Federal Business Analyst & Agile Requirements Lead

Steampunk; Washington; On-site; USD 75,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk is seeking a Business Analyst to lead the collection, capture, and management of mission user needs, translating them into technical requirements to support development and deployment.

You will collaborate with stakeholders and product teams to decompose large epics into features and user stories, facilitate planning sessions, and guide Jira usage across multiple product teams for progress tracking.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years as a business analyst for federal government.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain government security clearance.
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication across dispersed teams.
• Ability to produce high-quality technical documentation and analysis.
• Take initiative to recommend process improvements and show creative thinking.
• Knowledge and experience with Agile and DevSecOps methodologies.
• Demonstrate sharp analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Preferred Scrum Master certification.
• Experience with UAT and software testing.

Responsibilities

• Envision, develop, and create requirements to streamline processes and improve key metrics.
• Facilitate meetings and workshops to build shared understanding with stakeholders and create roadmaps.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and product teams to decompose epics into features and user stories for development.
• Facilitate Increment and planning sessions to ensure work is well defined and understood.
• Assist teams in using JIRA as an Agile Lifecycle Management tool to track work across product teams.
• Provide guidance in using JIRA for reporting progress against epics and other work.
• Communicate clearly to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and present findings.

Skills

Agile / DevSecOps

Stakeholder communication

Technical documentation

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Steampunk is seeking a Business Analyst to lead the collection, capture, and management of mission user needs, translating them into technical requirements to support development and deployment.

You will collaborate with stakeholders and product teams to decompose large epics into features and user stories, facilitate planning sessions, and guide Jira usage across multiple product teams for progress tracking.