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Description

Location: Arlington, Virginia
Employment Type: Full-Time, W-2
Work Arrangement: Fully Onsite, Five Days per Week

Position Overview

Spatial Front, Inc. (SFI) is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Business Analyst to support a federal government customer in Arlington, Virginia.

This position is designed for a recent graduate or early-career professional interested in developing a career in business analysis, information technology, Agile software development, and federal consulting.

The Junior Business Analyst will work with experienced business analysts, project managers, developers, testers, and government stakeholders to help document requirements, support project activities, conduct testing, and maintain project documentation.

SFI will provide training, mentoring, and professional development opportunities to help the selected candidate grow into a successful business analyst.

This position requires the employee to work onsite in Arlington, Virginia, five days per week. Remote and hybrid work arrangements are not available for this role.

Requirements

Business Analysis and Requirements Support

• Assist with gathering, analyzing, organizing, and documenting business and system requirements.
• Participate in meetings with customers, end users, developers, testers, and other project stakeholders.
• Document meeting discussions, decisions, action items, risks, and follow-up activities.
• Help translate business needs into clear functional requirements, user stories, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
• Assist senior business analysts and product owners with maintaining and refining the product backlog.
• Review requirements and project documentation for completeness, clarity, and consistency.
• Help identify gaps, questions, dependencies, and potential issues related to business requirements.
• Maintain requirements traceability and supporting project documentation.

Agile and Project Support

• Participate in Agile activities, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint demonstrations, and retrospectives.
• Assist with creating, updating, and tracking user stories, tasks, issues, and action items in Jira or similar tools.
• Support project managers, product owners, and senior business analysts with sprint coordination and project tracking.
• Help prepare project status reports, presentations, meeting materials, and customer deliverables.
• Monitor assigned activities and follow up with team members to support timely completion.
• Assist with tracking risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and project milestones.
• Organize and maintain project information in Confluence, SharePoint, or similar collaboration platforms.

Testing and Quality Support

• Assist with reviewing completed system features against documented business and functional requirements.
• Help prepare test scenarios, test cases, test scripts, and expected results.
• Participate in functional testing, system testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Document testing results, defects, questions, and requested changes.
• Work with developers and testers to clarify requirements and help resolve identified issues.
• Gather user feedback and communicate findings to the appropriate project team members.

Customer and Team Support

• Communicate professionally with government customers, end users, and project team members.
• Support customer meetings, demonstrations, training sessions, and requirements workshops.
• Help prepare user guides, standard operating procedures, process documentation, and training materials.
• Perform research and analysis to support business and project decisions.
• Take ownership of assigned responsibilities and complete tasks accurately and on schedule.
• Perform other business analysis and project support duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Public Administration, Communications, or a related field.
• Zero to two years of relevant professional experience.
• Relevant internships, academic projects, military experience, volunteer work, or other practical experience may be considered.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Good analytical, research, and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to document information clearly and accurately.
• Ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical team members.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and meet deadlines.
• Willingness to learn business analysis, Agile practices, software development processes, and federal government operations.
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Must be able and willing to work onsite in Arlington, Virginia, five days per week.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Internship or entry-level experience in business analysis, information technology, project coordination, software development, quality assurance, consulting, or customer support.
• Familiarity with Agile or Scrum concepts.
• Exposure to Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, SharePoint, ServiceNow, or similar tools.
• Experience preparing user stories, process diagrams, requirements, test cases, reports, or project documentation.
• Familiarity with software development life cycle concepts.
• Experience working on a team-based academic or professional technology project.
• Previous experience supporting a government agency or government contractor.
• Interest in pursuing certifications related to business analysis, Agile, Scrum, or project management.

Clearance and Eligibility Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or otherwise meet the citizenship and eligibility requirements of the federal customer.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required U.S. government Public Trust clearance.
• Must successfully complete fingerprinting, background investigation, badging, and system-access requirements.
• Continued employment may be dependent upon maintaining customer suitability and system access.

Work Location Requirement

This is a fully onsite position located in Arlington, Virginia.

The selected candidate must report to the assigned customer or SFI work location five days per week. Remote work, hybrid work, and telework are not available for this position.

Candidates should currently live within a reasonable commuting distance of Arlington, Virginia, or be willing to relocate before their start date.

Compensation and Benefits

The anticipated salary range for this position is $50,000-$90,000 annually.

The final salary will be based on factors including education, relevant experience, technical skills, certifications, customer requirements, contract labor category, and overall qualifications.

This is a full-time W-2 position with a comprehensive benefits package that may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Tuition and professional certification reimbursement.
• Employee training and professional development opportunities.
• Internal technical and Agile training programs.
• Employee brown-bag sessions and knowledge-sharing events.
• Other employee benefits offered by SFI.

About Spatial Front, Inc.

Spatial Front, Inc. is an industry-leading information technology company serving federal government customers.

SFI is a two-time USA Today Top Workplaces awardee, a Washington Top Workplaces honoree, and an eight-time Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company.

SFI maintains partnerships and capabilities across a broad range of technologies and industries, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Oracle, ServiceNow, Esri, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, data analytics, geospatial technologies, Agile delivery, and enterprise application modernization.

As a SAFe Gold Partner, AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, ServiceNow Partner, Esri Partner, and member of a broad network of industry partnerships, SFI offers employees opportunities to learn new technologies, obtain professional certifications, and support important federal missions.

Recent graduates and early-career candidates are encouraged to apply.

Additional Information

• This is a full-time W-2 position.
• This position requires onsite work in Arlington, Virginia, five days per week.
• Remote, hybrid, and corp-to-corp arrangements are not available.
• Please no staffing agencies or third-party recruiters.
• Spatial Front, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
• Spatial Front, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national