Location
Secunderabad | India
Job description
231653W-01
Description Business Analyst Hyderabad, India .
We are a global team of
software engineers, bioinformaticians, data scientists and computational biologists working in
discovery research for the
agricultural domain . We value passionate, enthusiastic, out-of-the-box thinkers for their ability to provide innovative software solutions in a team-oriented environment. We are seeking a talented
Business Analyst to join the
Software Engineering team to build & support critical production systems that enable scientific research in the areas of
Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Data Science. The candidate will be joining a diverse multi-cultural team of data scientists and software engineers that develops robust digital solutions and builds state of art cloud data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our team members are in Iowa, Indianapolis and Hyderabad.
Key Responsibilities - The Business Analyst will work within agile Software Development teams to gather requirements, design, implement, and validate software based on business-driven requirements.
- The candidate should be a passionate and talented individual who can work in a dynamic environment with strong technical & problem-solving abilities, communication skills, scientific understanding.
- He / She will work closely with the software engineer, test engineer and solutions architect to implement production quality software solutions, implement rich multi-tier web solutions that are aligned with and extend shared platforms and solutions.
Qualifications Education and Experience - Experience or expertise in field-based breeding of hybrid & varietal crops
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and business partners
- Able to handle conflicts and approach negotiations in a diplomatic but confident manner
- Capable of working with complex quantities of data and analyses
- A confident speaker; able to articulate messages well in small to medium size groups
- A keen sense of translating the work back to the business value derived
- Experience in strategy development and strategic leadership in R&D or business environments
Additional Desired Qualifications - B.S. or M.S. in Plant Genetics/Plant Breeding, Biology, Genetics, Agronomy, Bioinformatics, or equivalent amount of relevant education and experience
- Additional coursework in Information Management, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field would be a plus
- Understanding of software development best practices, systems development lifecycle, and enterprise architecture principles
- Previous experience prioritizing and breaking down complex requests into small chunks
- The ability to be comfortable with the unknown, ask questions, be inquisitive, be a self-starter
- Ability to dive in, position yourself for success by building relationships, learning quickly, and trying new things
Required Competencies - Work collaboratively and independently on agile software teams to create new and innovative software systems
- Communicate complex technical information to a variety of audiences in a clear and concise manner
- Define system requirements, use cases, and timelines
- Drive user centered design process. Create wireframes, interview users, create process flow maps, and develop personas
- Document user stories and acceptance criteria in industry leading tools such as JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, and Azure Dev Ops, GitLab
- Create burn-up charts, report on project milestones and adhere to defined project scope
- Understand databases to extract and summarize data
- Exposure to wireframing tools (ex. Lucidcharts, balsamiq)
- Experience in creating scientific software systems will be an added advantage
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