Agile BA: Power Platform & Federal Delivery

Accenture-Federal-Services-2; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture, is seeking a Business Analyst to bridge customers and delivery teams in Washington, DC. You will translate stakeholder needs into delivery-ready user stories and acceptance criteria, enabling rapid, iterative delivery.

The role emphasizes Agile practices, hands-on support for Microsoft Power Platform solutions, and collaboration with product owners, developers, and mission stakeholders to drive outcomes.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance (optional SCI with CI Poly) and willingness to work 100% onsite in Washington, DC.
• 5 years of professional experience.
• 3+ years leading agile software teams: goals decomposition, translating core customer needs into requirements, backlog refinement, leading agile ceremonies.
• 2+ years of using Jira for backlog, workflow, and reporting.
• 2+ years coordinating and/or supporting Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the BA point of contact for assigned products and features; translate objectives into delivery-ready stories and communicate progress, risks, and decisions to customers; prepare concise status summaries, release notes, and stakeholder updates.
• Plan and facilitate discovery workshops, backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives; capture decisions, assumptions, and action items and ensure follow-through; coordinate with the Product Owner, developers, testers, and mission stakeholders to keep work flowing.
• Conduct interviews and process mapping to elicit and document business rules, workflows, and data needs; write user stories with test-driven acceptance criteria and maintain traceability; maintain living documentation and knowledge bases.
• Use Jira to track work, visualize flow, and report sprint metrics.
• Coordinate with UX/UI designers to create wireframes and clickable prototypes; ensure usability and accessibility; support data collection and management for projects; capture and prioritize stakeholder feedback for upcoming sprints.
• Design test scenarios aligned to acceptance criteria and assist with UAT planning and execution; test apps and flows to validate functionality and performance; support defect triage by clarifying expected behavior.

Skills

Agile practices

Jira

SAFe

Backlog refinement

User stories

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Jira

Job description

Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture, is seeking a Business Analyst to bridge customers and delivery teams in Washington, DC. You will translate stakeholder needs into delivery-ready user stories and acceptance criteria, enabling rapid, iterative delivery.

The role emphasizes Agile practices, hands-on support for Microsoft Power Platform solutions, and collaboration with product owners, developers, and mission stakeholders to drive outcomes.