Agile Business Analyst: AWS GovCloud & Federal Projects

Evansorporated; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan, Evans' 100% V

Annual Discretionary Bonus, Spot Bonus

Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave

Generous PTO & Paid Holidays

Company-Paid Life Insurance

Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & HSA

Job summary

Evans, Inc. seeks a seasoned Business Analyst to support a contract with the Federal Reserve Board. You will capture and refine requirements, write clear user stories with acceptance criteria, and drive agile ceremonies while coordinating with the product owner and development team.

The role emphasizes migration from a legacy system to an AWS GovCloud-based workflow tool, with a focus on backlog health and continuous improvement throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical or business field.
• 10+ years leading projects or major business initiatives.
• 2+ years IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience.
• Certifications: PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, SAFe, or CSM.
• Experience with AWS GovCloud UI development.

Responsibilities

• Capture, analyze, specify, verify, and manage business and system requirements for a web-based UI and data-driven application.
• Develop and maintain high-quality user stories with clear acceptance criteria, prioritization, and effort estimation.
• Facilitate backlog refinement sessions and Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint reviews.
• Assist with release management and Program Increment (PI) planning sessions.
• Partner with the product owner and development team to maintain a shared understanding of feature goals and desired outcomes.
• Support the migration from a legacy system to a modern AWS GovCloud-based examiner workflow tool.
• Produce clear, well-structured business requirements documentation; writing samples may be requested.
• Identify and surface risks, dependencies, and blockers to keep delivery on track.

Skills

Agile methodologies

AWS GovCloud

Backlog refinement

Release management

PI planning

Stakeholder communication

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/CS/IS

PMI/SAFe or Scrum certification

Tools

PMP

PMI-ACP

PMI-PBA

SAFe

CSM

Job description

Evans, Inc. seeks a seasoned Business Analyst to support a contract with the Federal Reserve Board. You will capture and refine requirements, write clear user stories with acceptance criteria, and drive agile ceremonies while coordinating with the product owner and development team.

The role emphasizes migration from a legacy system to an AWS GovCloud-based workflow tool, with a focus on backlog health and continuous improvement throughout the project lifecycle.