ICF is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support ServiceNow modernization and continuous improvement efforts for a federal mission environment. This role is intended for a senior business analyst who can lead requirements activities, guide stakeholders, influence delivery direction, and translate operational needs into practical ServiceNow solutions.
The ideal candidate brings deep experience in business analysis, Agile delivery, and ServiceNow-oriented workflow improvement. You will work across business and technical teams to define scope, refine requirements, facilitate decisions, and support delivery through design, testing, and release. You should be confident leading requirements discussions, identifying dependencies and risks, and ensuring solutions remain aligned to mission needs.
Job Location: Remote work is authorized. Must support US Eastern time zone working hours.
What You Will Do
Lead requirements elicitation and refinement sessions with business and technical stakeholders
Translate complex business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and supporting documentation
Analyze current-state and future-state workflows to improve service delivery, automation, and user experience
Own requirements quality and traceability from initial discovery through design, development, testing, and release
Partner with ServiceNow architects, developers, and testers to validate requirement completeness, technical feasibility, and alignment with intended business outcome
Identify requirements dependencies, gaps, assumptions, and delivery risks, and facilitate timely resolution with business and technical stakeholders
Partner with product and delivery leads to prioritize the backlog and coordinate requirements readiness for sprint planning, user acceptance testing, and release
Define and document reporting, operational support, and process governance requirements
Facilitate stakeholder alignment and resolve scope or process questions as they arise
Maintain clear documentation and strong requirements hygiene in Agile tools
What You Must Have
Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, computer science, public administration, or a related field
6+ years of experience performing business analysis for software, workflow, or enterprise system modernization initiatives
Demonstrated experience leading requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, and refinement within Agile delivery environments such as Scrum or Kanban
Experience developing user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and traceable functional and nonfunctional requirements
3+ years of experience supporting ServiceNow or a comparable enterprise workflow platform, including workflow configuration, service-management processes, or platform-based modernization
Experience using Agile collaboration tools such as ServiceNow Agile Development, Jira and Confluence, or similar tools
Must be a U.S. citizen and possess an active Top Secret security clearance, as required by the federal contract
Must reside and perform work within the U.S.
What We Would Like You To Have
Experience supporting one or more relevant ServiceNow modules, including ITSM, CSM, App Engine, HRSD, ITOM, or related modules
Experience with workflow automation, service management, platform-based modernization, and process modeling tools such as Visio or Lucidchart
Experience supporting federal service delivery or enterprise operations programs
Experience supporting UAT, release planning, training, or change management
Familiarity with DevSecOps, continuous delivery, or scaled Agile frameworks such as SAFe
Experience mentoring analysts or establishing business analysis and requirements management best practices
Professional Skills
Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
Ability to communicate complex requirements, process, testing, and usability findings to technical and nontechnical audiences
Ability to organize and prioritize multiple assignments in a fast-paced delivery environment
Sound judgment and the ability to facilitate decisions when requirements, scope, or stakeholder priorities conflict
Working at ICF
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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.
The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:
$81,499.00 - $167,644.00
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