Associate Business Analyst

Position Summary

We are seeking an Associate Business Analyst to support the sustainment, enhancement, and modernization of mission-critical applications supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Responsibilities

• Partner with Project Managers, Scrum Masters, developers, testers, architects, and VA stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
• Participate as an active member of Agile Scrum or SAFe delivery teams, supporting Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Daily Standups.
• Conduct requirements elicitation sessions, stakeholder interviews, and product elaboration workshops to understand business needs and technical impacts.
• Create and maintain well-written user stories with clear, complete, and testable acceptance criteria.
• Support backlog grooming by refining user stories, identifying dependencies, clarifying business rules, and preparing work items for development.
• Analyze business processes and identify impacts across multiple interconnected applications and systems.
• Work directly with VA stakeholders to clarify requirements, answer functional questions, and support solution development.
• Collaborate closely with development and QA teams throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to ensure requirements are accurately implemented and validated.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), requirements traceability, defect triage, and release readiness activities.
• Maintain requirements, user stories, documentation, and project artifacts within Jira, Confluence, and related Agile tools.
• Continuously build knowledge of VA business processes, enterprise applications, and modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Healthcare Administration, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 1–3 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Functional Analyst, or similar role
• Experience working within Agile Scrum or SAFe software development environments
• Experience developing Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), or similar documentation
• Experience writing user stories with clear, detailed, and testable acceptance criteria
• Experience supporting backlog refinement and requirements elaboration activities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to quickly learn complex business processes and interconnected enterprise systems
• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly with Project Managers and cross-functional Agile delivery teams
• Experience using Jira, Confluence or similar Agile lifecycle management tools
• Experience creating process flows, workflow diagrams, UML diagrams, or business process models
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle (SDLC) concepts and Agile delivery methodologies
• Experience supporting federal government or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs
• Experience supporting healthcare, benefits, or enterprise business systems