Senior IT Business Analyst / Senior Program Analyst

• It is a 100% Onsite Position in Washington D.C.
  
• Role Type: Contract / Full-Time
  

• Multi-Unit Coordination & Program Leadership
  

• Cross-Organizational Leadership: Lead the strategic coordination of critical, multi-faceted programs requiring active alignment and collaboration across multiple units, divisions, and external stakeholder offices.
  
• Policy & Strategic Guidance: Utilize advanced oral and written communication to effectively cite policy, regulatory guidance, and strategic recommendations to client offices and executive leadership.
  
• Process Innovation: Conceptualize, develop, and manage new operational processes, driving innovation to eliminate redundancies, streamline workflows, and maximize organizational efficiencies.
  

• Data Management, Validation & Quality Control
  

• Data Integrity & Governance: Manage and validate complex program datasets, establishing rigorous quality control protocols to ensure absolute data integrity and accuracy.
  
• Executive Data Readiness: Perform deep-dive data analysis and prepare verified program datasets, analytical dashboards, and executive summaries for formal review by senior leadership.
  
• Research & Continuous Improvement: Conduct specialized research, monitor system/performance testing, evaluate strategic operational alternatives, and deliver actionable continuous improvement recommendations.
  

• Advanced Lifecycle Requirements & JAD Facilitation
  

• Lifecycle Administration: Provide expert analytical and consultative services to administer federal programs across all project lifecycle phases—from requirements analysis and software design to system/performance testing and deployment.
  
• JAD & Requirements Elaboration: Lead high-level Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and requirements workshops with system architects, developers, and executive business owners.
  
• Agile Requirements Delivery: Translate complex stakeholder needs into robust User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, System Requirement Specifications (SRS), workflow diagrams, and integration baselines.
  

• Testing Oversight & UAT Scenario Management
  

• UAT & QA Leadership: Oversee the creation, validation, and execution of comprehensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scenarios, test scripts, and performance evaluation metrics.
  
• Defect & Risk Analysis: Monitor system test execution, review complex technical test results, analyze system defects, and formulate risk reports detailing business impacts and remediation steps.
  
• Resource, Budget & Risk Control
  
• Program Resource Analysis: Analyze and evaluate program budgets, delivery schedules, and resource allocations to ensure overall program health and cost-effective execution.
  
• Risk & Shortfall Mitigation: Proactively identify resource shortfalls, technical dependencies, and operational risks, developing strategic mitigation recommendations to prevent project disruption.
  

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or related field)
  
• Experience: Minimum of 4 to 6 years of progressive, related experience in IT business analysis, program analysis, data validation, and project support within federal or public-sector environments.
  

• Data Validation & Analytics: Expert capabilities in program data management, data cleanup, quality control validation, and executive data presentation.
  
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead multi-unit coordination efforts and facilitate consensus among diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  
• Requirements & Agile Engineering: Advanced experience facilitating JAD sessions, authoring User Stories with detailed Acceptance Criteria, and managing backlogs.
  
• Testing & UAT Oversight: Proven ability to build UAT scenarios, monitor performance testing, interpret technical test logs, and deliver risk mitigation strategies.
  
• Executive Communication: Exceptional oral and written communication skills to author high-level briefing packages, cite regulations/policies, and present findings to C-suite/executive leadership.
  

• Proficiency with enterprise data analysis and reporting platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Advanced MS Excel).
  
• Hands-on experience using modern project and backlog tracking tools (e.g., Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or MS Visio).
  
• Added qualification: professional certifications such as Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), PMI-PBA, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)