Federal IT Business Analyst — Agile Backlog & UAT Lead

Citizant; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Generous PTO

Company-paid life and disability보험

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Tuition Assistance & Professional Dev.

Job summary

Citizant in Washington, DC invites a seasoned IT Business Analyst to join our team supporting USCP’s Enterprise Applications. You will gather requirements, manage backlogs, execute sprints, run UAT, and test solutions in an Agile environment to ensure mission-aligned technology initiatives.

The role requires at least 5 years in business analysis, strong experience with JIRA/Confluence, familiarity with SDLC, and the ability to work in a federal/public-safety setting.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of hands-on business analysis or IT project support.
• Experience managing product backlogs, writing user stories, and UAT in Agile.
• Local to the D.C. area.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements for enterprise applications.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog in JIRA; write BRDs and acceptance criteria.
• Support Agile ceremonies and coordinate UAT, defects, and QA interactions.
• Maintain project documentation in Confluence; ensure traceability.
• Analyze data and model processes to identify improvements.
• Act as liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Support knowledge transfer across divisions.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Requirements elicitation

Agile background

Analytical thinking

Detail-oriented

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Professional certification in BA/Agile (CBAP, PMI-PBA, Scrum)

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Citizant in Washington, DC invites a seasoned IT Business Analyst to join our team supporting USCP’s Enterprise Applications. You will gather requirements, manage backlogs, execute sprints, run UAT, and test solutions in an Agile environment to ensure mission-aligned technology initiatives.

The role requires at least 5 years in business analysis, strong experience with JIRA/Confluence, familiarity with SDLC, and the ability to work in a federal/public-safety setting.