Senior Business Systems Analyst - Azure DevOps & Automation

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 101,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Business Systems Analyst III to act as a senior liaison between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams for AzureDevOps enabled process improvement in a regulated federal IT environment. You will lead discovery, analysis, validation, and prioritization of requirements to support practical, traceable solutions.

This role translates current-state and future-state workflows into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 6+ years of progressive business systems analysis experience.
• Experience in Agile delivery environments with backlog refinement.
• Hands-on Jira or Azure DevOps experience managing epics and stories.
• Ability to facilitate workshops and stakeholder interviews.
• Experience documenting requirements, rules, data needs, and tests.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust background and U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder interviews, workshops, and mapping sessions to identify needs and constraints.
• Analyze current-state workflows to find bottlenecks and opportunities for automation.
• Develop traceable requirements, including user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Translate needs into prioritized Agile backlog items and support planning.
• Use Azure DevOps to manage epics, features, and user stories with traceability.
• Collaborate with technical teams on data, integration, and nonfunctional requirements.
• Define test scenarios, support UAT, and validate functionality against criteria.
• Apply AI-enabled tools responsibly to draft, refine, and analyze requirements.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Agile delivery

Requirements elicitation

Process analysis

Communication skills

Facilitation

Education

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

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Business Systems Analyst III to act as a senior liaison between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams for AzureDevOps enabled process improvement in a regulated federal IT environment. You will lead discovery, analysis, validation, and prioritization of requirements to support practical, traceable solutions.

This role translates current-state and future-state workflows into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows,