Lead Business Analyst

Location: Remote
Security Clearance: Public Trust
Job Type: Full-Time
Target Salary Range*: $100,000 - $140,000

*This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary

Amatriot is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to support a high-visibility program with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In this role, you will lead business analysis activities to capture, document, and manage business and technical requirements for complex systems used to support our nation’s Veterans. You will serve as a key liaison between VA business stakeholders and the technical delivery teams, ensuring solutions meet mission needs, adhere to standards, and are delivered using Agile practices.

• Lead end-to-end business analysis efforts for VA systems and applications, from discovery through implementation and validation.
• Facilitate requirements elicitation sessions (interviews, workshops, focus groups) with VA stakeholders, end users, product owners, and subject matter experts.
• Analyze, document, and manage business requirements, user stories, use cases, process flows, and acceptance criteria in a clear and structured manner.
• Translate business needs into functional and non-functional requirements, and collaborate closely with architects, developers, and testers to derive detailed technical requirements.
• Serve as a primary liaison between business and technical teams, ensuring a shared understanding of scope, priorities, and solution design.
• Use Jira as the primary ticketing and work-management system to create, refine, and maintain epics, user stories, tasks, and defects.
• Support Agile ceremonies (backlog grooming/refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives) and ensure the backlog is well-defined, prioritized, and ready for development.
• Develop and maintain artifacts such as business process models, data flow diagrams, interface specifications, and traceability matrices.
• Perform impact analysis for change requests and enhancements, and provide recommendations based on business value, risk, and technical feasibility.
• Collaborate with QA/testing teams to validate that delivered solutions meet documented requirements, including supporting test case creation and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Mentor and provide guidance to other business analysts on the team; support standardization of analysis practices, templates, and processes.
• Communicate status, risks, and issues related to requirements and delivery to project leadership and stakeholders in a timely and transparent manner.
• Ensure all work products comply with VA standards, including security, accessibility, and data privacy requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or similar role, including experience in a lead or senior capacity.
• Demonstrated experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business and technical requirements for complex IT systems.
• Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams (product owners, developers, testers, architects).
• Hands-on experience using Jira as a ticketing and Agile work management system (epics, stories, workflows, dashboards, reporting).
• Proven ability to translate business needs into clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills with attention to detail and quality.

• Experience supporting programs or projects for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or other federal health/benefits agencies.
• Familiarity with VA business domains such as healthcare delivery, benefits administration, claims processing, or Veteran-facing digital services.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban) and participation in scaled Agile environments.
• Experience with additional tools such as Confluence, Visio, Lucidchart, or similar for documentation and process modeling.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA, CSM, SAFe, or similar).