Business Analyst 3
Base-2 Solutions, Tysons Corner, VA, United States
Position Summary
The Business Analyst 3 supports Agile software development programs by gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements; translating mission and business needs into detailed specifications; and ensuring delivered functionality aligns with documented requirements. This role partners closely with business users, product owners, engineers, and Scrum teams to support requirements traceability, process improvement, testing, and reporting activities in DoD or IC environments.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Gather, analyze, and document business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process observation.
Translate business needs into detailed functional and technical specifications.
Create comprehensive documentation including user stories, use cases, process flows, and system requirements.
Maintain requirements traceability throughout project lifecycles.
Conduct gap analysis between current-state and future-state capabilities.
Develop process maps, workflows, and standard operating procedures.
Collaborate with business users, project managers, developers, and other key stakeholders.
Analyze system functionality and performance to ensure alignment with business requirements.
Support user acceptance testing, system testing, and validation activities.
Create reports, dashboards, and visualizations to support decision-making.
Required Qualifications
Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting Agile software development programs, preferably within DoD or IC environments.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
Proven experience translating mission and business needs into epics, features, and well-defined user stories with acceptance criteria in an Agile environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience facilitating discussions to elicit requirements from business users.
Hands-on experience using JIRA, Confluence, and/or GitHub to manage backlogs, document requirements, and maintain traceability.
Strong ability to collaborate with product owners, engineers, and Scrum teams in support of backlog refinement, sprint planning, and release activities.
Experience performing gap analyses and workflow analysis to define current-state versus future-state system capabilities.
Experience supporting user acceptance testing, system testing, and validation to ensure delivered functionality aligns with documented requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience within DoD environments.
Experience within IC environments.
Education and Certifications
Education: High School Diploma/GED; Associate’s Degree; Bachelor’s Degree (7 years of experience required for some levels); Master’s Degree (7 years); PhD (7 years).
Required Certifications: None specified.
Required Security Clearance
Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
Pay & Benefits Highlights
Compensation:
Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).
Health
100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
Income Protection
100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.
100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.
Retirement
401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.
Leave
Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
11 paid floating holidays.
Work-Life Balance
Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).
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The Business Analyst 3 supports Agile software development programs by gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements; translating mission and business needs into detailed specifications; and ensuring delivered functionality aligns with documented requirements. This role partners closely with business users, product owners, engineers, and Scrum teams to support requirements traceability, process improvement, testing, and reporting activities in DoD or IC environments.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Gather, analyze, and document business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process observation.
Translate business needs into detailed functional and technical specifications.
Create comprehensive documentation including user stories, use cases, process flows, and system requirements.
Maintain requirements traceability throughout project lifecycles.
Conduct gap analysis between current-state and future-state capabilities.
Develop process maps, workflows, and standard operating procedures.
Collaborate with business users, project managers, developers, and other key stakeholders.
Analyze system functionality and performance to ensure alignment with business requirements.
Support user acceptance testing, system testing, and validation activities.
Create reports, dashboards, and visualizations to support decision-making.
Required Qualifications
Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting Agile software development programs, preferably within DoD or IC environments.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
Proven experience translating mission and business needs into epics, features, and well-defined user stories with acceptance criteria in an Agile environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience facilitating discussions to elicit requirements from business users.
Hands-on experience using JIRA, Confluence, and/or GitHub to manage backlogs, document requirements, and maintain traceability.
Strong ability to collaborate with product owners, engineers, and Scrum teams in support of backlog refinement, sprint planning, and release activities.
Experience performing gap analyses and workflow analysis to define current-state versus future-state system capabilities.
Experience supporting user acceptance testing, system testing, and validation to ensure delivered functionality aligns with documented requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience within DoD environments.
Experience within IC environments.
Education and Certifications
Education: High School Diploma/GED; Associate’s Degree; Bachelor’s Degree (7 years of experience required for some levels); Master’s Degree (7 years); PhD (7 years).
Required Certifications: None specified.
Required Security Clearance
Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
Pay & Benefits Highlights
Compensation:
Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).
Health
100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
Income Protection
100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.
100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.
Retirement
401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.
Leave
Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
11 paid floating holidays.
Work-Life Balance
Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).
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