AI-Driven Business Analyst | Agile, Secret Clearance

Data Systems Analysts, Inc.; Aberdeen (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Data Systems Analysts, Inc. seeks a Business Analyst to collaborate with stakeholders and Agile teams to define requirements, prioritize backlogs, develop user stories, and ensure solutions meet business needs.

This role serves as the primary bridge between business users and technical teams, supporting planning, risk management, sprint execution, and continuous improvement while promoting Agile and cybersecurity best practices. The posted salary range is a good-faith estimate.

Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree with 7 years total experience or substitutions.
• Experience eliciting and documenting requirements, mapping processes, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, maintaining traceability, supporting UAT, and stakeholder decisions.
• Experience leading Agile processes for Scrum Teams and driving continuous improvement.
• Scrum Master certification or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of AI concepts and practical applications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with key functional stakeholders to produce the product vision and roadmap.
• Translates business needs into product requirements and communicates to the development team.
• Maintains a prioritized product backlog with the Product Owner for each sprint.
• Participates in day-to-day activities of the development team to clarify business needs.
• Sets clear goals and communicates project vision at each release and sprint.
• Prioritizes and sequences the backlog by business value or ROI.
• Participates in backlog grooming and user story pointing.
• Identifies, communicates and manages dependency relationships and risks.
• Participates in planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Promotes Agile values and cybersecurity risk management.

Skills

Security clearance

Requirements elicitation

User stories

Acceptance criteria

Traceability

UAT

Stakeholder decisions

Agile leadership

Scrum Master

AI concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related technical discipline

Job description

Data Systems Analysts, Inc. seeks a Business Analyst to collaborate with stakeholders and Agile teams to define requirements, prioritize backlogs, develop user stories, and ensure solutions meet business needs.

This role serves as the primary bridge between business users and technical teams, supporting planning, risk management, sprint execution, and continuous improvement while promoting Agile and cybersecurity best practices. The posted salary range is a good-faith estimate.