Senior Business Analyst - Compliance & Systems (Govt)

Talentify; Annapolis (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

PTO/ Vacation

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Business Analyst to translate business, user, and product needs into clear requirements for software and platform development in a compliance-driven environment. You will partner with product, engineering, and QA to ensure traceability and testability across the lifecycle.

The role focuses on documenting requirements, ensuring compliance, and maintaining Jira/Confluence artifacts within a government-related DMV-area setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or Systems Analyst supporting software or platform development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven experience in requirements gathering and documentation across business, user, and product domains.
• Strong understanding of how business, user, and product requirements interrelate within complex system environments.
• Technical fluency sufficient to interpret data flows, system integrations, and functional dependencies.
• Experience supporting QA workflows and maintaining requirements-to-test-case traceability.
• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to break down complex problems and define clear, structured requirements.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and business audiences and facilitate collaborative discussions.
• Ability to ensure compliance and security-related requirements are incorporated into system design and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business, user, and product requirements that capture functional, non-functional, and compliance-related needs.
• Partner with Product Owners, Engineering, and QA teams to ensure requirements are technically sound, testable, and interconnected across systems.
• Analyze how requirements impact one another and identify dependencies, constraints, and interactions within integrated system components.
• Ensure compliance-driven and policy-related requirements are accurately reflected and traceable throughout the system lifecycle.
• Support QA processes by linking requirements to test cases and validation criteria to achieve complete coverage and end-to-end traceability.
• Maintain organized, high-quality documentation across Jira, Confluence, and related collaboration and tracking tools.
• Facilitate requirement review sessions to confirm accuracy, resolve ambiguities, and promote shared understanding across delivery teams.
• Interpret data flows, system integrations, and functional dependencies to inform requirement design and impact analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders from both technical and business domains to align requirements with strategic objectives and user needs.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder collaboration

Analytical thinking

Technical fluency

Requirements tracing

Documentation

Cross-functional partner

Communication

Compliance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Actalent is seeking a Business Analyst to translate business, user, and product needs into clear requirements for software and platform development in a compliance-driven environment. You will partner with product, engineering, and QA to ensure traceability and testability across the lifecycle.

The role focuses on documenting requirements, ensuring compliance, and maintaining Jira/Confluence artifacts within a government-related DMV-area setting.