Key skills
Agile methodologiesScrumSAFeSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Product Owner functionsBacklog managementUser story writingRequirements analysisStakeholder managementAgile lifecycle management toolsJiraAzure DevOpsBusiness process modelingBPMNUMLWorkflow diagramsData visualizationPower BIMicrosoft VisioAgile certificationsCSPOCBAPPMI-PBAAnalytical skillsBIAzureAgileSDLCLeadershipStakeholder ManagementProduct ManagementCommunication
About this role
Leidos is seeking a Business Analyst to support Agile software delivery within their Digital Modernization Sector. This role involves acting as the primary interface between stakeholders and the Agile development team, translating business needs into actionable tasks, and managing the product backlog.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with customer stakeholders to elicit, analyze, write and refine business needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria
- Own and manage the product backlog, including prioritization and refinement, ensuring alignment across customer, development, product and program leadership while incorporating operational considerations
- Act as the day-to-day Product Owner for the Scrum team, providing direction, clarifications, and decision support
- Translate complex business requirements into functional specifications and system-level recommendations
- Partner with Scrum Master to facilitate Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement and sprint planning
- Drive requirements traceability, validation, and facilitation of User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Ensure continuous alignment across stakeholders, development team, product management and program leadership
- Escalate customer issues and concerns via product manager appropriately
- Identify process improvement opportunities and support delivery of data-informed solutions
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of relevant experience; additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
- Demonstrated experience in Agile environments (Scrum, SAFe) and SDLC practices
- Experience functioning as a Product Owner or Product Owner proxy
- Proven ability to manage backlogs, write effective user stories, and support Product Owner functions
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience with Agile lifecycle management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Agility)
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a customer specific Public Trust clearance, U.S. Citizenship is required
- Existing Federal Agency Secret security clearance
- Experience working in regulated environments such as government, healthcare, or finance
- Business process modeling (BPMN, UML, workflow diagrams)
- Experience with data visualization and reporting tools (Power BI, Microsoft Visio)
- Agile or BA certifications (CSPO, CBAP, PMI-PBA)