Business Analyst – Pod Lead

AIS (Applied Information Sciences)

. Lead stakeholder engagement with application owners, business users, executives, and technical staff across the portfolio .

Posted 10/13/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $211,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in application migration, modernization, and cloud adoption projects, with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering, and team leadership. Proficient in managing application dependencies and ensuring successful migration outcomes through effective communication and problem-solving.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Application MigrationRequirements GatheringStakeholder EngagementTeam LeadershipApplication Portfolio Assessment

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Hard Skills

Business AnalysisTechnical CoordinationRequirements TraceabilityAcceptance ProcessesApplication Dependencies

Soft Skills

Facilitation SkillsCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

ServiceNowConfiguration Management DataAzure GovernmentAWS GovCloud

Certifications & Qualifications

CBAPPMI-PBAPMP

Industry Keywords

Federal Program DeliveryApplication Migration ProjectsCloud Adoption

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudPMPServiceNow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead stakeholder engagement with application owners, business users, executives, and technical staff across the portfolio
Pre-populate, interview, and validate information to establish initial migration profiles for applications
Own and refine application migration profiles through migration
Document business functions, critical transactions, dependencies, operational constraints, and acceptance requirements
Reconcile discovery data, existing documentation, and configuration records
Lead a migration team and remain accountable for assigned applications from planning through acceptance
Coordinate engineers, coordinators, testers, and customer subject matter experts
Validate requirements and dependencies to determine which applications must move together
Confirm readiness before migration and drive customer acceptance after migration
Identify and escalate risks, issues, open questions, and cross-team dependencies to program leadership
Report assessment progress, team progress, capacity, and blockers to program leadership

Requirements

What you’ll need

US Citizen
Minimum eight years of business analysis or technical coordination experience, including requirements gathering, stakeholder interviews, and leading a team
Experience assessing applications and delivering application migration, modernization, or cloud adoption projects
Strong understanding of application dependencies, requirements traceability, and acceptance processes
Strong facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and business stakeholders, including executives, and drive decisions
Ability to work on complex problems without appreciable direction and provide functional leadership to team members
Federal program delivery experience (nice to have)
Experience with application portfolio assessment or discovery tools (nice to have)
Experience with ServiceNow, configuration management data, or ServiceNow-based change management (nice to have)
Business analysis or project management certification such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, or PMP (nice to have)
Experience with Azure Government or AWS GovCloud environments (nice to have)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Employee ownership
Access to resources, training, and mentorship for professional growth
Inclusive workplace culture
Mission-driven work
Competitive and fair compensation