Business Analyst

Acuity, Inc. is seeking a Business Analyst to support a high-visibility government client. This role involves working in a collaborative environment to develop sophisticated applications, contributing to IT Modernization, Data Enablement, and Hyperautomation initiatives.

About Acuity

Acuity is an award-winning consulting firm providing proven management and technological services to the Federal government. Recognized as one of the Best Places to Work by the Washington Business Journal for over five consecutive years, Acuity combines industry partnerships and long-term federal experience with innovative technical leadership to support critical missions.

Responsibilities

• Support the development team to achieve daily, iteration, and release goals by eliciting, documenting, communicating, and prioritizing business requirements from clients.
• Apply, implement, and enforce Scrum principles and practices.
• Facilitate team dynamics to maximize performance and assist in continuously improving agile practices.
• Define project activities and objectives based on user needs and business systems.
• Develop an understanding of business needs for multiple stakeholders using various elicitation techniques.
• Facilitate negotiation of requirements among stakeholders, product owners, and project managers.
• Help stakeholders envision process changes with the implementation of solutions.
• Build requirements to accurately capture business needs and ensure user stories are concise and complete.
• Create and update system requirements specification documents or related artifacts.
• Collaborate with technical staff to define solutions for business needs.
• Perform responsibilities using agile software development methodologies.
• Conduct daily stand-up meetings, planning and review sessions, prioritize tasks, and mitigate roadblocks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with experience in a related Information Technology field.
• Experience in developing requirements and writing technical documents.
• Strong written and communication skills.
• Ability to take initiative, manage workload, and meet internal and client deadlines.
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve internal team processes.
• Contribute to cross-functional teamwork within the organization.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar).
• Experience with User Interface designs and mockups.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Apps, Dynamics, Power Platform, or Power BI is highly desirable.
• Previous experience working with Government clients is highly desirable.

Qualifications

Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a high-risk public trust clearance.

Benefits

• Personalized development plans, mentorship, and up to $3,000 annually for training and certifications.
• Up to $3,000 for degree-seeking programs.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.
• Focus on work-life balance.
• Collaborative, people-first culture with recognition for contributions.
• Opportunities to work on cutting-edge solutions for important government missions.

Acuity has been recognized as a Best Place to Work (Washington Business Journal, 9+ years) and a Top Workplace (The Washington Post, 2022–2025).