Business Process Analyst

Business Process AnalystThe Homeland Sector within Leidos is seeking a Business Process Analyst with strong systems, software, cloud, and Agile experience to support a complex program to provide Agile development and operations and maintenance for critical systems on a mission-critical program supporting the Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD) Interface and Support Processes division within Customs and Border Protection (CBP). PSPD supports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CBP critical missions, specifically screening and processing travelers at the ports of entry (POEs) into the United States.This position requires frequent interactions with Architects, agile delivery teams, CBP product owners, and other CBP stakeholders to lead the gathering, refinement, and documentation of business needs and requirements.This position requires the candidate to be in Ashburn, VA, twice a week.Primary Responsibilities:Collaborate with product owner, technical leads, and developers on the requirement elicitation, documentation in JIRA epic/stories/features and acceptance criteria in fast-paced agile environmentWork with product owners to refine, groom and prioritize the backlogWork with development teams to flesh out technical and QA requirementsCollaborates with team on understanding the requirements and properly developing and testing functionality using BDD and ATDDQuickly adapt to customer dynamic environment and adopt their processes and foster innovative ideasAdopt to new ways of working, socializing and collaborating with stakeholders and understanding their business goalsMust be a self-starter, strong leader, and have the ability to work independently with little supervisionAt times, takes on duties of manual testing, and or scrum masters, primary focus will always be Business Process AnalystBasic Qualifications:BA/BS with 8+ years of relevant experience or 6+ years of relevant experience with Master's Degree: OR 7 years of experience in lieu of degreeExperience working with AI/ML as an integral part of executing the software lifecycle and/or implementing AI/ML solutions to support missionExperience in Agile/Scrum/Kanban supporting Agile effortsAt least five (5) years of experience writing user stories, slicing features, using test suites and maintaining issue backlogExcellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with diverse agile teams, product owners, stakeholders, and SMEs.Experience conducting stakeholder interviews and facilitating stakeholder workshops.Experience with JIRA requiredPreferred Qualifications:Active CBP BIExperience with CBP PSPDPrevious experience developing software applications in a DevOps environment utilizing one or more of the following technologies: Java, HTML5/JavaScript, Oracle, and web services or IBM MQIf you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.