Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Blue Sky is seeking a Business Analyst to support a strategic NIH technology management and advisory contract focused on improving IT governance, enterprise planning, modernization, project and portfolio performance, scientific solution delivery, and executive decision support. The role supports NIH IT modernization, business analysis, stakeholder coordination, requirements management, knowledge management, governance, and strategic technology initiatives, including requirements discovery, stakeholder engagement, customer inquiry management, process documentation, knowledge management, and project coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with government customers, technical teams, and stakeholders to identify and document needs.
• Facilitate requirements sessions, working groups, interviews, and process discussions.
• Support iterative refinement and prioritization of requirements.
• Receive, track, respond to, and document customer inquiries related to requirements, schedules, deliverables, and project activities.
• Identify and elevate risks, issues, conflicts, and dependencies.
• Develop business process models, user stories, requirements documents, meeting summaries, action trackers, and decision logs.
• Support knowledge repositories, taxonomies, document management practices, SharePoint organization, and findability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, public health, communications, or related field.
• 4+ years of business analysis, requirements analysis, process improvement, or stakeholder coordination experience.
• Experience documenting requirements, user stories, processes, meeting notes, and action items.
• Strong facilitation, writing, and customer communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust.

Preferred Qualifications

• Federal IT or health IT experience.
• NIH, HHS, or health sciences background.
• Experience with Agile requirements, Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint, Visio, Miro, Lucidchart, or BPMN.
• Experience supporting data science, research, grants, clinical, public health, or scientific technology initiatives.
• CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, CSM, ITIL, or Lean Six Sigma certification.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is curious, organized, and trusted by both customers and technical teams. They can clarify ambiguous needs, document decisions, reduce confusion, and help stakeholders feel heard without losing control of scope.

About Blue Sky

Blue Sky Innovative Solutions (Blue Sky) assists its federal, state and local, and commercial clients with solving their toughest challenges in the areas of IT Infrastructure Support and Engineering; Application Development and Maintenance; Program and Project Management; and Management Consulting. Find out more about Blue Sky at Blue Sky is an equal opportunity employer and recruits mission-oriented, proactive, skilled candidates from across the United States. As an SBA certified HUBZone small business, Blue Sky has a special interest in recruiting and hiring personnel who reside in HUBZones. To determine whether you reside in a HUBZone, visit All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.