Sr. Business Analyst​/Scrum Master

Halvik Corp delivers a wide range of services to 13 executive agencies and 15 independent agencies. Halvik is a highly successful WOB business with more than 50 prime contracts and 500+ professionals delivering Digital Services, Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Cyber Security and Cutting-Edge Technology across the US Government. Be a part of something special!

Halvik is seeking a Senior Business Analyst/Scrum Master to support the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Policy. The successful candidate will become an integral part of our IT solutions team, bridging the gap between stakeholder needs and technical execution for core agency systems, including TMAS 3.0 (Travel Monitoring Analysis System), HPMS 9.0 (Highway Performance Monitoring System), the Policy Information Data Portal (PIDP), the Integrated Transportation Information Platform (ITIP), and Fuels and FASH (F&F).

This role translates strategic business goals into actionable user stories, compliant acceptance criteria, and a prioritized product backlog that bridges business vision with technical execution. Operating in a fast-paced environment, the Senior Business Analyst collaborates continuously with cross-functional dev teams-including developers, solution architects, and system administrators-to drive incremental value delivery from continuous discovery to release. They serve as an agile facilitator by managing Azure Dev Ops (ADO) team boards, leading Scrum ceremonies, and maintaining lean, high-value documentation that empowers sprint execution.

• Backlog Management & Refinement:
  Deconstruct high-level goals into clear user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria while keeping the ADO product backlog prioritized and sprint-ready.
• Iterative Value Delivery:
  Partner daily with technical teams throughout sprint execution to clarify requirements, resolve impediments, and ensure continuous alignment with stakeholder goals.
• Agile Facilitation:
  Lead core Scrum events (Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews) and leverage ADO boards to track team velocity and delivery plans.
• Lean Documentation:
  Maintain agile artifacts, Definition of Done (DoD) standards, and high-value technical documentation without introducing traditional documentation overhead.
• Develop structured, comprehensive plans for automated information systems from project inception to conclusion, defining complex system problems, analyzing information to be processed, and developing system-wide specifications.
• Coordinate closely with application developers and programmers to ensure proper, high-quality implementation of program specifications, resolving technical queries and clarifying functional expectations during development sprints.
• Develop alternative solutions in conjunction with functional users, and conduct reviews of existing applications to assist in making refinements, improving techniques, and optimizing database/system utilization.
• Perform functional allocation to identify required tasks, interrelationships, and resources required for each task, supporting Agile/scrum rituals (grooming user stories, defining testable acceptance criteria, and managing backlogs).
• Utilize advanced tools such as Microsoft Azure Dev Ops (ADO) for epic, feature, and user story tracking and reporting.
• Collaborate with project teams to support process improvement initiatives, including capturing business and IT workflows and documenting them into standard operating procedures (SOPs) for change management, branch management, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Analyze system performance bottlenecks, downtimes, and interface requirements with outside systems to formulate system-wide enhancements and modernization roadmaps.
• Demonstrate exceptional oral and written communication skills, leading client technical huddles, translating stakeholder vision into structured requirements, and providing clear daily direction to technical team members.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree (BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific, technical, or functional discipline.
• Overall
  
  Experience:
  
  A minimum of 6 years of professional IT or analytical experience, demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities and a robust baseline in requirements engineering.
• Requirements Engineering:
  Proven ability to provide detailed, comprehensive, testable, and traceable process components and…