Business Analyst

TISTA Science and Technology Corporation is seeking a Business Analyst to support the Department of Veterans Affairs Supply Chain Management DevSecOps program. The role translates stakeholder needs into actionable, traceable, and testable requirements while leading requirements elicitation, business process analysis, backlog refinement, and Agile delivery support.

Responsibilities:

• Lead requirements gathering through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and backlog refinement sessions
• Translate business needs into Initiatives, Epics, Features, User Stories, tasks, and acceptance criteria
• Develop scope, requirements, estimates, risks, dependencies, and team-sizing recommendations for new work
• Analyze and document business processes, business rules, data requirements, and workflows
• Maintain requirements traceability through design, development, testing, and release
• Collaborate with VA Product Owners, architects, engineers, cybersecurity, data, UX, and testing teams
• Support Agile planning, product metrics, requirements reporting, and continuous improvement
• Contribute to TISTA business growth, process improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives

Requirements:

• 6+ years of business analysis experience on federal IT programs, including 3+ years in Agile or SAFe environments
• Experience developing Epics, Features, User Stories, acceptance criteria, and refined backlogs using Jira or similar tools
• Demonstrated experience with requirements elicitation, stakeholder facilitation, business process modeling, data analysis, and Agile estimation
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and related Agile delivery tools
• Working knowledge of SDLC, DevSecOps, requirements traceability, and human-centered design
• Experience with VA OIT, VHA, supply chain/logistics, or related federal healthcare programs, including familiarity with VA OIT product line processes
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) or SAFe Agilist (SA) required
• IIBA CCBA, CBAP, or PMI-PBA required
• must be obtained within 12 months of hire
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Tier 2 / Moderate Risk Background Investigation; ability to obtain a VA PIV credential
• VA OIT, VHA, supply chain/logistics, or related federal healthcare experience strongly preferred
• strongly preferred
• Master's degree preferred