Business Analyst 4 - IN PERSON IVS REQUIRED

Novalink Solutions LLC; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Novalink Solutions LLC seeks a Senior Business Analyst (Business Analyst 4) for an on-site role in Richmond, VA, with occasional remote work. You will drive requirements elicitation, define SDLC compliant documents, and collaborate with business users and developers to deliver robust applications.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in agile methods (Scrum), testing, and documenting complex requirements, and is located in Virginia.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in business and systems analysis.
• Experience with SDLC and agile application development.
• Experience defining and documenting user requirements from multiple sources.
• Experience testing web applications and creating test plans.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Conducts project initiation activities to identify problems and objectives related to computer applications and identifies issues to be addressed in the Requirements Definition Phase.
• Conducts requirements elicitation and documentation for new applications or enhancements to current applications.
• Works with business and IS staff to determine needs and produce an SDLC compliant Requirements Definition document that clearly defines requirements.
• Ensures documented requirements are clear, concise, complete, and meet agency guidelines and standards.
• Attends design and development scrum meetings to represent business needs and requirements.
• Writes and executes system test plans to verify the system meets all documented requirements.
• Performs manual testing on web applications and verify successful completion of test plans.
• Creates testing plans to confirm that application meets requirements and design specifications.
• Documents bugs and application insufficiencies with sufficient information to reproduce issues.
• Assists with the development of user testing scripts for UAT.

Skills

Business analysis

Systems analysis

Agile / Scrum

Requirements documentation

User acceptance testing

Tools

Microsoft Team Foundation Server

Job description

Business Analyst 4 - IN PERSON IVS REQUIRED

Richmond, United States | Posted on 10/21/2026

• Actual Job Title 814227 - VDACS - Business Analyst 4 - IN PERSON IVS REQUIRED
• Job Type FT Contract
• Date Opened 10/21/2026
• Target Date 10/27/2026
• Country United States
• Assigned Recruiter(s) Pranali Chaudhari
• Number of Positions 1

Job Description

ON SITE REQUIREMENT: Hybrid - 4 ON SITE, 1 workday remote at102 Governor St., Richmond, VA 23219 - NO Exceptions!

If selected they may be required to attend occasional in-person meetings on site if scheduled on remote days.

LOCATION REQUIREMENT: Candidates must be located in Virginia, preferably within Richmond or surrounding areas.

PARKING is NOT provided for contractors. FIRST DAY, must come into office on first day to receive assigned equipment and activate access badge.

ROLE DESCRIPTION, DAY TO DAY:

• Conducts project initiation activities to identify new problems and objectives related to computer applications and identifies issues to be addressed in the Requirements Definition Phase.
• Conducts requirements elicitation and documentation for new applications or enhancements to current applications.
• Works with business and Information Systems staff to determine needs and produce an SDLC compliant Requirements Definition document that completely and clearly defines the requirements within the established time frame.
• Ensures documented requirements are clear, concise, complete, and meet established agency guidelines and standards.
• Assists with the development of applicable processes and templates as needed and directed by project leadership to ensure documentation is in a standard, easy to use, and repeatable format.
• Attends application design and development scrum meetings to represent business needs and requirements during design and development processes.
• Write and execute system test plans to verify the system meets all documented requirements.
• Perform manual testing on web applications and verify successful completion of test plans.
• Create testing plans to confirm that application meets requirements and design specifications.
• Document bugs and application insufficiencies with sufficient information to allow a developer to reproduce issues so they can be corrected.
• Assist with the development of user testing scripts for User Acceptance Testing.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Extensive experience in business and systems analysis, requirements documentation, system development life cycle, and agile application development methodologies such as Scrum.
• Extensive experience defining and documenting user requirements from multiple sources, with the ability to prepare complex documents to effectively relay these requirements to both business users and developers.
• Extensive experience supporting application development, maintenance, and implementation, systems analysis and design, and business process improvement.
• Extensive experience defining and documenting business processes and mapping or developing processes in a new system.
• Experience manually performing testing on a web application.
• Considerable experience in testing complex systems to determine that business needs are met.
• Ability to write and execute test plans and scripts according to identified standards.
• Experience conducting meetings and documenting project decisions.
• Ability to identify and document bugs or insufficiencies in a web application.
• Ability to successfully participate in a development team, help foster a team environment, and effectively communicate both orally and in writing.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiarity with web application software development projects using .Net.
• Familiarity with documenting requirements in Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

Requirements

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

• Extensive experience in business and systems analysis, requirements documentation, system development life cycle, and agile application development.
  Required
  8
  Years
• Extensive experience defining and documenting user requirements from multiple sources, prepare complex documents to effectively relay requirements.
  Required
  8
  Years
• Extensive experience supporting application development, maintenance and implementation, systems analysis and design, and business process improvement
  Required
  8
  Years
• Extensive experience defining and documenting business processes and mapping or developing processes in a new system.
  Required
  8
  Years
• Considerable experience in testing complex systems to determine that business needs are met.
  Required
  8
  Years
• Experience conducting meetings and documenting project decisions.
  Required
  8
  Years
• Ability to successfully participate in a development team, help foster a team environment, and effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
  Required
  8
  Years
• Familiarity with web application software development projects using .Net.
  Desired
  2
  Years
• Familiarity with documenting requirements in Microsoft Team Foundation Server.
  Desired
  2
  Years