Remote Lead Business Analyst, Federal Programs

Commonwealth Strategic Solutions LLC; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Strategic Solutions is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to support federal programs by analyzing requirements, documenting current and future-state processes, and translating needs into actionable deliverables. You will liaise with program leadership, government stakeholders, and vendor teams to improve decision-making and compliance.

Responsibilities include leading elicitation, backlog management, testing coordination, and creating SOPs and training materials to enable continuous

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of consulting experience.
• A total of 7+ years of relevant professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead business and systems analysis activities, including requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, refinement, and backlog management.
• Coordinate functional testing and release-readiness activities, including sprint testing, UAT planning and execution, defect disposition, and production validation.
• Support application roadmap, quarterly scope, backlog prioritization, and delivery planning in partnership with project and service-delivery leadership.
• Analyze application data, reporting discrepancies, business rules, and system behavior and coordinate resolution with technical and business teams.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, job aids, process flows, test documentation, system reference materials, and other functional documentation.
• Provide functional subject-matter expertise and decision-support analysis to project leadership.
• Manage knowledge transfer, onboarding, and transition activities to ensure continuity of application operations and business processes.
• Develop presentations, demonstrations, training materials, release communications, and stakeholder-facing project materials.
• Support continuous improvement of business processes, application functionality, documentation, and project delivery practices.

Skills

Consulting experience

Total experience

Job description

Commonwealth Strategic Solutions is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to support federal programs by analyzing requirements, documenting current and future-state processes, and translating needs into actionable deliverables. You will liaise with program leadership, government stakeholders, and vendor teams to improve decision-making and compliance.

Responsibilities include leading elicitation, backlog management, testing coordination, and creating SOPs and training materials to enable continuous