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# Business Analyst (BA) - Integrated Data Architecture Organization

- **Company:** DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY
- **Location:** Arlington, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Access, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Confluence, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Databases, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Integration, Data Transformation, Data Migration, Data Sharing, Data Stores, Data Systems, Relational Databases, DevOps, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Systems Analysis, Internet Security, Interoperability, Metadata, Meta-Data Management, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Software, Oracle (Applications), Scrum Methodology, Power BI, Lucidchart, Requirements Management, Requirements Traceability, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Systems Architecture, Data Processing, Enterprise Software Applications, Information Technology, Data Lineage, AWS Data Analytics, Data Management, Tools for Reporting, Vmware
- **Published:** September 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-business-analyst-ba-integrated-data-architecture-arlington-va--912e91f4-a3c0-49d4-8601-b95a34fd4af3

## About the Role

As the Senior Business Analyst for Integrated Data Architecture, you are the person who works out what the data actually means before anyone builds anything with it. You will lead requirements elicitation across business, operational, and technical stakeholders; map the current state of systems, databases, interfaces, and data flows that nobody has documented in years; and translate what you find into requirements, source-to-target mappings, business rules, and acceptance criteria the development team can build against.

Work is performed onsite in the Arlington, Virginia area, Monday through Friday during core business hours, in accredited Government spaces alongside the Government Product Owner and WHCA technical staff. The team delivers in sprints against a prioritized backlog, with real users a short walk away and short feedback loops. This is a funded position on a ten-year IDIQ vehicle running through 2030 and expected to extend beyond it - the roadmap is long, the funding is in place, and the mission does not go away with an administration.

This position requires a Yankee White clearance (Presidential Support Duty). Candidates must be U.S. citizens who currently hold an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and who are able to obtain and maintain Yankee White.

We are looking for:

 * Someone who asks the third and fourth question, not just the first two
 * A strong facilitator who can run a requirements workshop with a room of people who disagree
 * Able to write requirements precise enough to build from and clear enough for a non-technical stakeholder to approve
 * Technical enough to read a schema, follow an interface, and challenge a developer's assumption
 * Comfortable documenting a current state that is messier than anyone wants to admit
 * Someone who owns traceability from business need through to delivered, tested capability
 * Able to build trust with Government stakeholders quickly - access to the right people is earned, * U.S. citizenship is required. Candidate must be eligible for a Yankee White clearance (Presidential Support Duty) in accordance with DoD Directive 5210.55 and DoD Instruction 5210.87, including a favorably adjudicated Tier 5 investigation.
 * Candidate must currently hold an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and must be able to obtain and maintain Yankee White.
 * Ability to work onsite in the Arlington, Virginia area, Monday through Friday during core business hours.
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience.
 * Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in business analysis, systems analysis, data analysis, requirements management, data integration, or a related discipline.
 * Demonstrated experience analyzing and documenting business and data requirements for complex enterprise systems, databases, applications, interfaces, data exchanges, data transformations, reporting solutions, or integrated data environments.
 * Proficiency producing the core BA artifact set: requirements documents, user stories with acceptance criteria, use cases, process and data flow diagrams, and requirements traceability matrices.
 * Working knowledge of relational databases and the ability to write and read SQL well enough to profile and validate data.
 * Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment, writing and refining backlog items with a Product Owner and development team.
 * Demonstrated experience leading requirements efforts across multiple stakeholder groups with competing priorities.
 * Strong elicitation, facilitation, analytical, and documentation skills.
 * Professional interpersonal and written communication skills, and the judgment to operate discreetly in a sensitive, high-visibility environment., * Business analysis certification such as Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA), or equivalent.
 * Experience with data governance, data quality, metadata management, data lineage, or master data management programs.
 * Experience defining requirements for data migrations, system consolidations, or legacy system retirements.
 * Hands-on familiarity with Microsoft or AWS data platforms and reporting tools such as Power BI or Amazon QuickSight.
 * Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Visio, Lucidchart, or equivalent tooling.
 * Experience supporting federal Government IT, cybersecurity, cloud, or digital modernization programs.
 * Prior experience supporting WHCA, the White House Military Office, DISA, the Executive Office of the President, or another Presidential Support Duty mission.
 * Active Yankee White clearance, or a Tier 5 investigation adjudicated within the last three years.
 * Experience working in DoD environments subject to RMF, eMASS, DISA STIGs, and Impact Level 5 or 6 hosting requirements.
 * Experience in a fast-moving, small-team environment where the customer sits with the delivery team.
 * Prior military service, particularly in a joint communications, signal, cyber, or C4 role.

Skills:
Acceptance Testing, Adjudication, Agile Programming Methodologies, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analysis Skills, Application Programming Interface (API), Architectural Analysis, Atlassian JIRA, Audiovisual, Backlog Prioritization, Business Analysis, Business Development, Business Operations, Business Processes, Business Solutions, Change Management, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Customer Support/Service, Data Analysis, Data Migration, Data Processing, Data Quality, Database Administration, Database Report Tools, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), DevOps, Documentation, Enterprise Applications, Federal Government, Funding, Government, Information Technology & Information Systems, Internet Security, Interoperability, Interpersonal Skills, Lead Generation, Leadership, Machine Tool, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata, Metadata Identification, Microsoft Product Family, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Windows Azure, Military, On Site Support, Oracle, Power BI,
Process Flow, Quality Management, Relational Databases (RDBMS), Requirements Management, Requirements Validation/Verification, SQL (Structured Query Language), Scrum Project Management and Software Development, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Software Engineering, System Architecture, Systems Administration/Management, Systems Analysis, Team Player, Technical Delivery, Test Readiness Review (TRR), Test Scenario, Testing, Top Secret Clearance, Traceability, United States Citizen, United States Department of Defense (DoD), United States Secret Service (USSS), Use Cases, VMWare, Validation Testing, Writing Skills, Yankee White Clearance

## Description

* This role provides onsite support in the Arlington, Virginia area, Monday through Friday during core business hours. Duties will include:
 * Provide senior-level business and systems analysis support for integrated data architecture initiatives involving enterprise applications, databases, data repositories, cloud platforms, and other data-producing and data-consuming systems.
 * Lead requirements elicitation and analysis activities, and translate business and operational needs into functional, data, integration, reporting, and information-management requirements.
 * Develop and maintain business and functional requirements, user stories, use cases, process and data flows, source-to-target mappings, data definitions, business rules, acceptance criteria, and requirements traceability matrices.
 * Analyze existing data sources, systems, databases, interfaces, business processes, and data flows to identify requirements, dependencies, redundancies, gaps, quality issues, constraints, and opportunities for improvement.
 * Support current-state and future-state analysis and assist Data Architects and technical teams in defining requirements for data integration, interoperability, consolidation, transformation, migration, and accessibility across the enterprise.
 * Work closely with Data Architects, Development Leads, developers, database administrators, data engineers, solution architects, system administrators, cloud and infrastructure engineers, cybersecurity personnel, testers, and other stakeholders throughout the solution lifecycle.
 * Facilitate requirements workshops and technical discussions, resolve requirements ambiguities, manage changes to requirements, and maintain traceability between business needs, data requirements, technical solutions, and delivered capabilities.
 * Support the definition and application of data standards, data quality requirements, metadata, data lineage, data ownership, access requirements, and data governance practices.
 * Assist stakeholders in identifying authoritative data sources and the business rules governing how information is created, transformed, exchanged, stored, and consumed across enterprise systems.
 * Support testing and validation by developing acceptance criteria, reviewing test scenarios against requirements, validating data mappings and transformations, supporting user acceptance testing, and confirming that delivered solutions satisfy approved requirements.
 * Identify and track requirements-related risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions affecting integrated data solutions.
 * Support integrated data architecture initiatives across heterogeneous enterprise environments and platforms, including technologies such as Microsoft, AWS, VMware, and Oracle, and help define requirements for data exchange and information sharing among existing, legacy, and emerging systems.


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