Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Xcelerate Solutions is seeking a Business Analyst to support secure federal and enterprise software modernization initiatives. The role serves as a liaison between stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams by gathering requirements, managing Agile backlogs, documenting processes, and supporting quality assurance, user acceptance testing, security, privacy, and accessibility compliance.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions, workshops, and interviews with stakeholders, subject matter experts (SMEs), and technical teams
- Analyze "As-Is" business processes and design optimized "To-Be" operational workflows and systems integration paths
- Translate high-level business goals into detailed functional and non-functional requirements, technical specifications, and system use cases
- Author comprehensive Agile user stories, complete with robust acceptance criteria (utilizing Given/When/Then or Gherkin formats where applicable)
- Collaborate with Product Owners to prioritize and refine the product backlog, ensuring technical teams have a steady, well-defined pipeline of work
- Active participation in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Standups, and Sprint Reviews
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including process flowcharts, data dictionaries, interface control documents, and system user guides
- Map data flows and system-to-system integrations to assist developers in understanding backend dependencies
- Track project progress, metrics, and requirements traceability using enterprise tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar management platforms
- Collaborate with Quality Assurance (QA) teams to verify that developed software features meet defined business acceptance criteria
- Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by designing test scenarios, coordinating with testers, and triaging identified defects
- Ensure all documented requirements and system designs comply with security, privacy, and federal accessibility standards (e.g., Section 508 compliance)
Skills
- • Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field (equivalent professional experience may be considered)
- • Minimum of 5+ years of professional experience as a Business Analyst or Systems Analyst
- • 3+ years of experience working within an Agile/Scrum software development lifecycle
- • Proficient in Agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps)
- • Strong expertise in business process modeling notation (BPMN), workflow diagramming, and tools such as Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, or Miro
- • Basic familiarity with software architecture concepts, databases, APIs, and modern technical stacks (e.g., Java, .NET, React, Angular)
- • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical audiences
- • Strong negotiation, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills
- Active DoD 8570.01-M / DoD 8140 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level I/II or Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level I/II baseline certification (or higher)
- • Work Status Allowable: U.S. citizenship
- • Minimum Clearance to Start: Public Trust or Favorably Adjudicated Secret Clearance
- • Professional certifications in business analysis (e.g., IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), PMI-PBA)
- • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) credentials
- • Experience writing basic SQL queries to perform data analysis and verification
- • Prior experience supporting IT modernization, secure software development, or cloud migration projects in a federal government or defense contractor setting
- • Understanding of Section 508 accessibility guidelines and usability standards
- • Cybersecurity Baseline Certification (Preferred)
- • CompTIA Security+ CE (highly preferred)
- • Professional Certifications (Preferred but not required)
- • IIBA Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA) or Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA)
- • Agile Analysis Certification (IIBA-AAC)
Benefits
- Remote work
- Growth and development opportunities
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