Agile Business Analyst, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a Senior Agile Business Analyst to lead requirements activities, drive team goals, and guide elicitation with clients. You will translate complex needs into actionable software requirements, test criteria, and scenarios, leveraging domain expertise to deliver practical, innovative solutions that align with organizational goals.

This role emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders, strong analytical skills, and the ability to present recommendations to product owners

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with technology.
• 3+ years as a requirements analyst.
• Experience leading teams and client engagements.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and Jira, and Agile frameworks (Kanban, Scrum, XP, Lean, DevOps, SAFe).
• Distilling complex business processes into clear user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Identifying customer needs, gathering requirements, analyzing data to determine solutions.
• Presenting recommendations to product owners based on findings.
• Current-state and target-state analysis and design for software applications.
• Secret clearance and a Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee requirements activities for the team.
• Develop team goals and monitor progress.
• Lead elicitation meetings with clients and stakeholders.
• Translate business and system requirements into actionable software requirements, test criteria, and scenarios.
• Apply domain expertise to deliver technical solutions aligned with objectives.
• Work with general direction to determine and develop approaches to solutions independently.
• Contribute to the completion of specific programs and projects.

Skills

Tech Experience

Requirements Analysis

Team Leadership

Azure DevOps

Jira

Agile Frameworks

Requirements Elicitation

Current/Target State Analysis

Secret Clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

Job Number: R0248187

The Opportunity

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact on national security? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for your mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Agile Business Analyst on our team, you will be responsible for leading and overseeing the requirements activities for the team. You will develop team goals and monitor and evaluate team progress. You’ll lead and facilitate requirements elicitation meetings with clients and other stakeholders. You’ll identify client’s business and system requirements and translate or decompose those needs into actionable software requirements, test criteria, and scenarios. You’ll leverage your expertise in domains, stakeholder relationships, and advanced capabilities to achieve goals, and apply expertise in the wide application of technical principles, theories, and concepts in the field. You’ll provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems and ensure those solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organization objectives. Work under only general direction, and determine and develop approaches to solutions independently. You’ll also contribute to the completion of specific programs and projects.

Join our team and help turn requirements into accomplishments that drive change.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have

• 5+ years of experience with technology
• 3+ years of experience as a requirements analyst
• Experience leading teams and client engagements
• Experience with requirements management tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira, and Agile frameworks such as Kanban, Scrum, XP, Lean, DevOps, and SAFe
• Experience distilling complex business processes into clear and actionable user stories with thorough acceptance criteria
• Experience identifying and assessing customer needs, performing requirements gathering, and analyzing data to determine solutions for issues
• Experience presenting recommendations to product owners based on findings
• Experience conducting current-state and target-state analysis and design for software applications
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have

• Experience working with federal and DoD organizations, including the Air Force and Space Force
• Possession of excellent interpersonal skills, to successfully interact with clients
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Agile Certification

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.