Business Analyst 4

Ampcus Inc; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc. in Richmond, VA is seeking a Business Analyst 4 to join our team on a primarily on-site basis. You will lead elicitation, requirements management, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to modernize core Incident Management functionality.

The role demands strong communication, cloud/SaaS project experience, and the ability to translate business needs into actionable specifications, while guiding stakeholders through the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills for large projects.
• Extensive experience gathering and documenting business/IT requirements.
• Ability to lead organizational change and adopt new approaches.
• Proven track record delivering cloud-hosted SaaS projects.
• Experience with requirements/development management tools.
• Ability to document and analyze system processes clearly.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making abilities.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication across audiences.
• Knowledge of Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid PM practices.
• Ability to provide meaningful project health insights to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Perform business analysis, elicit requirements, and manage stakeholders to meet objectives.
• Verify requirements for completeness, consistency, and feasibility.
• Create process models, specs, diagrams, and charts for developers.
• Lead peer reviews of business requirements.
• Track and govern requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Communicate changes to PMs, sponsors, and stakeholders.
• Facilitate collaboration between stakeholders and development teams.
• Coordinate with BA, Data Analysts, and Governance teams to align needs.
• Develop and conduct user acceptance tests and validation meetings.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder management

Cloud-hosted SaaS projects

Requirements analysis

Communication (verbal/written)

Waterfall/Agile/Hybrid PM

Independent judgment

Learning agility

MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel,Vis

JIRA / Azure DevOps

Education

PMP Certification

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

JIRA

Azure DevOps

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title

Business Analyst 4

Location

Richmond, VA

Short Description

On‑site is preferred but see add’l details below. Must be within a 3‑hour DRIVE (not flight) of the office.

Complete Description

On‑site is preferred. The hiring manager is requesting the candidate be within a three‑hour drive (not flight) of the office for occasional on‑site meetings if required. Any parking costs will be incurred by the candidate. This project will replace/modernize the core functionality of the Incident Management System.

Responsibilities

• Perform all tasks related to business analysis, including problem/opportunity identification, elicitation of requirements, and management of stakeholders to meet business and project objectives.
• Analyze and verify requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards.
• Create process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to developers and/or the project team.
• Develop and conduct peer reviews of the business requirements to ensure that requirement specifications are correctly interpreted.
• Manage and track the status of requirements throughout the project lifecycle; enforce and redefine as necessary.
• Communicate changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements—verbally or through written documentation—to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood.
• Facilitate collaboration and knowledge transfer between stakeholders and the development team.
• Work with other BSAs, Data Analysts, Business Architect, Development, and Data Governance teams to ensure the needs of these partners are incorporated into project requirements.
• Develop user acceptance tests and facilitate their execution and business validation discussions and meetings.

Qualifications

• Exceptional interpersonal skills for leading, collaborating, and building strong team relationships with diverse teams on large projects.
• Extensive experience leading business and IT resources through the discovery and documentation of business and technical requirements.
• Ability to lead others to implement new approaches, systems, structures, and methods.
• Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud‑hosted SaaS implementation projects.
• Experience with automated requirements/development management tools.
• Ability to analyze and document system processes.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify and communicate complex issues and technical concepts to multiple audiences.
• Knowledge of both Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid project management practices and when to apply each according to organizational and project needs.
• Ability to build and provide meaningful project health information and insights to business and IT Leadership.
• Ability accurately and effectively represent the project team in multiple forums and to all levels of leadership.
• Ability to exercise and act on independent judgment.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt.
• Highly motivated and self‑directed.
• Skilled in the use of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Technical background.
• Experience in healthcare projects.
• Experience with Data Modernization & Enterprise Data Warehouse.
• PMP Certification through PMI or qualification under Commonwealth of Virginia Qualification Standards.
• Experience with VITA’s Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) system and ECOS process.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.

Skills

• Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud‑hosted SaaS implementation projects.
• Knowledge of both Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid project management practices and when to apply each.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office Professional Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Visio.
• Experience with automated requirements/development management tools.
• Technical background.
• Experience in healthcare projects.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
• Proficient in writing user stories.
• Knowledge of JIRA or Azure Dev Ops Tools.

Location Note

On‑site is preferred but not mandatory. However, the hiring manager is requesting the candidate be within a three‑hour drive of the office in case an on‑site meeting is required. Parking costs will be incurred by the candidate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.