Journeyman Business Analyst

Overview

Job Description Ignite is an ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI Services Level 3 and Development Level 2 certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), headquartered in Huntsville, AL. By design, Ignite is a provider of professional services to customers in educational, federal, and commercial industries and in every action seeks to be the preeminent provider within this business space.

The Business Analyst is responsible for leading requirements analysis activities in support of mission-critical government programs. This role works closely with mission stakeholders, program management, and technical teams to elicit, analyze, validate, and document business and functional requirements. The Senior Business Analyst translates complex business needs into clear, actionable functional specifications and ensures requirements traceability throughout the system development lifecycle, including support to testing and user acceptance activities.

• Lead requirements elicitation, analysis, validation, and documentation efforts with mission and technical stakeholders.
• Translate business and operational needs into functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain requirements traceability matrices (RTMs) to ensure alignment between requirements, design, development, and testing.
• Support backlog grooming and refinement activities in Agile or hybrid development environments.
• Collaborate with development and test teams to support test case development, validation, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) planning and execution.
• Facilitate stakeholder working sessions, reviews, and requirement validation meetings to ensure shared understanding and alignment.
• Support process modeling, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance program execution.

Minimum Education and Qualifications – Journeyman Level:

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Required Experience:
  • Minimum of 5+ years of experience performing business analysis and requirements management on complex IT or system development programs.
  • Demonstrated experience in stakeholder coordination, requirements elicitation, backlog grooming, process modeling, and functional documentation.
  • Strong proficiency in Agile story writing, including epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
  • Experience supporting system testing and UAT activities.
• Preferred Experience:
  • PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
  • Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
  • Agile Analyst or equivalent certification