Business Analyst 2

Job Title: Business Analyst 2
Location: Remote
Contract: USDA OMNI – NRCS Operations & Maintenance
Security Clearance: USDA Public Trust

Position Overview

The Business Analyst 2 is a mid-level position responsible for managing requirements, and coordinating stakeholder communication across NRCS application delivery teams. This role supports business analysis, ensuring delivery teams operate effectively while producing work products aligned with NRCS mission objectives and FPAC governance standards. The Business Analyst 2 works under the guidance of senior BA and product management staff, focusing on agile execution, backlog management, impediment resolution, and team coaching across multiple concurrent projects including GIS, Easement, and conservation application domains.

Key Responsibilities

Requirements Analysis and Documentation

Elicit, document, and refine User Stories with acceptance criteria in collaboration with Government Product Owners and development teams.

Support backlog grooming and refinement sessions, assisting with story pointing and task decomposition.

Maintain Definition of Ready and Definition of Done standards for assigned teams.

Document business processes, workflows, and requirements using Jira and Confluence.

Facilitate discussions between business stakeholders and delivery teams on priority changes and scope adjustments.

Support intake meetings and SPOE/Feature/Story/SET ticket workflows to ensure proper authorization and tracking of work items.

Stakeholder Communication and Coordination

Facilitate open communication and transparency within delivery teams and between teams and Government stakeholders.

Coordinate with GPOs, GPMs, and BOs to align sprint priorities with business objectives.

Track and communicate velocity, sprint progress, and release status to stakeholders.

Review sprint reports and metrics during Retrospectives; identify patterns and recommend corrective actions.

Support the Government-approved reporting cadence by contributing to status reports, dashboards, and governance reviews.

Mitigate risks proactively by identifying potential blockers and escalating through appropriate channels.

UAT Support and Quality Coordination

Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) coordination, including test scenario development, defect tracking, and stakeholder sign-off.

Coordinate between business users and development teams during UAT cycles to ensure timely defect resolution.

Verify delivered functionality meets acceptance criteria and business requirements prior to production deployment.

Support release validation activities and post-deployment verification.

Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations

Participate in planned and unplanned DR/COOP exercises as directed; support communication with delivery teams and stakeholders during DR events.

Assist with validation of disaster recovery runbooks from a business process perspective, including documenting business impact and recovery sequence dependencies.

Data Management Support

Support data governance activities by facilitating requirements gathering for data migration, schema changes, and data quality initiatives within assigned application domains.

Coordinate between business stakeholders and technical teams on data-related requirements, including data lineage documentation and metadata registration.

Tiered Support Coordination

Support Tier 3 escalation workflows by tracking support tickets, documenting resolution steps, and maintaining knowledge base articles in Government-designated repositories.

Assist with coordination of on-call support schedules and escalation procedures for assigned delivery teams.

Geospatial Services Coordination

Support requirements gathering and coordination for applications that integrate with FPAC GeoBranch geospatial services within assigned domains (e.g., GIS Imagery/ODIN).

Document geospatial integration requirements and coordinate with GIS delivery teams on cross-domain dependencies.

Modernization Support

Support senior BA and product management staff in modernization assessment activities, including data gathering for system inventory and business impact analysis.

Assist with documentation of modernization artifacts and Transition Package materials as directed.

Compliance and Governance Support

Ensure all work products, services, and deliverables meet or exceed the Acceptable Quality Levels (AQLs) defined in the applicable contract attachments.

Support adherence to FPAC architectural principles, the Technical Guidance Framework (TGF), and enterprise standards.

Contribute to the risk and issue log in the Government-designated tool, including delivery risks, dependency tracking, and compliance gaps.

Support change control processe