Senior Business Analyst II Featured Tysons, VA

Location: Tysons Corner, VA
Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Rapid Strategy is an award-winning, African-American-owned small business providing advanced cybersecurity, cloud engineering, and IT modernization services to federal and commercial clients. Our mission is to deliver secure, high-impact solutions that protect and enable mission success. We are currently seeking a Senior Business Analyst II to support a classified program focused on agile software development, integration, and user experience optimization. This role will serve as a key liaison between technical teams and stakeholders, ensuring that business needs are clearly defined, accurately translated into technical requirements, and successfully implemented within secure federal environments.

• Gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and direct process observation.
• Translate business needs into detailed functional specifications, user stories, and system requirements.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation including process flows, use cases, and requirements traceability matrices.
• Conduct gap analyses to identify differences between current operations and desired outcomes.
• Develop and refine process maps, workflows, and standard operating procedures to enhance efficiency and alignment.
• Collaborate with project managers, developers, and product owners to ensure clarity, accuracy, and successful implementation of requirements.
• Analyze system functionality and performance to verify alignment with business objectives.
• Participate in testing, validation, and acceptance activities to confirm solutions meet stakeholder expectations.
• Perform data analysis and create reports, dashboards, and visualizations that support decision-making and performance tracking.

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
• 7+ years of professional experience in business analysis, systems analysis, or related IT roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven ability to elicit, document, and manage business and technical requirements in agile environments.
• Demonstrated success translating business objectives into actionable technical solutions.
• Strong analytical skills with experience performing gap analyses and developing process improvements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency with data analysis and visualization tools such as Excel, Power BI, or Tableau.

• Experience supporting federal or intelligence programs in agile or Dev Sec Ops  environments.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Service Now for agile requirements tracking and documentation.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles and RMF-aligned project life cycles.
• Relevant certifications such as PMI-PBA, CBAP, or Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).

At Rapid Strategy, we help transform federal missions through clarity, precision, and execution. Our business analysts bridge the gap between innovation and mission delivery—translating complex requirements into actionable results that strengthen national security and operational performance. If you thrive at the intersection of people, process, and technology, we want to hear from you.

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