Business Analyst with Security Clearance

Integral Federal, Inc.; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Short-Term Disability Insurance

Long-Term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Bonuses & Awards

Professional Training Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Integral Federal, Inc. seeks a Senior Business Analyst to support requirements discovery, refinement, and validation for VA OIT PDS BAM MBS product line.

You will elicit user needs, craft user stories and acceptance criteria, and help plan sprints and releases. Responsibilities include analyzing dependencies and risks, documenting requirements in Jira, GitHub, and Confluence, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure testable deliverables and measurable KPIs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a computer science or IT-related field.
• 6–10 years' experience in business analysis or IT project support.
• Experience supporting PI planning, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and KPI development.
• Experience documenting requirements in enterprise tools (Jira, GitHub, Confluence).
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product, Architecture, Testing, Integration).
• Knowledge of requirements elicitation, epics/stories, acceptance criteria, business-process modeling, backlog, dependency analysis, UAT/HCD.

Responsibilities

• Gather, refine, and elaborate functional and non-functional requirements.
• Produce user stories, acceptance criteria, backlog prioritization inputs, and KPI definitions.
• Perform analysis of size, complexity, dependencies, cost impacts, regression implications.
• Ensure user stories reflect validated user needs and clear acceptance criteria.
• Contribute to Sprint Plans and document deliverables for the PI.
• Facilitate requirement intake, dependency identification, and estimation of work complexity.
• Support PI Planning, Intake Review Boards, and strategic planning alignment.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Backlog grooming

Sprint planning

KPI development

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or IT

Tools

Jira

GitHub

Confluence

Job description

Overview The Senior Business Analyst supports requirements discovery, refinement, and validation activities across the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Information and Technology (OIT), Product Delivery Services (PDS), Benefits and Memorials (BAM), Memorial and Benefit Services (MBS) product line to deliver secure, reliable, and effective Information Technology (IT) solutions that support the Department's mission . Responsibilities

• Gather, refine, and elaborate functional and non-functional requirements
• Produce user stories, acceptance criteria, backlog prioritization inputs, and KPI definitions.
• Perform analysis of size, complexity, dependencies, cost impacts, regression implications, and cross-matrixed effects
• Ensure user stories reflect validated user needs and clear acceptance criteria supporting definitive testing
• Contribute to Sprint Plans and help document deliverables required during the PI.
• Facilitate requirement intake, dependency identification, and estimation of work complexity
• Produce user stories, acceptance criteria, backlog prioritization, and KPI definitions.
• Support PI Planning, Intake Review Boards, and strategic planning alignment. Qualifications Required:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or an IT-related degree with 6 - 10 years' experience
• Experience supporting PI Planning, strategic planning, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and KPI development.
• Experience performing requirement estimation, dependency mapping, complexity scoring, and regression impact analysis.
• Experience documenting requirements in enterprise repository tools (e.g., Jira, GitHub, Confluence).
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product, Architecture, Testing, Integration, System Teams
• Requirements elicitation/elaboration; epics/stories; acceptance criteria; business-process modeling; backlog; dependency analysis; UAT/HCD
• Public Trust Preferred:
• Knowledge of NCA memorials: eligibility, burial scheduling, interment, monuments; VA Product Owner support Company Overview Integral partners with federal defense, intelligence, and civilian leaders to tackle their most important challenges and deliver positive outcomes. Since our founding in 1998, we have helped clients leverage existing and emerging technologies to transform their enterprises, empower growth, drive innovation, and build sustainable success. The forward-leaning solutions we deliver are tailored to each mission with a focus on keeping our nation safe and secure. Integral is headquartered in McLean, VA and serves clients throughout the country. We offer a comprehensive total rewards package including paid parental leave and immediate vesting in our 401(k). Give us a try and become part of a curated group of professionals at Integral Federal! Our package also includes:
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Earned Bonuses & Awards
• Professional Training Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veteran/Disability