Business Analyst, Senior

Location: Bethesda, MD (2 Days Onsite - May increase as Client needs may change)

Position Title:
Business Analyst, Senior

Clearance: Public Trust

Job Overview: LCG is seeking a highly technical Business Analyst, Senior to support the Client with Information Technology and Applications Center (ITAC) in delivering new development, enhancements, and modernization of custom and COTS-based applications. This role is responsible for eliciting and analyzing stakeholder needs, translating them into actionable Agile requirements (
Epics/Features/User Stories
), defining strong acceptance criteria and Definition of Ready/Done conditions, and ensuring requirements are traceable and maintained in the ITAC Jira instance as part of the product backlog and PI/sprint planning artifacts.

The BA will work closely with Product Owners, Solution Delivery Manager (SDM), engineering teams, UX/508 specialists, Security/GRC, Enterprise Architecture (EA), and Enterprise Operations (EOps) to support ITAC's incremental delivery model (3-month PIs comprised of 2-week sprints) and to contribute to ITAC's modernization strategy focused on cloud-first and Microsoft Power Platform (MSPP) adoption, portfolio rationalization, consolidation opportunities, and Zero Trust-aligned requirements.

• Lead requirements elicitation through structured interviews, workshops, process walkthroughs, and document analysis with NIH stakeholders to capture business outcomes, constraints, and success criteria.
• Translate business objectives into Epics, Features, and User Stories aligned to PI goals and sprint delivery plans; decompose scope iteratively to support sustainable delivery.
• Capture and validate both:
  • Functional requirements (user flows, use cases, data capture, reporting)
  • Non-functional requirements (security controls, performance, scalability, availability, auditability, usability, accessibility/508, operational constraints)
• Support modernization efforts by identifying overlaps, process inefficiencies, and consolidation opportunities across the application portfolio and recommending streamlined business capabilities and/or LCNC approaches.

• Own requirements documentation and traceability in ITAC Jira
  , ensuring all backlog items are current, properly linked (Epic Feature Story Task/Defect), prioritized, and refinement-ready.
• Write high-quality stories with:
  • Clear user value statements
  • Testable acceptance criteria (Given/When/Then or equivalent)
  • Explicit assumptions and dependencies
  • Definition of Ready checks (story completeness, sizing readiness, UX/security inputs)
• Support PI planning by preparing backlog refinement artifacts, clarifying scope, and ensuring PI objectives map to approved requirements and backlog items.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to manage priority changes
  , perform scope clarification, and support formal approvals when backlog changes exceed refinement (e.g., escalation to leadership and/or change board).

• Document current-state and future-state workflows using BPM/process mapping techniques (e.g., Visio/Lucidchart), including swim-lanes, handoffs, decision points, exceptions, and system touchpoints.
• Produce and maintain business rules catalogs, requirements traceability matrices (as applicable), and supporting documentation in SharePoint Online per ITAC documentation and deliverables processes.

• Support development of UAT scope and readiness:
  • Define UAT entry/exit criteria
  • Identify test scenarios and acceptance validation steps
  • Coordinate user feedback capture and defect triage with PO/QA
• Collaborate with QA/Test Leads to ensure requirements are reflected in test plans and test cases, including automation alignment when appropriate.
• Ensure accessibility and compliance requirements are incorporated into requirements and test criteria (e.g., 508 considerations).

• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Security/GRC to ensure requirements align with:
  • ITAC target architecture standards
  • Zero Trust direction and security control implementation guidance
  • RMF/ATO documentation and compliance needs where required
• Support coordination with EOps/Dev Ops teams for operational constraints and deployment readiness inputs as part of requirements definition and release planning.
• Contribute to contract deliverables that involve requirements artifacts and program-level planning (e.g., product roadmap inputs, PI plans, sprint-level user stories/DoD updates, business process flows).

Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience supporting enterprise application delivery).

Certification:

• CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) or CCBA preferred
• Additional desirable certifications: PMI-PBA, Agile BA…