Business Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Business Analyst (Mainframe)

Location: McLean, VA (100% Onsite)
Experience: 10+ Years
Job Type: Contract

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst with Mainframe expertise to join our team in McLean, VA . The ideal candidate will have extensive experience gathering business requirements, translating them into functional specifications, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-scale technology solutions. Experience working in Agile environments , along with exposure to Salesforce platforms and customer-facing applications, is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering workshops and stakeholder meetings across business, product, and technology teams.
• Analyze and document business processes, functional requirements, and system specifications.
• Translate business requirements into detailed user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate closely with development, QA, UX, and Mainframe technical teams to ensure accurate implementation of requirements.
• Support Agile ceremonies, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, Mainframe development teams, Salesforce implementation teams, and mobile application teams.
• Ensure complete traceability between business objectives, functional requirements, and delivered solutions.
• Perform impact analysis for change requests and maintain up-to-date project documentation.
• Validate delivered functionality through requirement reviews and user acceptance testing (UAT) support.
• Facilitate communication among cross-functional teams to ensure timely project delivery.

Required Skills Qualifications

• 10+ years of Business Analyst experience on large-scale enterprise applications.
• Strong experience working with Mainframe applications (COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, IMS, or related technologies).
• Proven expertise in requirements elicitation, business process analysis, and documentation.
• Experience translating business needs into user stories, functional requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile Scrum methodologies.
• Experience supporting customer-facing or member-facing digital platforms, preferably in the Banking or Financial Services domain.
• Experience working on Salesforce-based programs , preferably Experience Cloud, Loyalty Cloud, or similar CRM platforms.
• Hands-on experience with JIRA , Confluence , and other Agile documentation tools.
• Excellent analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with business users, technical teams, vendors, and project leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating Mainframe systems with modern web or cloud-based applications.
• Exposure to Salesforce CRM implementations and digital transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of API integrations and enterprise application architecture.
• Experience supporting UAT, production releases, and change management activities.
• Banking, Financial Services, or Mortgage domain experience is highly desirable.

Required Technologies

• Mainframe (COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS)
• Salesforce (Experience Cloud, Loyalty Cloud preferred)
• Agile Scrum
• JIRA
• Confluence
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Business Process Modeling Requirements Documentation