Senior Business Analyst

Steampunk McLean, VA Open
Steampunk is looking for Senior Business Analyst in McLean, VA.
This local job opportunity with ID 3948683082 is live since 2026-11-06 17:10:47.
Overview

In this role you will serve as a Senior Business Analyst on an Agile software team, guiding discovery and delivery to ensure value is realized quickly. You will collaborate with product teams and stakeholders to decompose large epics into actionable features and user stories, while facilitating meetings and mitigating risks. You will define scope, schedule, and governance, provide progress updates, and remove roadblocks to support steady delivery. This role offers a chance to shape outcomes through stakeholder alignment, human-centered practices, and cross-functional teamwork.

Responsibilities
  • Manage Agile/IT projects and adhere to SDLC and project management methodologies
  • Identify and mitigate risks; monitor and report on progress and deviations
  • Facilitate meetings/workshops to create shared understanding with stakeholders
  • Define project scope and schedule; plan delivery with value focus
  • Prepare progress reports; manage risks and issues; conduct delivery planning
  • Support managing customer expectations and governance; escalations and issue resolution
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to decompose epics into features and user stories
  • Document Acceptance Criteria in a way understood by developers and stakeholders
  • Assist team development, remove roadblocks, and mentor team members
Key requirements
  • Authorized to work for any U.S. employer
  • 3+ year experience with Scrum/Kanban methodologies
  • 3+ years experience as Product Owner/Scrum Master or Business Analyst
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS or equivalent
  • Ability to establish credibility with clients, build consensus, and influence
  • Ability to write user stories/epics, identify dependencies, and design solutions
  • Flexibility to work with teams, individuals, and executives
  • Excellent interpersonal/communication skills
  • Experience with studio/human-centered design approach
  • Proficiency in JIRA
  • Business Analyst certification(s) a plus
  • Salesforce Admin or Salesforce Business Analyst certification
  • Preferred: experience as Scrum Master; Federal Civilian Client Experience
  • Interpersonal/communication skills
  • Influence and consensus building
  • Flexibility and adaptability
  • JIRA
  • User story/epic writing
  • Agile/Scrum/Kanban
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