... management, contracting, acquisition, HR, or business operations processes. * Participate in Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily coordination, reviews ...
... management, contracting, acquisition, HR, or business operations processes. * Participate in Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily coordination, reviews ...
Software Engineer (Java/Angular)
Boise, ID · On-site
$100K - $150K/yr
The world's most admired organizations use Highwire to ensure their contractors and subcontractors ... Execute against sprint objectives . As a software engineer, you'll rely on Agile Methodologies to ...
Software Engineer (Java/Angular)
Boise, ID · On-site
$100K - $150K/yr
The world's most admired organizations use Highwire to ensure their contractors and subcontractors ... Execute against sprint objectives . As a software engineer, you'll rely on Agile Methodologies to ...
Scrum Master
Sacramento, CA · Remote
$115K - $125K/yr
The Contractor will also provide ongoing maintenance and operations, service desk support, system ... Track sprint velocity, burn-down metrics, capacity planning, and delivery performance. Identify ...
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Scrum Master
Sacramento, CA · Remote
$115K - $125K/yr
The Contractor will also provide ongoing maintenance and operations, service desk support, system ... Track sprint velocity, burn-down metrics, capacity planning, and delivery performance. Identify ...
Scrum Master
Sacramento, CA · On-site +1
$115K - $125K/yr
The Contractor will also provide ongoing maintenance and operations, service desk support, system ... Track sprint velocity, burn-down metrics, capacity planning, and delivery performance. Identify ...
Scrum Master
Sacramento, CA · On-site +1
$115K - $125K/yr
The Contractor will also provide ongoing maintenance and operations, service desk support, system ... Track sprint velocity, burn-down metrics, capacity planning, and delivery performance. Identify ...
Cloud Migration Architect
Lansing, MI · On-site
$66 - $84/hr
The contractor will own the technical configuration of AWS services for each migration pattern ... by sprint. * This is a hands-on, deeply technical role for someone who can move fast, write ...
Cloud Migration Architect
Lansing, MI · On-site
$66 - $84/hr
The contractor will own the technical configuration of AWS services for each migration pattern ... by sprint. * This is a hands-on, deeply technical role for someone who can move fast, write ...
... deliver sprint commitments on time. - Collaborate in large-scale distributed systems design ... Are you working directly with the contractor's visa holder: If not indicate # of layers and names ...
... deliver sprint commitments on time. - Collaborate in large-scale distributed systems design ... Are you working directly with the contractor's visa holder: If not indicate # of layers and names ...
Product Portfolio Analyst
Fairfax, VA · On-site
... contractor or federal employee TASKS * Work with other POs and leadership to help shape the product vision and enumerate high-level priorities. * Prepare for and participate in Sprint Planning.
Product Portfolio Analyst
Fairfax, VA · On-site
... contractor or federal employee TASKS * Work with other POs and leadership to help shape the product vision and enumerate high-level priorities. * Prepare for and participate in Sprint Planning.
Data Scientist
OR · On-site
The contractor shall implement sprint-based Agile methodologies, ensuring rapid development cycles, backlog grooming, and alignment with mission requirements. * The contractor shall provide a Rough ...
Data Scientist
OR · On-site
The contractor shall implement sprint-based Agile methodologies, ensuring rapid development cycles, backlog grooming, and alignment with mission requirements. * The contractor shall provide a Rough ...
VDOT Project Manager 1
Mechanicsville, VA · On-site +1
Support project and sprint monitoring, escalating risks, blockers, or delays to senior PMs, Scrum ... offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside ...
VDOT Project Manager 1
Mechanicsville, VA · On-site +1
Support project and sprint monitoring, escalating risks, blockers, or delays to senior PMs, Scrum ... offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside ...
Support project and sprint monitoring, escalating risks, blockers, or delays to senior PMs, Scrum ... offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside ...
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Support project and sprint monitoring, escalating risks, blockers, or delays to senior PMs, Scrum ... offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside ...
Technical Product Owner
Minneapolis, MN · On-site
... sprint reviews, and retrospectives. • Coach development teams on Agile principles, Scrum ... Datum Technologies Group provides technology solutions, managed services, government contracting ...
Technical Product Owner
Minneapolis, MN · On-site
... sprint reviews, and retrospectives. • Coach development teams on Agile principles, Scrum ... Datum Technologies Group provides technology solutions, managed services, government contracting ...
Data Scientist
OR · On-site +1
The contractor shall implement sprint-based Agile methodologies, ensuring rapid development cycles, backlog grooming, and alignment with mission requirements. * The contractor shall provide a Rough ...
Data Scientist
OR · On-site +1
The contractor shall implement sprint-based Agile methodologies, ensuring rapid development cycles, backlog grooming, and alignment with mission requirements. * The contractor shall provide a Rough ...
The contractor shall implement sprint-based Agile methodologies, ensuring rapid development cycles, backlog grooming, and alignment with mission requirements. * The contractor shall provide a Rough ...
Quick apply
The contractor shall implement sprint-based Agile methodologies, ensuring rapid development cycles, backlog grooming, and alignment with mission requirements. * The contractor shall provide a Rough ...
The contractor shall implement sprint-based Agile methodologies, ensuring rapid development cycles, backlog grooming, and alignment with mission requirements. * The contractor shall provide a Rough ...
The contractor shall implement sprint-based Agile methodologies, ensuring rapid development cycles, backlog grooming, and alignment with mission requirements. * The contractor shall provide a Rough ...
Construction Manager
Overland Park, KS · On-site
Experience: - Site and Telco installation. - Wireless carrier new build and capital, Sprint preferred. - Managing outside contractors and internal processes thru construction and integration ...
Construction Manager
Overland Park, KS · On-site
Experience: - Site and Telco installation. - Wireless carrier new build and capital, Sprint preferred. - Managing outside contractors and internal processes thru construction and integration ...
Overseas Contractor
Dallas, TX · On-site
$66/hr
... sprint planning, and retrospectives • Manages version control through Git and GitHub when creating branches, committing code, and engaging in peer reviews
Overseas Contractor
Dallas, TX · On-site
$66/hr
... sprint planning, and retrospectives • Manages version control through Git and GitHub when creating branches, committing code, and engaging in peer reviews
Senior ServiceNow (SNOW) Scrum Master - TS/SCI CI Poly
Bethesda, MD · On-site
$200K/yr
... multi-contractor environments. The Senior SNOW Scrum Master will play a pivotal role in ... Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews ...
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Senior ServiceNow (SNOW) Scrum Master - TS/SCI CI Poly
Bethesda, MD · On-site
$200K/yr
... multi-contractor environments. The Senior SNOW Scrum Master will play a pivotal role in ... Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews ...
Agile Program Manager
Huntsville, AL · On-site
$110K/yr
S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Digital Capability Contracting ... Utilize Kanban and Sprint boards to manage backlogs and report on actionable metrics such as Sprint ...
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Agile Program Manager
Huntsville, AL · On-site
$110K/yr
S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Digital Capability Contracting ... Utilize Kanban and Sprint boards to manage backlogs and report on actionable metrics such as Sprint ...
Technical Project Manager
Washington, DC · On-site
$155K - $165K/yr
The role also serves as Scrum Master, managing the Jira board, facilitating sprint ceremonies, and ... Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders, including program managers, contracting officers ...
Technical Project Manager
Washington, DC · On-site
$155K - $165K/yr
The role also serves as Scrum Master, managing the Jira board, facilitating sprint ceremonies, and ... Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders, including program managers, contracting officers ...
Overseas Contractor
Dallas, TX · On-site
$114K - $115K/yr
Drive Agile best practices across teams, ensuring efficient sprint planning, backlog grooming, and program increment (PI) planning. Mobile Application Expertise: Collaborate with iOS and Android ...
Overseas Contractor
Dallas, TX · On-site
$114K - $115K/yr
Drive Agile best practices across teams, ensuring efficient sprint planning, backlog grooming, and program increment (PI) planning. Mobile Application Expertise: Collaborate with iOS and Android ...
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| Certifications | Typically no formal certifications required, but Agile or Scrum training is common | Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or similar certifications often required |
| Work Environment | Contract-based, project-specific, often temporary roles within Agile teams | Full-time role within Agile teams, facilitating Scrum processes |
| Employer & Industry Usage | Used by companies hiring for specific Agile project needs, often in tech and software | Common in software development, IT, and organizations adopting Agile methodologies |
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Job description
MDW Associates, LLC is seeking a Business Analyst, Mid-Level to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) ORBIT enterprise modernization environment in Huntsville, Alabama. This role will support requirements discovery, process analysis, documentation, testing, stakeholder coordination, and Agile delivery for business, acquisition, contracting, financial management, and related enterprise applications.
The Business Analyst will work closely with users, government stakeholders, product owners, developers, and project leadership to translate mission and business needs into clear requirements, user stories, process flows, acceptance criteria, and release-ready documentation. The ideal candidate will understand business process modernization, low-code application delivery, and the practical realities of supporting enterprise systems in a federal environment.
This role is on-site/hybrid.
The Business Analyst may perform a combination of some or all of the following duties:
- Conduct requirements discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process walkthroughs to define business needs for ORBIT and related enterprise applications.
- Translate customer needs into clear functional requirements, user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, business rules, and process documentation.
- Support Product Owners, project managers, and technical leads in defining minimum viable product scope, release priorities, sprint backlog items, and enhancement roadmaps.
- Analyze current-state and future-state business processes, identify gaps, and recommend process improvements that support system modernization and user adoption.
- Document workflows, process models, data needs, interface requirements, user roles, permissions, reporting requirements, and system behavior.
- Collaborate with Appian developers, SharePoint developers, database engineers, and technical stakeholders to ensure requirements are feasible, traceable, testable, and aligned to mission outcomes.
- Support data validation, migration, reporting, and interface analysis related to financial management, contracting, acquisition, HR, or business operations processes.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily coordination, reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
- Support testing activities, including test case development, user acceptance testing, defect documentation, regression testing, and validation of deployed functionality.
- Prepare briefings, meeting notes, decision logs, user guides, standard operating procedures, training materials, and other documentation to support deployment and sustainment.
- Coordinate with project managers, developers, help desk staff, and government stakeholders using tools such as Jira, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and related collaboration platforms.
Required Experience/Skills:
- 3 years of business analysis, requirements analysis, systems analysis, process improvement, product support, or related experience.
- Experience eliciting, documenting, and managing requirements for enterprise applications, workflow systems, financial systems, or business process modernization efforts.
- Experience developing user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, business rules, test cases, or other delivery documentation.
- Familiarity with Agile development processes, backlog management, sprint planning, release planning, and user acceptance testing.
- Strong analytical, facilitation, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, functional users, project managers, and government stakeholders.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and issue-tracking or Agile tools such as Jira.
- Active DoD Secret clearance required.
Desired Experience/Skills:
- Experience supporting Department of Defense, federal government, or federal contractor environments.
- Experience with MDA, defense acquisition, contracting, financial management, budget execution, HR, or business operations systems.
- Experience supporting Appian, SharePoint, low-code/no-code platforms, workflow automation, ERP systems, or enterprise modernization programs.
- Experience conducting stakeholder workshops, process reengineering sessions, or requirements discovery sessions for application development teams.
- Experience supporting data modeling, data-interface requirements, reporting requirements, dashboard needs, or data validation activities.
- Experience supporting system testing, user acceptance testing, defect triage, release readiness, training, and user adoption.
- Familiarity with BPMN, process mapping, wireframes, mockups, functional decomposition, traceability matrices, or related business analysis artifacts.
- Appian Analyst, Appian training, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, ITIL, or related certifications are a plus.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Security Requirements:
- Candidates for this position must have an Active Secret Security Clearance
Company Description
Incorporated in 2012, MDW is a small business headquartered in McLean, VA with offices in Huntsville, AL. We provide Federal government clients with consulting, management services, advisory and assistance services, decision support, strategic planning, process planning and improvement, task execution and metrics analysis. Our mission is to make our clients more successful by providing honest assessments, exceptional analysis, prudent advice, direct communication, and hard work.
Our core capabilities include:
- Strategic Planning
- Cost Estimating
- Budget Programming and Justification
- Budget Execution
- Acquisition Management
- Financial Systems Support & Integration
MDW Associates, LLC ("MDW") is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, marital status, covered veteran status, mental or physical disability, pregnancy or any other unlawful basis unrelated to the ability to do the job. MDW seeks to employ talented, ethical, and entrepreneurial-minded persons. Our applicants and employees are protected from discrimination as required by Federal law.
Additional Information
We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits and compensation package for our employees, including but not limited to:
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- Group Life Insurance/Long Term Disability/Short Term Disability
- Retirement/401(k)
- Flexible Leave Policy
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
About MDW Associates
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Company size
51 - 200 Employees
Headquarters location
McLean, VA, US
Year founded
2012