Agile Product Analyst (Mid-Level)

Orchard•Huntsville, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

@Orchard is seeking a Mid-Level Agile Product Analyst to support Agile delivery activities on a major federal modernization program. Under the guidance of the Senior Agile Product Lead, the role develops user stories, refines requirements, supports backlog prioritization, and coordinates functional and technical details with cross-functional teams. The analyst helps developers, testers, and engineering teams gain the clarity needed to deliver high-quality, mission-aligned capabilities. The position supports a National Security mission and provides hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology. It is based in Huntsville, Alabama, or Quantico, Virginia, and requires U.S. citizenship and an active Top Secret clearance.

Requirements

Active Top Secret security clearance.
U.S. citizenship.
Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of experience in business analysis, Agile delivery, or product support.
Demonstrated ability to write detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
Experience collaborating with Agile development teams in technical environments.
Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or national-security programs.
Familiarity with cloud modernization, data workflows, or enterprise IT systems.
SAFe or Scrum certification, such as CSPO, PO/PM, or similar.

Responsibilities

Translate stakeholder and mission requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
Support backlog refinement and prioritization in alignment with the Senior Agile Product Lead.
Document functional and technical requirements for applications, data workflows, and cloud-based features.
Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
Clarify requirements for developers, testers, cloud engineers, and migration teams during sprint execution.
Coordinate with Scrum Masters to ensure readiness for development and testing activities.
Gather requirements from mission partners, government users, and technical subject matter experts.
Support feature demonstrations, sprint reviews, and user acceptance efforts.
Communicate requirement changes, impacts, and risks to internal teams.
Produce business process flows, requirements documentation, and analysis artifacts.
Maintain traceability between requirements, acceptance criteria, and delivered functionality.
Assist with impact analysis for new features or evolving mission needs.
Review completed features against acceptance criteria to confirm functional readiness.
Support defect triage, prioritization, and remediation planning.
Coordinate with QA teams to ensure test coverage aligns with documented requirements.