Senior Functional Analyst - II at Syms Strategic Group in Lansing, MI
- Company: Syms Strategic Group
- Location: Lansing, MI
- Posted: Sep 23, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: $78,167 - $103,855
- Experience: 10+ years
Overview
Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Senior Functional Analyst - II Location: Remote Department: Veterans Affairs Type: Full Time Min. Experience: Experienced Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI) Salary Range: $78,167 - $103,855
Job description
- Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Senior Functional Analyst - II
- Location: Remote
- Department: Veterans Affairs
- Type: Full Time
- Min. Experience: Experienced
- Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI)
- Salary Range: $78,167 - $103,855
- If you have previously applied to Syms Strategic Group (SSG), there is no need to reapply. Applications are still under review.
- Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply!
Responsibilities
- Previous Federal Government experience and Security Clearance highly desired!
- Lead the capture of business requirements for software development teams
- Collaborate with business users, Information Technology (IT), and leadership to elaborate and document requirements in an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool
- Manage requirements in an ALM tool
- Perform Agile requirement management activities for a product team
- Perform the analysis of user needs to determine functional, cross-functional, and technical requirements
- Conduct user interviews, lead and facilitate sessions, and develop business process models and formal specifications
- Work with customers, team members, stakeholder users, and other contractors to gather and document business, functional, technical, and non-technical requirements
- Perform elaboration of user stories and decomposition of stories into backlog items and determine acceptance criteria
- Use an ALM tool (JIRA) for Requirements Management, Testing, and Defect Management to create and manage requirements, epics, sub-epics, and user stories
- Perform the collection, tracking, and monitoring of system and business requirements
- Validate requirements and integration
- Conduct backlog refinement sessions
- Coordinate with Systems Engineers to assess impact on technical solutions
- Manage and coordinate requirements for various projects
- Write and deliver project documents to the client
- Identify and manage risks and issues impacting the progress and outcome of the project
- Develop and maintain the scheduled project/product backlog(s)
- Own and manage requirements change control
- Develop Change Requests per established policies and procedures
- Facilitate accurate configuration management for project-related artifacts
- Identify, document, verify, and track traceability amongst requirements, test cases, and potential risks and impediments
- Collect, analyze, manage, and report key Program and Product Team execution status and metrics across all aspects of the Agile product development lifecycle using SAFe
- Perform analysis to identify required tasks and their interrelationships to establish well-documented stories
- Become a product functional Subject Matter Expert (SME)
- Lead and mentor junior analysts in accordance with strategy and direction established by the Team Lead
- Establish strong relationships with product and business owners
- Support development team as needed to help everyone understand the requirements’ details
- Follow Agile methodology (Scrum) and deliver requirements/specifications for Sprint teams
- Remove impediments from team members to achieve successful completion of Sprints
- Provide clear qualitative and quantitative information to teams and stakeholders
- Support change control processes established to monitor and control project scope
Requirements
- Must possess a strong background in software development and Agile/Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies
- Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to the customer, management, and non-technical audiences
- Must possess excellent attention to detail, customer service skills, and problem-solving abilities
- Past experience conducting independent research to support the resolution of complex questions
- Must possess advanced experience with Microsoft (MS) Office, including Excel
- Must possess excellent analytical skills, including integrating information from several sources
- Expertise with JIRA tools
- Experience in large, Agile software development or data integration projects
- Professional Certifications None required
- Years of Professional Experience 10 years of professional (an additional 10 years of experience may be substituted for education)
- Desired experience Experience working in an Agile environment
- Working knowledge of VA’s Veterans Independence Program (VIP)
- VA SQA Testing experience
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
- Experience working for a Federal Health Agency (VA, DHA, HHS, etc.)
- Healthcare billing and claims processing application knowledge
- Formal Education Master’s degree in Engineering or a related scientific or technical discipline
- Citizenship Requirement U.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunity
- Security Clearance Requirements Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI)
Skills
Required
- Attention to detail
- Customer service skills
- Problem-solving abilities
- Independent research
- Analytical skills
- JIRA tools
Preferred
- VA SQA Testing experience