Business Analyst - CECOM

DSA; Aberdeen (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DSA, Inc is seeking a Business Analyst to collaborate with stakeholders and Agile teams to define requirements, prioritize product 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

• Experience eliciting requirements, mapping processes, writing user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Maintaining traceability and supporting UAT.
• Facilitating stakeholder decisions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with stakeholders to define vision and roadmap.
• Translates business needs into product requirements for development.
• Maintains a prioritized backlog with the Product Owner.
• Participates in day-to-day Agile development activities.
• Sets goals and communicates project vision at each release.
• Prioritizes backlog by business value/ROI.
• Participates in backlog grooming and user story pointing.
• Identifies and manages dependencies and risks.
• Participates in planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Promotes Agile values and cybersecurity risk management.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

Requirements elicitation

Agile / Scrum

Scrum Master certification

AI concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Math/Engineering

Job description

All hired employees are expected to have experience with Microsoft Copilot and / or an approved equivalent AI solution.

Summary

DSA, Inc is seeking a Business Analyst to collaborate with stakeholders and Agile teams to define requirements, prioritize product 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.

Required Skills

• Active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; Three (3) additional years of applicable experience, with appropriate certifications or relevant experience, may be substituted for the degree requirement, for a total of seven (7) years of experience.
• Experience eliciting and documenting requirements, mapping processes, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, maintaining traceability, supporting UAT, and facilitating stakeholder decisions
• Experience leading Agile processes for one or more Scrum Teams and continuous improvements of development processes, product quality and quantity of work delivered.
• Holds and maintains Scrum Master certification or similar
• Working knowledge of AI concepts and practical applications

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting the DoD.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with key functional stakeholders to produce the product the vision and roadmap
• Translates business needs into product requirements and communicates these to the development team
• Maintains a prioritized product backlog in collaboration with the Product Owner, so each successive development sprint can be planned clearly and efficiently, and development decisions are aligned with business needs
• Participates in the day to day activities of the development team to clarify and represent the business needs
• Sets clear goals and communicate these and the project vision at the beginning of every release and sprint so that the team understands the objectives and is equipped to realize it
• Prioritizes and sequences the backlog according to business value or ROI
• Participates with team(s) in the backlog grooming process and user story pointing
• Identifies, communicates and manages dependency relationships and risks
• Participates in planning meetings, reviews and retrospectives
• Understands, follows and promotes the values and principles in the Agile Manifesto and promotes continuous cyber security risk management

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The posted salary range is a good-faith estimate. Actual compensation will be based on the selected candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and other job-related factors.

DSA - Salary Pay Range

$110,000 - $120,000 USD

Many of DSA's positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. DSA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. DSA is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. DSA requires background checks , where permitted , by law. DSA is an E-Verify Employer.