Business Analyst
Job in
Washington, District of Columbia, 20022, USA
Listed on 2026-09-14
Listing for:
Jobtailor
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-14
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Business Systems & Technology Analysis, IT Business Analyst
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Lead elicitation, analysis, documentation, validation, and management of business and technical requirements
- Partner with clients, Product Owners, developers, testers, and project leadership to translate business needs into user stories, functional and non-functional requirements, acceptance criteria, process flows, use cases, and technical specifications
- Analyze complex business problems and recommend technology-enabled solutions
- Analyze current- and future-state processes to identify gaps, dependencies, risks, and improvement opportunities
- Facilitate requirements workshops, stakeholder interviews, working sessions, and backlog refinement
- Ensure requirements are detailed, testable, and traceable through delivered functionality
- Support requirements prioritization based on business value, operational needs, technical considerations, and project constraints
- Document business processes and workflows using process models, workflow diagrams, decision trees, and other visual representations
- Evaluate impacts of proposed system changes on processes, applications, users, and organizational workflows
- Translate approved requirements into Jira user stories and development-ready work items
- Participate in Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and other Agile working sessions
- Clarify requirements and acceptance criteria for developers and testers
- Support product backlog refinement, prioritization, and release planning
- Monitor requirements throughout development and communicate risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions
- Develop and maintain business, functional, technical, process, and user documentation using Confluence
- Develop acceptance criteria and support test scenarios, test cases, QA coverage, and regression testing
- Participate in User Acceptance Testing and validate delivered functionality
- Identify defects, gaps, and deviations; support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
- Serve as a trusted advisor to government stakeholders and business users
- Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders and resolve conflicting requirements
- Present proposed solutions and recommendations to stakeholders and project leadership
- Improve business analysis practices, requirements quality, documentation standards, and Agile delivery processes
- Share knowledge and best practices across project teams
- Contribute to organizational standards, templates, and processes
- Mentor junior analysts and support overall project success
- Must live within the DC, MD, VA area
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Must be able to obtain CBP Public Trust clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Minimum six (6) years of experience in Business Analysis, Technical Analysis, Systems Analysis, or software delivery roles
- Demonstrated experience gathering, analyzing, documenting, validating, and managing business and technical requirements
- Experience translating business needs into User Stories, Functional Requirements, and Acceptance Criteria
- Experience analyzing and documenting business processes and workflows
- Experience working directly with clients, business stakeholders, Product Owners, and technical delivery teams
- Experience supporting Agile software development projects
- Experience working with Jira and Confluence to manage requirements, documentation, and Agile delivery
- Technical or software development background with exposure to React, Node.js, and Git Lab
- Experience working within AWS cloud environments
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
- Excellent facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership, clients, technical teams, and business stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts into language understandable by non-technical stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced Agile environment
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality requirements and documentation
- Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Preferred: experience supporting Federal Government software development programs
- Preferred: experience as a Senior Business Analyst on complex enterprise software modernization efforts
- Preferred: experience supporting legacy application modernization or replacement initiatives
- Preferred: experience…
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