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 phasesfrom 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.
  

• Education: Bachelors 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)