Business Analyst

About Us:

Metas Solutions is a professional services firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA. We are an 8(a)-certified, Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB/EDWOSB) with offices at Studio Plex in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. Metas offers technical assistance and consultation to the federal government in the areas of public health capacity building and information technology ideation and implementation. See www.metassolutions.com for further details about us and careers with Metas.

Job Description:

Metas Solutions has an immediate opening for a talented Business Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will support an initiative to develop a Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) - focused quality management system (QMS) to assure foundational quality during the development and implementation of sequencing-based tests by providing customizable, ready-to-implement tools and resources that laboratories can use to standardize and institute quality management practices and procedures. This is a hybrid role and Atlanta Metro candidates preferred.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience with technology
• 3+ years of experience as a Requirements Analyst
• Experience leading teams and client engagements
• Experience with requirements management tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira, and Agile frameworks such as Kanban, Scrum, and DevOps.
• Experience distilling complex business processes into clear and actionable user stories with thorough acceptance criteria
• Experience identifying and assessing customer needs, performing requirements gathering, and analyzing data to determine solutions for issues
• Experience presenting recommendations to product owners based on findings
• Experience conducting current-state and target-state analysis and design for software applications
• Experience with Public Health laboratory settings
• Experience collaborating with laboratory scientists, bioinformaticians, software engineers, and QA teams
• Experience translating scientific or technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience working with federal and HHS organizations, including the CDC
• Experience with bioinformatics pipelines and GitHub repositories
• Experience Next Generation Sequencing
• Possession of excellent interpersonal skills, to successfully interact with clients
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience defining and tracking quality metrics, KPIs, and SLAs
• Experience analyzing process performance and data quality
• Experience supporting continuous improvement initiatives
• Agile Certification

Security & Benefits:

• Must be legally eligible to work in the United States and with the ability to obtain a US Government security clearance (Public Trust 5) within a reasonable timeframe
• Must be able to pass a Federal Background Investigation
• Market competitive salary, commensurate with experience and education
• Comprehensive benefits package available, Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), 401K with company match, growth, and promotion opportunities

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled