Business Analyst

Jobtailor; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned IT business analyst/product owner to help teams deliver clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria through structured elicitation and analysis.

You will collaborate with stakeholders and developers in the DC/MD/VA region, applying Scrum practices and backlog grooming to translate business needs into actionable features while building trust across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in IT or related industry.
• Requires CBP Public Trust clearance.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation).

Responsibilities

• Experience working independently to deliver results.
• Requirements elicitation: Apply different techniques to facilitate meetings and workshops, create a shared understanding with stakeholders, and engage team-members without using reams of paper or electronic documents.
• Requirements analysis: Collaborates with stakeholders and product teams to decompose large epic stories into features and user stories that can be understood and approved by members of the development team.
• Requirements documentation: Translate features and functions into digestible items for the development team.
• Strong experience creating user stories and acceptance criteria to express requirements.
• Familiarity with Scrum process and role of Product Owner.
• Experience providing product management support such as prioritization and backlog grooming.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage team members, clients, and stakeholders and communicate business expectations to the technical development expert in ways they can produce desired outcome.
• Builds trust and respect, establish relationships, and develop rapport with technical and non-technical team members.

Skills

Requirements Elicitation

User Story Creation

Scrum Familiarity

Product Management Support

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Responsibilities

• Experience working independently to deliver results.
• Requirements elicitation: Apply different techniques to facilitate meetings and workshops, create a shared understanding with stakeholders, and engage team-members without using reams of paper or electronic documents.
• Requirements analysis: Collaborates with stakeholders and product teams to decompose large epic stories into features and user stories that can be understood and approved by members of the development team.
• Requirements documentation: Translate features and functions into digestible items for the development team.
• Strong experience creating user stories and acceptance criteria to express requirements.
• Familiarity with Scrum process and role of Product Owner.
• Experience providing product management support such as prioritization and backlog grooming.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage team members, clients, and stakeholders and communicate business expectations to the technical development expert in ways they can produce desired outcome.
• Builds trust and respect, establish relationships, and develop rapport with technical and non-technical team members.

Requirements

• You must live within the DC, MD, VA area.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Candidate must be able to obtain CBP Public Trust clearance.
• B.A. or B.S. (focus in Computer Information Systems, Business Management, Engineering, or related area of study is a plus)
• 3+ years’ experience in IT or related industry
• Prior consulting experience is a plus
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation)
• Excellent organizational skills and detail orientation
• Strong analytical aptitude, an ability to structure complex or undefined business problems
• Understanding of change management practices.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong capabilities in requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation, with a focus on creating user stories and acceptance criteria. Possesses exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to effectively engage stakeholders and facilitate collaboration between technical and non-technical team members.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Requirements Elicitation
• User Story Creation
• Scrum Familiarity
• Product Management Support
• Interpersonal Skills

Hard Skills

• Requirements Analysis
• Requirements Documentation
• Acceptance Criteria Development
• Backlog Grooming
• Analytical Aptitude

Soft Skills

• Exceptional Communication Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Detail Orientation
• Relationship Building
• Trust Establishment

Certifications & Qualifications

• CBP Public Trust Clearance

Industry Keywords

• IT Industry
• Consulting Experience
• Change Management Practices
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Epic Stories