Business Analyst - Software Development

Leidos; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 73,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

Leidos standing up a brand-new Agile development team in the Digital Sector to deliver federal IT modernization and digital transformation. This is a ground-floor opportunity to architect, build, and integrate cutting-edge infrastructure for national missions.

An active TS/SCI clearance is required, with on-site duties in Washington, DC as the program matures. Expect collaboration with product owners, SMEs, and cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Ability to pass additional customer suitability screenings.
• On-site work in Washington, DC.
• Level III: Bachelor’s degree and 4–8 years of relevant experience; Level IV: Bachelor’s 8–12 years (or Master’s 6+ with equivalent experience).
• Proficient with Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum).

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and translate business requirements into functional/technical specs.
• Build datasets and visualizations for reporting/analytics.
• Data extraction, cleansing, transformation, and metadata management.
• Manage and update user stories in Jira.
• Document processes and design improved future-state workflows.
• Establish governance for data domains.
• Mentor junior team members and support project delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across business and digital units.

Skills

Agile methodologies (Scrum)

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Data analysis

Mentoring junior team members

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline

Master’s degree in related discipline

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Git

ServiceNow

AWS

Elastic

RedHat

Job description

Join Leidos’ Digital Sector as we stand up a brand-new Agile development team at the forefront of federal IT modernization, delivering real digital transformation where it matters most. This is a rare ground‑floor opportunity to architect, build, and integrate cutting‑edge infrastructure solutions in support of some of our nation’s most sensitive and critical missions.

What to expect:

Early‑stage flexibility with partial telework during initial development phases. Full‑time on‑site presence at secure facility in Washington, DC will be required as the program matures. A collaborative, Agile environment where your input shapes the architecture from day one. Dev platform based on ServiceNow, Elastic, AWS and RedHat.

What you’ll need:

An active TS/SCI clearance (required for consideration). Willingness and ability to complete and maintain additional customer suitability screenings throughout employment. Current Security+ certification or higher/equivalent.

The Business Analyst will work directly with customers to capture business and user requirements and communicate those requirements to the team. This role will define detailed stories and epics, with applicable acceptance criteria in collaboration with product owners, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and development teams where the candidate will facilitate meetings with internal technical and operational teams. In addition, this role will be responsible for authoring content and peer reviewing a wide array of documents, including functional, technical, training as well as planning and roadmaps.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Gather, analyze, and translate business requirements into clear functional and technical specifications.
• Build datasets and visualizations to support reporting and analytics.
• Perform data extraction, cleansing, transformation, and maintain metadata and data dictionaries.
• Diagnose and resolve data issues, including performing manual data updates and extracts.
• Manage and update user stories in Atlassian Jira.
• Document current processes and partner with stakeholders to design improved future‑state workflows.
• Establish governance and lifecycle processes for key data domains.
• Conduct focus groups and synthesize qualitative findings with survey data.
• Mentor junior team members and support overall project delivery.
• Execute engineering activities such as requirements analysis, planning, integration, testing, documentation, deployment, and system evaluation.
• Ensure data accuracy and implement leadership‑approved updates.
• Partner with business and digital teams to align with strategic roadmaps and integrate data across systems.
• Define and communicate data attributes, definitions, and acceptable values.
• Build processes to monitor and remediate data health and communicate performance metrics.
• Provide stakeholder training and participate in governance forums.
• Work with developers to design integrations connecting master data to other systems.
• Support solutions leveraging AWS and ServiceNow.
• Work effectively in an agile, cross‑functional environment.
• Manage multiple priorities independently and ensure timely, accurate delivery.
• Participate in user acceptance testing and recommend improvements.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must hold an active TS/SCI clearance (required for consideration).
• Ability to pass and maintain additional suitability screenings as required by customer.
• Ability to work on‑site in Washington, DC.
• Education and experience depending on job level:
  • Level III: Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4‑8 years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
  • Level IV: Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 8‑12 years of relevant experience (or a Master’s and 6+ years). Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• Knowledge of data and/or software architecture.
• Successful and demonstrated experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to ServiceNow applications like Telecommunication Management System (TSM), Telecommunications Network Inventory (TNI), Order Management Telecommunications (OMT) modules, etc.
• Experience with JIRA, Git and Confluence.
• Understanding of ITIL foundation or ITIL certified.
• AWS cloud and ServiceNow certifications.
• Experience working with large software systems including hardware integration and test.
• Experience working with multi‑disciplinary technical development teams.
• Experience using SAFe as the agile development methodology.
• Experience moving from a legacy application to a new application.
• Experience applying test automation, test‑driven development, continuous integration, and continuous deployment to achieve built‑in quality by the team.
• Experience using Kanban to improve flow on support teams.
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps and CI/CD implementation.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $73,450.00 - $132,775.00

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

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Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026.

Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.