What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst position at Ignite IT?
This role dedicated to supporting the U.S. Census Bureau’s enterprise data collection and survey systems. This position is to bridge the gap between business stakeholders and technical engineering teams. You will act as the technical requirements owner. This requires translating complex survey business logic into actionable development tasks.
Your Role:
Mojo Business Analyst - Survey onboarding requirements and engagement
- Gather and document functional and technical requirements through stakeholder interviews and workshops
- Produce detailed user stories with clear acceptance criteria and traceability to business objectives
- Write and maintain SQL queries to validate data accuracy, reconcile discrepancies, and support analysis
- Inspect and analyze JSON/API payloads to verify system integrations and data exchanges
- Map current and future-state business processes and identify gaps or inefficiencies
- Debug and trace end-to-end workflows to isolate root causes of system or process failures
- Maintain backlog, defects, and change requests using GitHub Issues or equivalent tools
- Create interface documentation, data dictionaries, and integration specifications
- Coordinate UAT testing, capture results, and validate that requirements are met
- Publish stakeholder communications, release notes, and requirement updates for each deployment
Requirements
- 5 years’ experience performing business and systems analysis for enterprise software or data platforms
- Strong proficiency in SQL for querying, validating, and troubleshooting relational datasets
- Working knowledge of JSON structures for inspecting APIs, payloads, and message-based integrations
- Demonstrated ability to debug and analyze end-to-end business processes across multiple systems
- Experience eliciting, documenting, and validating functional and technical requirements with stakeholders
- Proven experience translating business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows
- Proficiency using GitHub Issues (or similar tools) for backlog tracking, defects, and change management
- Ability to facilitate stakeholder meetings, workshops, and requirement walkthroughs
- Experience analyzing logs, reports, and system outputs to identify root causes and gaps
- Strong written documentation skills for requirements, workflows, and integration specifications
Benefits
- 401(k) with matching and 100% Vested
- Health Insurance - 3 plans to select from
- Dental insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- AD&D
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Training
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Referral program
- Paid Legal Plan
- and more....
Ignite IT is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran status, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristic. In accordance with EO 13665 Final Rule, Ignite IT will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
Applicants selected must be able to possess and maintain a government clearance
US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED'