Senior Agile BA — On-Site DC, Contract Role

ZipStaff; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance (employee-only)

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

ZipStaff is seeking an Agile Business Analyst to join a delivery team in the Washington, DC area on an on-site contract basis (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C). You will sit between business stakeholders and technical teams—eliciting needs, writing actionable requirements, and helping a self-organizing Agile squad deliver iterative value.

This is a hands-on BA role, not a project-manager or Scrum Master position.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Business Analyst on Agile delivery teams.
• Hands-on Agile/Scrum/Kanban experience (not classroom-only).
• Experience mapping processes, identifying gaps, modeling workflows, and analyzing data dependencies.
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria and supporting UAT.
• Strong workshop facilitation and written/verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Conduct discovery sessions, interviews, and workshops to translate business goals into user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases, and functional specs.
• Map current and future workflows, processes, data flows, and business models to identify automation opportunities.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, and retrospectives.
• Own iteration commitments, capacity planning, and allocation; maintain requirements traceability across the lifecycle.
• Support UAT, manage defects, and drive sign-off with business sponsors.

Skills

Agile delivery

User stories

Stakeholder facilitation

Process mapping

UAT support

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

ZipStaff is seeking an Agile Business Analyst to join a delivery team in the Washington, DC area on an on-site contract basis (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C). You will sit between business stakeholders and technical teams—eliciting needs, writing actionable requirements, and helping a self-organizing Agile squad deliver iterative value.

This is a hands-on BA role, not a project-manager or Scrum Master position.