Agile Business Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Agile Business Analyst
Location: Washington, DC (On-site)
Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099) About the Opportunity: ZipStaff is seeking an Agile Business Analyst to join a delivery team at a major passenger rail and transportation organization in the Washington, DC area. You will sit between business stakeholders and technical teams—eliciting needs, writing actionable requirements, and helping a self-organizing Agile squad deliver iterative value. This is a hands-on BA seat, not a project-manager or Scrum Master role. What You’ll Do:

• Run discovery sessions, interviews, and workshops; turn business goals into user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases, and functional specs.
• Map current- and future-state workflows, process diagrams, business models, and data flows; identify automation and efficiency opportunities.
• Participate fully in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, and retrospectives.
• Own your iteration commitments, capacity planning, and allocation.
• Maintain requirements traceability across the solution lifecycle and validate design against business goals.
• Facilitate UAT, manage defect tracking, and drive business sign-off.
• Act as liaison among Product Owners, technical leads, and business sponsors.
• Keep camera on for most team ceremonies and stakeholder sessions (video-first culture).

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years as a Business Analyst on Agile delivery teams.
• Hands-on Agile / Scrum / Kanban experience (not classroom-only).
• Process mapping, gap analysis, workflow modeling, and system-dependency analysis.
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria and supporting UAT.
• Strong workshop facilitation and written/verbal communication.
• Self-managed: capacity, priorities, and commitments without close supervision.
• Ability to work on-site in Washington, DC and stay visually present on video for ceremonies.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• Enterprise or public-sector delivery in the DC region.
• Transportation, rail, or other regulated-operations environment.

Benefits:

• Healthcare insurance (employee-only).
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• 401(k).
• Paid time off.

About ZipStaff: ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology and business professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches, clear communication, and long-term success for candidates and clients. To apply, submit your resume highlighting Agile BA work, user stories, process modeling, and UAT—not generic project coordination.