Sr. Consultant

Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions is a premier implementer of cutting‑edge software solutions. Synergy brings the experience and expertise necessary to deliver capability that provides tangible ROI to our customers. Synergy's core areas of expertise are in the fields of Digital Transformation, Cloud Solutions, SaaS and Low‑Code/No‑Code solutions, Emerging Technologies, Data analytics and Visualization, Information Assurance, and Business Process Re‑Engineering.

Synergy offers its employees a generous portfolio of core and voluntary benefits including group medical, dental, and vision insurance, company paid life, short‑term, and long‑term disability insurance; HSA, FSA; 401(k) with immediately vested company match; PTO/Sick Leave, 11 paid federal holidays, parental leave; tuition and training reimbursement; a referral bonus program; and life management programs.

At Synergy, you'll be challenged and given the opportunity to grow in your career path. In fact, growth is such a big deal to us that you will have dedicated career coaches available for every employee, company‑funded certification opportunities, education reimbursement, and a general open‑door policy so that you have support when you need it. Our team is eager to learn, fast‑paced, and quality‑driven – if that sounds like you, Synergy has a position for you!

• Provides Subject Matter Expert contracting knowledge.
• Builds, edits, and maintains the team backlog.
• Prioritizes backlog items based on user value, time, and other team dependencies.
• Provides story detail and priorities during Iteration Planning.
• Coordinates with Scrum Master, Dev Team, Product Manager Liaison, Government Product Manager, Government Product Owner (when applicable).
• Coordinates with Architecture team to vet architectural requests.
• Coordinates with Government Product Owner's to accept stories as completed.
• Provides Acceptance Criteria that assures quality and user expectations.
• Works across teams to define and implement improvement stories based on Inspect and Adapt events.

• Contracting Experience in the Federal Government.
• Experience with the entire contracting process, pre‑award through post‑award.
• Understanding complex contracting internal and external rules, regulations, and policy
• Provide Subject Matter Expert guidance to the team in contracting, compliance, and contractual relationships.
• Familiarization with Procure to Pay Process and Data Standards
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability and desire to learn new skills and technologies.
• Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to concisely describe business requirements.
• Documentation of business requirements. Examples of documentation include business requirement specifications (BSR), context diagrams, use cases, and user stories.
• Presentation of requirements findings and mockups for review with sponsors and end users.

• Working experience with requirement tools (i.e., Jira/Confluence)
• Solid understanding of Agile development methodologies
• Experience in writing business requirements used to create enterprise class web‑based software.
• Ability to research document repositories and existing code.
• Previous agile experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain Federal Government Position of Trust
• Must be a U.S. citizen authorized to legally work in the United States
• Must pass a background investigation

• Top Secret Clearance or ability to obtain a Top‑Secret Clearance is required
• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must pass a background investigation

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering degree; or an Engineering degree from an accredited
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