Business Analyst

Business Analyst 4

Location: Richmond, VA (Hybrid 4 Days Onsite, 1 Day Remote)
Duration: 8+ Months, with Potential for Extension or Full-Time Conversion
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Interview: In-Person Only

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst 4 to support application development, business systems analysis, requirements documentation, and software testing initiatives. The ideal candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, information systems teams, developers, and project leadership to define business needs, document system requirements, and ensure applications meet established requirements and quality standards.

• Conduct project initiation activities to identify business problems, objectives, and application requirements.

• Elicit, analyze, and document requirements for new applications and enhancements to existing systems.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders and IT teams to develop clear, complete, and SDLC-compliant requirements documentation.

• Ensure requirements documentation follows established standards, guidelines, and agency procedures.

• Develop and maintain standardized processes, templates, and documentation as needed.

• Participate in Agile Scrum meetings to represent business requirements throughout application design and development.

• Create and execute system test plans to verify that applications meet documented requirements.

• Perform manual testing of web applications and validate test results.

• Develop test plans and scripts to confirm compliance with business requirements and design specifications.

• Identify, document, and report application defects with sufficient detail for developers to reproduce and resolve issues.

• Support the preparation of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts.

• Conduct meetings, document project decisions, and communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

• Support application maintenance, implementation, systems analysis, design, and business process improvement.

• Extensive experience in business analysis, systems analysis, requirements documentation, and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Strong knowledge of Agile application development methodologies, including Scrum.

• Extensive experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting user requirements from multiple sources.

• Ability to prepare detailed requirements documents for business stakeholders and development teams.

• Experience supporting application development, maintenance, implementation, and business process improvement.

• Experience documenting business processes and mapping processes into new or existing systems.

• Hands-on experience with manual web application testing.

• Experience testing complex systems to validate business requirements.

• Ability to create and execute test plans and test scripts according to established standards.

• Experience identifying, documenting, and reporting application defects.

• Strong communication, documentation, collaboration, and meeting facilitation skills.

• Ability to work effectively as part of a cross-functional development team.

• Familiarity with web application development projects using .NET.

• Experience documenting and managing requirements in Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS).

• Candidates must reside in Virginia, preferably in Richmond or surrounding areas.

• Must work onsite four days per week and remotely one day per week.

• No exceptions to the onsite schedule.

• Occasional onsite meetings may be required on scheduled remote days.

• The first day must be onsite to receive equipment and activate the access badge.

• Parking is not provided for contractors.

Interview Requirement: In-person interview only.

Interested candidates should submit an updated resume and their availability for a discussion.