Business Analyst - ADL

Job description

Subsidiary Aluminum Dynamics Overview We are seeking a Business Analyst who will also serve as Scrum Master for our Software Development team. This person will translate operational needs into clear, sprint-ready user stories, and will own the health of our Agile process — facilitating ceremonies, removing impediments, and keeping the team focused and delivering. They will learn our business and manufacturing processes, work directly with end users and developers, and maintain a consistent pipeline of refined work for upcoming sprints.

Responsibilities

Meet with users, department leaders, and developers to understand business needs and operational challenges. Learn the company's manufacturing processes, business rules, and software applications. Convert requests into well-defined user stories with acceptance criteria, exceptions, dependencies, and expected outcomes. Facilitate discovery and backlog-refinement discussions throughout each sprint. Facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

Identify unclear, conflicting, or duplicate requirements and potential impacts on other systems or departments. Create process flows, mockups, and supporting documentation when beneficial. Track and communicate sprint progress, velocity, and burndown to stakeholders. Assist with prioritization, user acceptance testing, and communication of completed changes.

Qualifications

Required Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills. Ability to learn complex business and manufacturing processes. Experience gathering and documenting business or software requirements. Ability to write clear user stories and acceptance criteria. Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, reviews). Comfortable working with both technical and nontechnical employees.

Willingness to spend time with end users in office and plant-floor environments. Experience with Agile software development, manufacturing operations, or internally developed applications is preferred. Preferred Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent) preferred but not required. Bachelor’s degree Steel Dynamics, Inc., and all affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers.