Employment in this role is conditional upon successful execution of the contract by the client.

The Work

The Business Analyst will serve as a key liaison between business stakeholders, product owners, and the technical delivery team. This role is responsible for eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and validating business requirements, with a strong focus on Agile methodologies and legacy system modernization. The successful candidate will translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements, support product backlog management, and help ensure delivered solutions effectively meet organizational objectives.

This position aligns with Cayuse’s core values of Innovation, Excellence, Collaboration, Adaptability, and Integrity by fostering technical solutions that meet customer needs, promoting teamwork, and prioritizing quality in deliverables.

• Requirements Elicitation & Documentation
  • Compile, develop, and complete comprehensive Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) and related artifacts for complex initiatives.
  • Use structured techniques (interviews, workshops, document analysis, etc.) to elicit and analyze business functions, processes, and requirements.
  • Create clear, concise, and testable requirements documentation suitable for both business and technical audiences.
• Agile Business Analysis
  • Apply Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) to analyze and document business functions and requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Collaborate with Product Owners to build, refine, and support the management and prioritization of the product backlog.
  • Create well-structured user stories and acceptance criteria based on stakeholder requirements; capture technical requirements as needed.
• Stakeholder Engagement
  • Consult with management, subject matter experts, and end users to identify, define, and document business functions, needs and objectives, operational procedures, pain points, and input/output requirements.
  • Facilitate working sessions, requirement workshops, and design discussions to drive alignment and decision-making.
• Business–Technology Integration
  • Analyze the integration of business functions with existing and proposed technology solutions to ensure alignment with business objectives and constraints.
  • Perform and/or facilitate business and technical analysis in support of project design, development, and implementation activities for a team of application programmers.
  • Work closely with architects, developers, QA analysts, and other team members to clarify requirements and resolve issues throughout the development lifecycle.
• Legacy Systems & Process Analysis
  • Identify, analyze, and document business processes embedded in legacy application and data systems.
  • Support efforts to translate legacy workflows and rules into modern, scalable, and user-centric solutions.
• Team Collaboration & Agile Ceremonies
  • Actively participate in all required team meetings and Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Provide ongoing clarification of requirements, support sprint activities, and contribute to continuous improvement of team processes.

• Other duties as assigned.

Here’s What You Need

The qualifications and skills listed below are intended to provide a general overview of the requirements for this position. However, due to the anticipated nature of the contract and the absence of a finalized task order from the client, this list should not be considered all-encompassing. Additional qualifications, certifications, skills, or experience specific to the client’s requirements may be identified and requested upon award of the task order. Candidates should demonstrate flexibility and a willingness to adapt to evolving responsibilities as outlined by the client.

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a Business Analyst, including hands-on work eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business functions, processes, and requirements for complex initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.), including:
• Writing and refining user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Managing and maintaining a healthy, prioritized product backlog in collaboration with Product Owners and stakeholders.
• Proven experience creating high-quality requirements documentation (e.g., BRDs, user stories, process flows, use cases) for complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and dependencies.

Minimum Skills:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate in a clear, professional, and articulate manner.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. 
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with high-level attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze systems and procedures
• Strong multitasking skills with the ability to manage multiple design streams across concurrent work effort.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work well independently as well as on a multi-functional team.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.

Desired Qualifications:

• • Experience supporting government or public-sector modernization projects, particularly involving replacement of legacy regulatory or licensing systems used for permitting, compliance tracking, and/or financial/reporting functions.

• • Business Analysis certifications such as:
    • PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
    • Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or equivalent.
• Experience supporting or performing quality assurance testing activities, including:
  • • Developing test cases based on requirements.
    • Participating in system, integration, and/or user acceptance testing (UAT).
    • Validating that delivered functionality meets documented requirements.
• Experience creating operating procedures, user guides, knowledge base articles, and/or training materials to support solution rollout and adoption.
• Experience creating wireframes or mockups using tools such as Figma (or similar), and collaborating with UX/UI designers to refine user experiences and interfaces.

Our Commitment to you / overview of benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance; Wellness Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability options
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Voluntary Life and AD&D options
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with matching after one year
• Paid Time Off

Reports to: Program Manager

Working Conditions

• Professional remote office environment.
• Must be physically and mentally able to perform duties extended periods of time.
• Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed to meet the demands of this position.
• Must be able to establish a productive and professional workspace.
• Must be able to sit for long periods of time looking at computer screen.

• May be asked to work a flexible schedule which may include holidays.
• May be asked to travel for business or professional development purposes.
• May be asked to work hours outside of normal business hours.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Cayuse is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment in accordance with any applicable federal, state, or local law.