[Hiring] Senior Business Analyst @Govcio LLC

Role Description

GovCIO is currently seeking a Sr. Business Analyst to join a cross-functional team dedicated to delivering impactful features. This position is fully remote and available to candidates within the Continental United States (CONUS).

• Coordinates with business and technology teams, ascertaining system requirements, such as program functions, output requirements, input data acquisition, and system techniques and controls.
• Provides technical/functional expertise in identifying, evaluating, developing, and supporting systems.
• Requires knowledge of computer system capabilities, business processes, and workflows.
• Partner with Project Managers, Scrum Masters, developers, testers, architects, and VA stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
• Participate as an active member of Agile Scrum or SAFe delivery teams, supporting Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Daily Standups.
• Conduct requirements elicitation sessions, stakeholder interviews, and product elaboration workshops to understand business needs and technical impacts.
• Develop Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirements Specifications (FRS), Requirements Specification Documents (RSDs), process flows, and supporting documentation.
• Create and maintain well-written user stories with clear, complete, and testable acceptance criteria.
• Support backlog grooming by refining user stories, identifying dependencies, clarifying business rules, and preparing work items for development.
• Analyze business processes and identify impacts across multiple interconnected applications and systems.
• Work directly with VA stakeholders to clarify requirements, answer functional questions, and support solution development.
• Collaborate closely with development and QA teams throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to ensure requirements are accurately implemented and validated.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), requirements traceability, defect triage, and release readiness activities.
• Maintain requirements, user stories, documentation, and project artifacts within Jira, Confluence, and related Agile tools.
• Continuously build knowledge of VA business processes, enterprise applications, and modernization initiatives.
• Develop checklists for workstreams to be used during elaboration sessions to ensure that all impacted functions are identified and discussed.
• Approach to AS-IS and TO-BE workflows and validation process with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's with 5 - 8 years (or commensurate experience).
• Experience working within Agile Scrum or SAFe software development environments.
• Experience developing Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), or similar documentation.
• Experience writing user stories with clear, detailed, and testable acceptance criteria.
• Experience supporting backlog refinement and requirements elaboration activities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to quickly learn complex business processes and interconnected enterprise systems.
• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.

Requirements

• Experience working directly with Project Managers and cross-functional Agile delivery teams.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, or similar Agile lifecycle management tools.
• Experience creating process flows, workflow diagrams, UML diagrams, or business process models.
• Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) concepts and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience supporting federal government or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs.
• Experience supporting healthcare, benefits, or enterprise business systems.

Clearance Required

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust clearance.

Posted Salary Range

USD $110,000.00 - USD $115,000.00 /Yr.