Business Analyst (DISA)

Horizon Industries Limited (Horizon) is a dynamic IT and Management Consulting firm based in the Washington, DC area. Founded in 1996, Horizon Industries Limited (Horizon) has evolved into a company of highly qualified professionals that provides full-cycle IT consulting and Management support in both the private and public sectors.

Horizon’s culture is based on our core values, and we PRIDE ourselves on a diverse, employee, and family-centric approach.

We are currently seeking a Business Analyst (Appian) for a full-time position remotely, supporting the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

We are an organization that is committed to your growth and success in the IT software development industry and looking for a Business Analyst (Appian) who is ready to assume leadership responsibilities in a supportive team environment that is focused on your success as a function of client success.

• →Review user stories in backlog; gain a solid understanding of the changes needed.
• →Collaborate with Product Owners to understand user stories and updates needed.
• →Document acceptance criteria for user stories and bug tickets.
• →Help Developers understand the user stories and acceptance criteria, and lead discussions of new functionality.
• →Test user stories and ensure that testing is appropriately documented, with evidence recorded.
• →Serve as scrum master/ lead daily scrums.
• →Develop an agenda for backlog grooming session; get concurrence with Product Owners.
• →Lead backlog grooming sessions with Product Owners.
• →Lead demo day and introduce stories to the Product Owners
• →Train stakeholders on new functionality
• →Document business processes and changes
• →Update requirements documentation
• →Update user manuals

• Provide detailed, comprehensive, testable, and traceable process components in several formats, including but not limited to Business Requirements, Functional Requirements, Data Requirements, System Software Specifications, and Use Cases.
• Provide business process and system analysis, design, improvement, and implementation support.
• Translate business process needs into technical requirements, provide change management and training support.
• The ability to communicate organizational and strategic planning for both technical and functional environments.
• Five (5) years of current experience (including educational) in business process and system analysis, design, improvement, and implementation efforts, change management, and training support.
• It is desired that this person has UI/UX experience with software applications.
• Experience in Agile and JIRA is required.
• Scrum master certification is nice to have.
• Any testing-related certification is a plus.

Horizon works at the forefront of new Appian features and development practices and supports its employees in being trained and certified in the latest and greatest. As we continue to expand and grow the Horizon brand around the globe, we want to ensure that our team members are growing with us, as you are a vital part of our success story.  This is a great opportunity for us to invest in our employees by supporting them with the right skills and tools to be successful in their careers.