Senior Business Analyst

Position: Senior Business Analyst

Job Type: Hybrid (2 Days Onsite per Week)

Location: Washington, DC

Duration: 6-Month Contract-to-Hire

Clearance: Must be eligible to obtain a DOJ Public Trust

Salary: $85,000 - $95,000

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support a program supporting the Department of Justice (DOJ). This is a highly client-facing role focused on gathering business requirements, documenting business processes, creating functional specifications, and supporting software enhancement efforts within a traditional Waterfall development environment.

The Senior Business Analyst will work directly with DOJ agencies and stakeholders to understand business needs, translate requirements into detailed documentation, and communicate those requirements to development teams. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional communication skills, strong business writing abilities, and experience creating process documentation, wireframes, workflows, and functional requirements for enterprise applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Gather and analyze business requirements from DOJ stakeholders and end users.
• Conduct client-facing meetings to identify operational needs, enhancement requests, and process improvements.
• Create detailed analysis sheets, business process documentation, workflows, wireframes, and functional requirements documents.
• Translate business requirements into technical documentation for software development teams.
• Serve as the liaison between business stakeholders and developers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Facilitate discussions with development teams to clarify requirements and answer functional questions.
• Support software modernization and enhancement initiatives, including evaluation of new software solutions.
• Assist with User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, execution, issue resolution, and stakeholder communication.
• Present findings, recommendations, and project updates to clients and program leadership.
• Ensure all documentation is complete, accurate, and aligned with business objectives.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years of Business Analyst experience
• Proven experience working in a Waterfall SDLC environment.
• Strong requirements gathering and business process analysis experience.

• Experience creating:
• Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs)
• Business Process Documentation
• Process Flows and Diagrams
• Analysis Sheets
• Wireframes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work directly with clients and stakeholders.
• Experience translating business needs into actionable documentation for software development teams.
• Ability to clearly articulate previous Business Analyst contributions and project accomplishments.
• Must be eligible for a DOJ Public Trust.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience supporting federal government clients.
• Experience leading or facilitating User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Familiarity with FIRMA or asset forfeiture-related systems.
• Basic SQL knowledge.
• Experience supporting web-based applications.
• Experience working with Java development teams.
• Knowledge of HTML and wireframing tools.