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.

Key Responsibilities

Requirements Elicitation & Analysis (Agile + Modernization)

• 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.

Agile Backlog Management (Jira-Driven)

• 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).

Process Modeling, Documentation and Business Rules

• 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.

Testing and Acceptance (UAT and Quality Alignment)

• 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).

Cross-Functional and Governance Collaboration

• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Security/GRC to ensure requirements align with:

• ITAC target architecture standards
• Zer…