of the product by seeking and proposing new or alternative approaches to address the requirementsParticipate in Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Scrum Meetings and other agile activities
• Act as primary point of contact for product support issues
• Triage and direct support requestsCoordinate external communication of downtime or data quality issues
• Coordinate Education and Outreach (E&O) and Data Governance activities
• Contribute to product documentation

Qualifications:

• Experience as a Business Analyst on an agile software development teamBS or BA degree
• Expertise with JIRA, Confluence, and the rest of the Atlassian suite
• Experience in Human Centered Design approach for developing digital services
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills
• Candidate must reside in the United States
• Bachelor's degree in technological or related field and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree with a minimum of 3 years experience
• Flexible and willing to accept a change in priorities as necessary

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Data Governance projects/solutions
• Experience working in the healthcare industry
• Federal Government contracting work experience
• Prior experience working remotely full-time

Competitive salary

Stipend for work station set up

Four weeks of PTO

Eleven paid holiday days

One floating holiday

Comprehensive health benefits (medical with HSA option, dental, and vision)

Employer HSA contribution

401k retirement plan with matching benefit

100% paid short-term and long-term disability

100% paid life insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Three weeks parental leave

Casual working environment

Flexible working hours

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact 703-787-9656 x257 for assistance.