Business Analyst III

Colvin Run; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Colvin Run Networks, located in Washington, DC, is seeking a full-time, on-site role supporting a federal civilian modernization program. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen with an active Top Secret clearance and able to obtain SCI access and pass a federal suitability review.

The role focuses on leading requirements discovery, documenting needs as user stories with acceptance criteria, and ensuring delivered work aligns with expectations through testing and acceptance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in requirements gathering.
• Experience documenting with business users and creating user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Experience in Agile delivery environments with backlog management.
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps for backlog tracking.
• US citizenship with active Top Secret clearance; SCI access feasible and suitability review possible.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions with government users to document current work and needs.
• Write requirements as user stories with acceptance criteria and maintain backlog in Jira/Confluence/Azure DevOps.
• Analyze program data to identify trends and provide actionable insights to leadership.
• Plan and conduct user acceptance testing to verify delivered capabilities meet requirements.
• Coordinate with technical teams and government stakeholders to clarify requirements and resolve issues.
• Prepare reports, SOPs, and decision materials.

Skills

Requirements gathering

User stories & acceptance criteria

Testing planning

Facilitation

Federal clearance process

Citizen with TS clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

Location: On site at a federal government facility in Washington, DC.

Position: Full-time, reporting to Program leadership.

Access: U.S. citizenship required. Must hold an active Top Secret clearance, be able to obtain SCI access, and pass a federal suitability review.

The likely salary range for this position is $105,000 to $135,000 per year. Salary is set based on experience, and this range is not a guarantee of compensation.

Colvin Run Networks builds mission-driven intelligent systems for national security and other high-stakes government missions. We apply commercial innovation to operational missions, an approach we call reverse dual use. As mission timelines outpace the acquisition system, we work at startup velocity with enterprise credibility. We build solutions that a program office can stand behind, and that operators want to use.

This role supports a federal civilian agency modernization program that applies AI and modern data tools to 24/7 operations, readiness, and crisis response.

About the Job

This program needs requirements that engineers can build and test against. You lead that requirements and process work. You spend real time with the government staff who do the work, learn how it runs today, and turn what you learn into clear requirements.

You are also the person who checks that what was delivered is what was asked for, so your work continues through testing and acceptance, not just discovery.

What You'll Do

• Lead discovery: Facilitate workshops and interviews with government users to document how work happens today and what it needs to become.
• Write requirements: Turn needs into user stories with acceptance criteria, process maps, and functional specifications, and keep the backlog current in Jira, Azure DevOps, or the program's tool.
• Analyze program data: Review program and operational data, identify trends, and give program leadership findings they can act on.
• Test: Plan and run user acceptance testing and confirm that each delivered capability meets its requirement.
• Coordinate: Work with technical teams and government stakeholders to clarify requirements, resolve issues, and record decisions.
• Document: Lead the preparation of reports, SOPs, and decision material.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5 or more years of relevant experience.
• Requirements gathering and documentation directly with business users.
• User stories with acceptance criteria, written in an Agile delivery environment.
• Working knowledge of a backlog tool such as Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps.
• Experience planning or running user acceptance testing.
• Strong facilitation and writing skills.
• Must be a U.S. citizen who holds an active Top Secret clearance, can obtain SCI access, and can pass a federal suitability review.

Desired Experience

• Use of ServiceNow, Microsoft Power Platform, or Power BI.
• CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, or ITIL 4 Foundation certification.
• Business process modeling, for example BPMN.
• Support for federal civilian agencies.

How We Work (REACH)

• Rigor: We think deeply and act decisively. Sound judgment, data, and critical thought separate signal from noise. We ask "what needs to be true?" and stay grounded in facts, not assumptions.
• Excellence: We deliver results that are fast, intuitive, and impactful. We focus on what the client truly needs and take pride in solutions people want to adopt. Quality is how we earn trust.
• Agility: "That's not my job" is not part of our vocabulary. We take ownership, adapt quickly, and find solutions rather than roadblocks, flexible under pressure, whatever the role.
• Commitment: We believe in the mission we serve and never stop improving. We are our own biggest critics because we care about the outcome. Our ethics are non-negotiable.
• Humility: Egos low, standards high. We listen, stay curious, and seek feedback. We speak with radical candor, assume good intent, and put the team's success over individual credit.

Veterans and military spouses are encouraged to apply.

Colvin Run Networks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status.