Technical Business Analyst (Remote)

GovCIO is currently hiring for a technical business analyst with testing experience to join one of their federal contract delivery teams that is building a secure, event-driven digitalization platform. This role requires technical fluency to successfully translate business needs into developer-ready specifications and support testing cycles to ensure quality outcomes are achieved.

Responsibilities:

• Elicit, analyze, and document functional and data requirements from various stakeholder groups; maintain requirements traceability and documentation
• Translate business needs into well-structured requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria that engineers can execute against and that can drive automated test development
• Identify ambiguities and gaps proactively to flag risks to scope, feasibility, or compliance before they reach development
• Partner with operations and platform teams to understand how requirements interact with system constraints, data pipelines, and integration points
• Develop and maintain data flow diagrams, process models, and system context documentation
• Write and maintain test cases, test plans, and traceability matrices linked to requirements
• Work closely with engineers to validate that implemented features match intent by participating in reviews, demos, and behavior-driven development (BDD) scenario definition
• Support defect tracking and contribute to testing documentation
• Produce testing summary reports and sign-off documentation for releases and compliance checkpoints

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of combined experience in a business related field (or commensurate experience.)
• Demonstrated ability to write requirements that are specific, technically precise, and testable
• Hands-on experience writing and executing test cases, managing defects, and coordinating UAT
• Ability to read API documentation, data schemas, or system architecture diagrams without needing an engineer to translate
• Proficiency with Confluence and Jira for requirements management, backlog grooming, and defect tracking
• Strong written communication. Able to write clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with engineering teams
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust Clearance
• Experience with analysis and software testing with development teams
• Experience on federal government IT programs including familiarity with compliance, auditability, and regulated data handling
• Experience with BDD and writing Gherkin-style acceptance criteria
• Exposure to document processing, forms automation, or OCR/AI-assisted workflows
• Experience with event-driven systems or API-integrated platforms. Understand data flows and integration dependencies
• Familiarity with test automation frameworks or experience coordinating with engineers who own automation
• Background in digital submission, case management, or workflow automation platforms