Agile Release Train Business Analyst

Job Details

Job Title: Agile Release Train Business Analyst
Job Category: Consulting
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

The Opportunity

CACI is seeking an Agile Release Train (ART) Business Analyst to support the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Case Development & Management (CDM) modernization effort. This role works within a SAFe Agile Release Train to refine requirements, translate mission needs into features and user stories, ensure alignment with CDM business processes, and support end‑to‑end value delivery across teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Managers, Product Owners, and stakeholders to translate customer mission needs into clear, actionable features and user stories.
• Facilitate backlog refinement sessions, ensuring stories include acceptance criteria, dependencies, and alignment with customer system functional workflows.
• Support ART‑level planning, including preparation for PI Planning, feature breakdown, dependency management, and risk identification.
• Conduct business process analysis for customer system workflows and activities, identifying gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain traceability across features, capabilities, compliance requirements, and test validation.
• Partner with technical teams to ensure accurate interpretation of requirements and feasibility within system and data constraints.
• Oversee and support scrum‑team business analysts.
• Work with stakeholders to validate solution approach, gather feedback, and support change management.
• Participate in ART ceremonies such as PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and Scrum of Scrums (as needed).
• Contribute to defining and maintaining consistent documentation standards, workflow mappings, and process guides.
• Support readiness activities for deployment cycles, including validation of system capabilities and cross‑team integration planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting Agile software development.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• Experience working within Agile Release Trains or multi‑team Agile environments.
• Strong understanding of requirements decomposition, acceptance criteria, and backlog management.
• Experience mapping business processes and translating functional needs into technical requirements.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working on new system development and large system modernization projects.
• Experience working on system database migration and the use of AWS native cloud services.
• SAFe certification (SAFe Practitioner, SAFe PO/PM, SAFe BA/SM, or equivalent).
• Experience supporting government or DoD modernization initiatives, particularly in mission‑critical / high‑use systems.

Working Conditions

• Hybrid or remote with occasional travel for PI Planning, customer meetings, and team events.
• Must be capable of guiding distributed teams and coaching in both virtual and in‑person formats.

Pay Range

$82,100 – $172,400

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other protected characteristic.