Sr. Business Analyst - 175989 - 177366

Zachary Piper, LLC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401K, PTO

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Sr. Business Analyst to support a federal modernization and data migration program in Huntsville, Alabama.

This full-time, fully onsite role guides product strategy, backlog ownership, and Agile delivery across cloud, data, application, and migration workstreams. As a Senior Agile Product Lead, you will own the backlog, translate requirements into user stories with acceptance criteria, and manage roadmaps with stakeholders to ensure alignment of mission priorities

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years in product ownership, Agile delivery, or technical program support.
• Experience leading Agile teams, managing product backlogs, and delivering technology.
• Strong understanding of cloud, data, application development, and modernization workflows.
• Translate technical requirements into clear, mission-aligned user stories.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own, develop, and prioritize the product backlog based on mission needs and constraints.
• Translate requirements into clear user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Align features with modernization, cloud, data, and migration priorities.
• Manage roadmap expectations, dependencies, and sequencing.
• Partner with Scrum Masters and engineering leads to drive sprint planning and execution.
• Maintain delivery readiness with development, QA, cloud, and data teams.
• Engage government customers, mission owners, and leadership on priorities.
• Prepare briefings, roadmap reviews, and decisions with stakeholders.
• Validate feature completeness and coordinate testing coverage and releases.
• Develop and maintain product artifacts and track delivery metrics.

Skills

Active Top Secret Security Clearance

Agile Delivery

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is currently seeking a Sr. Business Analyst to support a major federal modernization and data migration program based in Huntsville, Alabama. This position is a full-time role that will be fully onsite. As a Senior Agile Product Lead, you will guide product strategy, feature prioritization, and Agile delivery across cloud, data, application, and migration workstreams. This role is critical to ensuring mission and technical priorities are aligned while delivering high-quality capabilities that support mission-critical outcomes in a secure federal environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Strategy & Backlog Ownership

• Own, develop, and prioritize the product backlog based on mission needs, business objectives, and technical constraints.
• Translate requirements into clear, actionable user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Ensure features align with modernization, cloud, data, and migration priorities.
• Manage roadmap expectations, dependencies, and feature sequencing.

Agile Delivery & Team Collaboration

• Partner with Scrum Masters and engineering leads to drive sprint planning and execution.
• Maintain continuous communication with development, QA, cloud, and data teams to ensure delivery readiness.
• Participate in backlog refinement, estimation, and cross-team coordination sessions.
• Ensure teams understand feature context, business value, and delivery expectations.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with government customers, mission owners, and leadership to gather requirements and establish priorities.
• Prepare and deliver briefings, feature updates, roadmap reviews, and decision recommendations.
• Ensure transparency into product progress, risks, and performance.

Release Readiness & Quality Alignment

• Validate feature completeness, acceptance criteria fulfillment, and overall user experience quality.
• Partner with QA teams to ensure adequate testing coverage and defect resolution.
• Support release planning, sprint demonstrations, PI planning, and capability reviews.

Documentation & Reporting

• Develop and maintain product artifacts including user stories, acceptance criteria, feature definitions, and roadmap documentation.
• Track product metrics, throughput, sprint performance, and delivery progress.
• Ensure documentation meets contractual, program, and governance requirements.

Requirements:

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance
• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience in product ownership, Agile delivery, or technical program support
• Extensive experience leading Agile teams, managing product backlogs, and delivering technology solutions
• Strong understanding of cloud, data, application development, and modernization workflows
• Ability to translate technical requirements into clear, mission-aligned user stories
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or other national security programs
• SAFe PO/PM, CSPO, or similar Agile certification
• Background in cloud modernization, enterprise systems, or large-scale data migrations
• Experience with DevSecOps environments, CI/CD pipelines, or microservice architectures

Compensation:

• Salary Range: $100,000 - $115,000 depending on experience
• Full Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, Sick Leave if Required by Law

This job opens for applications on 10/28/2026. Applications for this position will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.