Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years 8+ years

Education Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field; OR Bachelor’s Degree with 4+ years of additional relevant experience

Category Business Analysis

About this role

Business Requirements Specialist, Senior, provides requirements engineering and management support for IRS contract development services, ensuring alignment between business needs and IT delivery through JIRA artifacts and Agile practices.

Key Responsibilities

Elicit program requirements and facilitate build-to requirements for IRS IT
Document in JIRA with epics/features/user stories
Ensure acceptance criteria are testable
Maintain requirements traceability
Facilitate stakeholder feedback sessions and solution demos

Technical Overview

Federal IT program experience with Agile requirements management, JIRA documentation (epics/features/user stories), and requirements traceability across architecture and integration points.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior business analyst with extensive federal IT program experience, adept at eliciting requirements and managing backlogs in SAFe/Scrum environments, and able to obtain IRS Public Trust clearance.

Must-Have Skills

8+ years of professional experience in business requirements engineering / business analysis / requirements managementExperience with Agile methodologiesExperience eliciting and documenting requirements using JIRAExperience working with Product Owners and development teams in SAFe or Scrum environmentsExperience with requirements traceabilityAbility to obtain IRS Public Trust clearance (Required)Knowledge of federal enterprise systems architecture patternsStrong facilitation and backlog refinement skillsDocumentation of requirements in JIRA

Nice-to-Have Skills

CBAPCCBAPMI-PBACSPOPOPMSAFe Program Consultant (SPC)

Tools & Platforms

JIRASAFeScrum

Required Skills

8+ years of experience in business requirements engineeringAgile methodologiesJIRASAFe/Scrumrequirements traceabilitystakeholder facilitationProduct Owner collaborationfederal IT programsIRS clearance

Hard Skills

JIRAAgile requirements managementSAFeScrumBacklog prioritizationEpicsUser storiesAcceptance criteriaRequirements traceabilityStakeholder facilitationProduct OwnerFederal IT programsCompliance verificationRequirements documentationBacklog health

Soft Skills

Stakeholder communicationFacilitationCollaborationAnalytical thinkingProblem solvingOrganizational skills

Certifications

Preferred

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA)PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM)

Industry & Role

Industry Government/Public Sector

Job Function Provide requirements engineering and management support for IRS program development services

Role Subtype Business Analyst

Tech Domains JIRA, SAFe

Keywords for Your Resume

business requirements specialistrequirements engineeringrequirements managementJIRAAgileSAFeScrumepicsuser storiesacceptance criteriarequirements traceabilitystakeholder facilitationProduct Ownerfederal IT programsIRSInformation Technologycompliance508 accessibilitygovernment oversightbacklog refinementbacklog healthdocumentationIRS Public Trust clearanceBacklog refinementEpicsUser storiesRequirements traceabilityBacklog health

Deal Breakers

No IRS Public Trust clearance, No SAFe/Scrum experience, No JIRA experience

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