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Blue Rose Consulting Group is a mission-focused consulting firm dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that help federal organizations achieve their goals. We combine technical expertise, collaborative problem-solving, and a people-centered approach to support complex government missions.

People First. Mission Always.

Location: Washington, D.C. Metro Area / National Capital Region (NCR)
Work Arrangement: Primarily based at a contractor site within 30 driving miles of downtown Washington, D.C., with onsite support at Department of State facilities as required

Blue Rose Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support requirements analysis, business process improvement, stakeholder coordination, and operational planning for a federal customer.

The Business Analyst will work closely with business stakeholders, program leadership, and technical teams to understand operational needs, document requirements, evaluate existing processes, and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness. This role will help bridge the gap between business objectives and technical solutions by translating mission and operational needs into clear, actionable requirements.

This position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

• Gather, analyze, document, and validate business, functional, and operational requirements.
• Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions with business stakeholders, subject matter experts, technical teams, and program leadership.
• Translate stakeholder needs and business objectives into clear, actionable requirements for technical and operational teams.
• Analyze current business processes, workflows, procedures, and systems to identify inefficiencies, gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop current-state and future-state process documentation to support business transformation and system enhancement initiatives.
• Conduct organizational studies, evaluations, and business process analyses to help improve operational effectiveness.
• Identify and recommend opportunities for process simplification, standardization, automation, and optimization.
• Assess the operational and business impacts of proposed system, process, policy, or procedural changes.
• Coordinate with technical teams to ensure proposed solutions align with documented business requirements and operational objectives.
• Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams throughout the requirements, development, testing, and implementation lifecycle.
• Develop business requirements documents, functional requirements, process flows, use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, and related documentation.
• Support prioritization of requirements based on mission needs, business value, dependencies, risks, and technical considerations.
• Assist stakeholders in evaluating solution alternatives and understanding potential operational impacts.
• Support user acceptance testing by developing test scenarios, validating functionality against requirements, and documenting results.
• Track requirements through implementation and help ensure delivered solutions satisfy established business needs.
• Develop and maintain operational guidance, standard operating procedures, process documentation, and other materials supporting effective program operations.
• Identify business risks, dependencies, assumptions, and constraints and communicate them to appropriate stakeholders.
• Prepare analyses, recommendations, briefings, reports, and presentations for program and customer leadership.
• Support continuous improvement efforts by monitoring implemented processes and identifying additional opportunities for optimization.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Management, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Active Secret security clearance.
• Professional experience performing business analysis, management analysis, requirements analysis, process improvement, or related functions.
• Demonstrated experience gathering, analyzing, documenting, and validating business or functional requirements.
• Experience conducting business process analysis and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Experience working with stakeholders to understand operational challenges, business needs, and desired outcomes.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into clear requirements and actionable recommendations.
• Experience developing process flows, requirements documentation, procedures, reports, or other business analysis artifacts.
• Experience assessing the business and operational impact of proposed changes.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and requirements in a dynamic project environment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• U.S. citizenship required.

• Experience supporting business analysis activities for a federal government customer.
• Experience working on technology modernization, system implementation, or business transformation initiatives.
• Experience developing business requirements documents, functional requirements, use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, and process maps.
• Experience facilitating requirements workshops, stakeholder interviews, and process-improvement sessions.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or other iterative development methodologies.
• Experience supporting user acceptance testing and requirements traceability.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Visio, SharePoint, or comparable requirements and collaboration platforms.
• Experience performing gap analysis, root-cause analysis, workflow analysis, or business impact assessments.
• Knowledge of process improvement and business process management principles.
• Business analysis certification such as CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, or a related credential.

At Blue Rose Consulting Group, you’ll have the opportunity to help federal customers turn complex operational challenges into clear, practical solutions. You’ll work across business and technical teams, helping ensure that technology and process improvements are grounded in what the mission actually needs.

We value thoughtful problem-solvers who can ask the right questions, connect the dots, and turn complicated requirements into a clear path forward.