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Senior Business Analyst

MXA Solutions
Columbia, MD Contractor
POSTED ON 11/11/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/8/2027

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship; MXA Solutions cannot sponsor or transfer visas for this role. Direct applicants only: no agencies, third-party recruiters, or intermediary corp-to-corp submissions.


About the role

MXA Solutions is seeking a senior Business Analyst for our client to lead discovery in its Demand Management process.


You’ll work a prioritized queue of ideas, partnering with a Business Relationship Manager (BRM) on each. Through recurring sessions with process owners, you’ll build out the current state, scope, user stories, and stakeholder picture. You’ll then secure sign-off from process owners and the executive sponsor before handing off to Enterprise Architecture, and stay available to clarify requirements during solution definition. This is an upstream, solution-neutral role. You won’t configure systems, select platforms, or manage delivery.


What you’ll deliver for each initiative

  • A validated problem statement tied to business value
  • Refined scope, including boundaries, assumptions, and impacts
  • Current-state process maps, where a process exists
  • High-level business user stories
  • An up-to-date stakeholder registry, maintained with the BRM
  • Traceability from problem to value to scope to requirements

What you bring

  • 5 years as a Business Analyst, with real experience in front-end discovery or intake, not only delivery-phase requirements
  • A track record of leading and facilitating interviews and workshops with stakeholders from front-line staff to senior leaders
  • Skill at separating underlying needs from proposed solutions, and at redirecting “we need system X” back to the problem
  • Hands-on experience with current-state process mapping (Visio, Lucidchart, or similar) and business user stories
  • The ability to bring stakeholders to agreement and sign-off without direct authority
  • Clear, concise writing that others can act on without you in the room

Nice to have

  • Experience with enterprise demand management, intake, or portfolio governance
  • Experience working with BRMs and Enterprise Architects
  • Familiarity with structured process-modeling standards (BPMN or ISO-aligned)
  • CBAP, CCBA, or PMI-PBA certification


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