Hybrid Junior Technical Business Analyst

at Inadev

• Job title: Junior Technical Business Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: $65,000 - $90,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Reston, United States

About the role

• Junior Technical Business Analyst at Inadev supporting the systems development lifecycle. Collaborating with stakeholders and ensuring alignment to business objectives in the D.C. Metro area.

Responsibilities

• Support the full systems development lifecycle, including requirements elicitation, analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of products, information systems, and business processes across multiple technical and data-driven environments.
• Serve as the subject-matter expert on business requirements, user needs, system functionality, and business value, advising Product Owners and representing stakeholder priorities to delivery teams.
• Elicit, document, and prioritize requirements using effective analytical and communication techniques to rapidly assess information and determine relevance.
• Translate business goals and user needs into high-quality epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and other Agile artifacts, ensuring clarity, consistency, and testability.
• Partner closely with Product Owners, business stakeholders, developers, testers, and project leaders to ensure backlog readiness, alignment to product vision, and maximized return on investment.
• Support business intelligence and data initiatives by defining requirements for reports, dashboards, BI objects, and source systems that address key business questions and decision-making needs.
• Participate in strategic planning efforts, evaluate workflows, organizational processes, and technology solutions, and recommend improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Own and enforce quality standards by ensuring requirements meet the Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, validating acceptance criteria, and addressing edge cases prior to development.
• Monitor production issues and serve as an incident coordinator when needed, collaborating with technical teams to resolve issues within contractual service-level agreements.
• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure completion of Office of Information Technology (OIT) requests and alignment on priorities and deliverables.
• Contribute to recurring program deliverables and reporting activities (weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually) as requested by program leadership.
• Provide training and guidance on system usage, expected behavior, and functional capabilities, and serve as an authority on defect versus expected behavior determinations.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be located in the Washington D.C. Metro area.
• Must be willing to attend meetings at Inadev headquarters in Reston, VA (1-2 times a month) & travel to client locations in the D.C. Metro area as required.
• Ability to pass a 7-year background check and obtain/maintain a U.S. Government Clearance
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Must be able to prioritize and self-start.
• Must be adaptable/flexible as priorities shift.
• Must be enthusiastic and have passion for learning and constant improvement.
• Must be open to collaboration, feedback and client asks.
• Must enjoy working with a vibrant team of outgoing personalities.
• Bachelor's degree in business or technical discipline and at least 2 years of pertinent Business Analysis experience supporting Software/Application Development programs.
• At least 2 years of experience working within Agile Frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Proficient in using JIRA.
• Client-facing experience in conducting backlog grooming and requirements gathering sessions.
• Proficient in creating reasonable and accurate time estimates for assigned tasks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with non-technical and technical client stakeholders and act in a business-to-technical translation role, including generating effective visualizations.

Benefits

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Inadev Corporation does not discriminate against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, or national origin
• Integrity and compliance notice: All information provided by applicants must be complete, truthful, and accurate. Any intentional misrepresentation of skills, experience, credentials, or identity may result in removal from consideration for this and future employment opportunities.