Jr. Business Analyst

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$72,000.00/yr - $85,000.00/yr

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A Junior Business Analyst for this RFQ should focus on IT-enabled grants transformation support (requirements, analysis, coordination, and reporting).

The Junior Business Analyst will support the Office of Grants (OG) and Division of Information Services (DIS) in business transformation activities across Grants.gov, Grant Solutions, TAGGS, and related modernization initiatives (e.g., Simpler Grants.gov, One Grants Cloud).

The role is entry to early midlevel, mapped to the RFQ labor category “Junior IT Business Analyst / IT Business Analyst I,” working under senior consultants, technical directors, and the program manager.

• Support current state assessments by gathering data, documenting business processes, and cataloging functional and technical pain points across Grants.gov, Grant Solutions, and TAGGS.
• Assist in developing and maintaining transformation roadmaps, backlogs, and issue/risk logs, including traceability from business needs to requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Elicit and document business and functional requirements via workshops, interviews, and fit–gap sessions with OG/DIS stakeholders, partner agencies, and SMEs; translate needs into structured artifacts (e.g., BRDs, user stories, use cases, process flows).
• Create and maintain process maps, data flow diagrams, and basic models supporting enterprise, business, and data/AI architecture work led by senior team members.
• Assist in defining and refining metrics, KPIs, and dashboards to measure modernization outcomes, adoption, performance, and cost savings (including OM cost reduction targets and automation benefits).
• Support test planning and execution (UAT, regression, integration) by drafting test cases, coordinating test execution with users, capturing defects, and validating that solutions meet documented requirements.
• Contribute to AIreadiness activities by helping inventory data sources, document data definitions, and support proofofconcepts on One Grants Cloud for AI‑enabled analytics and automation.
• Support stakeholder engagement by preparing briefing materials, meeting notes, decision logs, and communications that align modernization goals with operational needs.
• Assist product management and business operations by updating central document repositories, maintaining structured documentation for reuse, and supporting configuration/onboarding activities for partner agencies.
• Provide general analytical and coordination support to the Program Manager and Senior Technical Directors, including schedule support, status reporting, and risk/issue tracking across task areas.

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, public administration, business, data/analytics, or a related field, or equivalent experience supporting IT or grants/business transformation projects.
• 0–3 years of experience as a business analyst, junior analyst, or similar role on IT, data/analytics, or business transformation efforts; prior experience with federal grants, financial assistance, or public sector IT is preferred but not mandatory.
• Familiarity with requirements analysis techniques (interviews, workshops, user stories, process mapping) and basic understanding of SDLC, agile practices, and testing processes.
• Proficiency with productivity and collaboration tools (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, JIRA/Azure Dev Ops or similar) and comfort working with data for reporting and KPI tracking.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to produce clear, concise, and accurate documentation and to…