{"id":1277024,"url":"https://alion.io/job/groundswell-business-analyst","title":"Business Analyst","company":{"id":2913152,"name":"Groundswell","domain":"gswell.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/gswell-com","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Analytics","role_family":"Analytics","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":{"label":"ET","utc_offset_min":-5,"utc_offset_max":-5},"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Washington, United States","United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":61000,"max_usd":120000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":112},"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Google Workspace","optional":false},{"name":"Jira","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-02T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-02","last_verified_at":"2026-10-02T10:57:14Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":31,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":31},"description":"Who Are We? \nGroundswell is a premier technology integrator and solution provider, resolutely committed to solving the most complex challenges facing federal agencies today. Our name, Groundswell, represents our commitment to be an unstoppable, seismic change in government. Ours is a small company culture with big company reach and results. Are you ready to be audacious, be bold and drive change at a rapid pace? Join us, where we’ll make a greater impact together.\nWhat You'll do:\nGroundswell is hiring a Business Analyst to support an Agile software development team serving the Department of Transportation. This role will work with customers, product owners, developers, testers, support teams, and other stakeholders to gather, analyze, document, and validate requirements throughout the software development lifecycle. The Business Analyst will translate business needs into clear requirements and user stories, support implementation and testing, manage scope and change requests, and help resolve issues throughout delivery.\nThe team supports application development, enhancements, implementation, and user support. One of its major efforts is the transition from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace, which the Business Analyst will support along with other assigned initiatives.\nResponsibilities:\nElicit, gather, analyze, and document customer requirements and user stories.\n\nProduce high-quality, detailed, comprehensive, testable, and traceable requirements documentation, including process flows, use cases, acceptance criteria, and related analysis artifacts.\n\nCoordinate peer reviews of customer requirements and user stories.\n\nValidate requirements and user stories with customers and other appropriate stakeholders.\n\nObtain customer sign-off or documented agreement on requirements and user stories.\n\nAnalyze and process change requests, including evaluating impacts to requirements, scope, schedule, and deliverables.\n\nMaintain requirements traceability throughout implementation using a requirements traceability matrix or similar tool.\n\nMonitor and help manage project scope by identifying potential scope changes, gaps, and risks.\n\nProvide guidance to stakeholders on effective and efficient approaches for achieving project objectives.\n\nCollaborate with product owners, developers, technical teams, support teams, and subject matter experts to refine requirements and resolve questions or conflicts.\n\nSupport quality assurance and user acceptance testing by developing test scenarios, reviewing results, and tracking defects and issues.\n\nSupport the analysis, design, implementation, testing, and rollout of application and process changes.\n\nProvide helpdesk support to users by analyzing, troubleshooting, documenting, and coordinating the resolution of application or process-related issues.\n\nUse Atlassian tools, including Jira, to manage requirements, user stories, tasks, defects, change requests, and project information.\n\nSupport the Microsoft 365-to-Google Workspace transition and other technology modernization efforts as assigned.\n\nProduce project documentation, status updates, and other deliverables that meet quality and customer expectations.\n\nReport project status, risks, issues, dependencies, and potential impacts to the Project Manager.\n\nHelp the team improve efficiency, quality, collaboration, and delivery execution.\n\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.\n\nMinimum of 3 years of relevant experience supporting software development, application systems, or technology transition projects.\n\nExperience working in an Agile software development environment.\n\nExperience eliciting, gathering, analyzing, documenting, and validating business and technical requirements.\n\nExperience developing and managing user stories, acceptance criteria, process documentation, and related requirements artifacts.\n\nExperience coordinating requirements reviews and obtaining stakeholder agreement or sign-off.\n\nExperience analyzing change requests and assessing impacts to scope, schedule, requirements, and deliverables.\n\nExperience maintaining requirements traceability throughout implementation.\n\nExperience supporting application testing, implementation, troubleshooting, helpdesk support, or user acceptance testing.\n\nExperience using Jira and other Atlassian tools to manage requirements, user stories, tasks, defects, or project information.\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.\n\nMust be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance in accordance with contract requirements.\n\nWillingness and ability to work Eastern Time Zone hours.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience working with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace environments, applications, and collaboration tools.\n\nExperience with web development projects or web-based applications.\n\nExperience supporting Department of Transportation systems or programs.\n\nExperience with process modeling, change management, product backlogs, or application support.\n\nActive Public Trust Clearance.\n\nSkills:\nCertification:\nWhy You’ll Never Want to Leave:\nComprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans \nFlexible Spending Account \n4% 401K Match (immediate vesting) \nPaid Time Off \nTuition reimbursement, certification programs, and professional development\nFlexible work schedule\nOn-site gym and childcare option \nThe salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Groundswell, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:\n$74,230.00 - $142,250.00NOTE: Groundswell does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Groundswell, and Groundswell will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.\nEqual Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.\nRead a copy of the Company’s Non-Discrimination Policy Statement.\nAdditional Resources:\nEO 13496 Notification of Employee Rights under NLRA\n\nKnow your rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal\n\nDisability Accessibility Accommodation: If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us at  or 703-639-1777.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7250,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Flexible schedule","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T02:00:41Z"}],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.834,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":30,"expected_fill_days":38,"reasons":["conf:29","velocity","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-02T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/groundswell-business-analyst","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/groundswell-business-analyst.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-03T00:27:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":128,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4872,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-04T00:00:00Z"}}}