Business Analyst

Cormac Corporation•Leesburg, VA

14h

About The Position

CORMAC is seeking a highly skilled Business Analyst to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will possess a background working in Agile development, proficiency in creating user stories, and excellent communication skills. This role will involve cross-functional collaboration to ensure complex business needs are translated into actionable requirements. The analyst will also support iteration planning, backlog grooming, testing activities, support, and training.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in Agile development environments.
Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Must have the ability to obtain a Public Trust (Tier 1) Security Clearance.
Prior experience in government or healthcare environments (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, VA, CMS).
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, especially Scrum and SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).
Proficient in creating epics, features, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex information.
Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Excel for backlog and requirement management.

Nice To Haves

Agile and SAFe certifications (e.g., SAFe Practitioner, SAFe Agilist, or SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager).
Experience using UI/UX design tools (e.g., Figma, Balsamiq), process diagramming tools (e.g., Lucid, Visio), and data querying tools (e.g., SQL, DBeaver).

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Stakeholders, and Agile Teams to understand business needs and translate them into actionable user stories and features.
Elicit, analyze, and document business, system, and functional requirements, processes, and workflows using Agile principles.
Collaborate closely with Product Owners to refine and prioritize backlogs, define acceptance criteria, and support PI (Program Increment) planning.
Translate business needs into clear and concise user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
Ensure requirements are continuously refined and ready for development teams in upcoming Sprints/Iterations.
Facilitate backlog grooming, prioritization, and clarification of acceptance criteria with cross-functional teams.
Work closely with developers and testers to ensure business needs are accurately translated into functional specifications and technical requirements.
Ensure alignment between business goals and solution implementation.
Partner with QA to support test case development and validation of requirements.
Triage and expedite production support tickets, work with user support teams to provide issue updates, and coordinate with technical teams for resolution.
Facilitate workshops, interviews, and stakeholder discussions to gather requirements and drive consensus.
Support UAT (User Acceptance Testing), training, and ensure delivered features meet business expectations.