Sr. Business Analyst

System One; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

System One in Washington, DC is seeking a Sr Business Analyst to join an on-site examiner workflow tool project. The role focuses on capturing requirements, refining user stories, and supporting Agile ceremonies with the product owner and development team.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in project leadership, strong communication, and experience with AWS GovCloud UI and data-driven applications. This is a 5-days-a-week onsite contract through end of 2026 with potential renewal and benefits

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, computing information systems, CS or related field.
• 10+ years leading projects or major business initiatives.
• 2+ years IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience.
• Certification in PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, SAFe or CSM is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Capture requirements and translate them into clear user stories for an examiner workflow tool.
• Assist the team with updating user stories and facilitate Agile ceremonies as needed.
• Collaborate with product owner and development team to ensure shared understanding of outcomes.
• Support AWS GovCloud UI development and data-driven application initiatives.

Skills

Communication

Agile

User stories

Backlog refinement

PI planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/CS or related field

Tools

AWS GovCloud

UI development

Job description

Sr Business Analyst

Washington, DC – 100% Onsite @ the Federal Reserve

Per Federal contract U.S. citizenship is required

Must be able to PASS federal background check for Public Trust clearance

W2 with benefits or C2C Contract

Must Apply by September 9th

Project Scope

The Business Analyst will capture requirements and assist the team with updating user stories for an examiner workflow tool. The Business Analyst should also be familiar with Agile methodologies and properly update user stories and help facilitate Agile meetings as necessary.

Business Requirements

The examiner workflow tool will replace and enhance a legacy system leveraging AWS cloud services. To support the development, implementation, continuous improvement and maintenance of the tool; a business analyst is required to work with the product owner and development team to ensure a shared understanding of desired outcomes.

Business Constraints

The candidate is expected to report onsite 5 days per week at our office in downtown DC. This is not a remote/hybrid position.

This contract will run until the end of 2026 with possibility for renewal in 2027.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computing Information Systems, Computer Science, or relevant technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading projects or key business initiatives.
• 2 years of IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience.
• At least one of the following or its equivalent:
  • PMP Certification, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, Scaled Agile Framework or CSM (Certified Scrum Master)

Capabilities

• Strong oral and written communication skills (writing samples may be requested).
• Experience working on AWS GovCloud User Interface (UI) application development related project(s).
• Direct experience working closely with the business and technical teams to elicit, analyze, specify, verify, write, and manage business and system requirements for web-based UI and data driven applications.
• Strong experience working in the Agile space: Scrum, Kanban and SAFe.
• Experience creating user stories with clear acceptance criteria, prioritization, and estimation.
• Direct experience facilitating backlog refinement sessions and assisting with release management and PI planning sessions.

Ref: #851-Rockville-S1