Business Analyst
Guidehouse
- Location
- US VA Arlington
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- Posted
- Sep 14, 2026
About this role
Job Family : Operational Effectiveness Consulting Travel Required : None Clearance Required : Active Secret What You Will Do : We are seeking a highly motivated Business Analyst to support the design, development, deployment, adoption, and measurement of innovative AI and technology solutions. Working within a cross-functional team, this individual will help identify and evaluate opportunities for AI, automation, data analytics, and digital transformation initiatives. The y will partner with clients , data scientists, train ing and Organizational Change Management ( OCM ) teams , and end-users to define requirements, facilitate successful solution delivery, support adoption, and measure business outcomes. T hey will play an essential role in analy zing and document ing current-state business processes, identify ing pain points and opportunities for improvement, and defin ing future-state processes and workflows. This role help s ensure technology investments deliver meaningful operational value. Responsibilities may include but not limited to: Stakeholder E ngagement Build productive relationships across technical teams, business stakeholders, and end-users . Coordinate across client leads, technical developers, and end-users. Facilitate stakeholder engagement and feedback loops to maintain alignment as product priorities, rollout activities, training efforts as project conditions evolve. Monitor and triage stakeholder inquiries through shared communication channels. Requirements gathering Gather, document, and validate business, functional, and user requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, process walkthroughs, and document reviews. Elicit needs and adoption barriers from end-users, supervisors, and other stakeholders. Product Development & Delivery Support Translate business needs into functional requirements, user stories, workflow diagrams, and acceptance criteria. Document business processes, governance requirements, and operational procedures to identify pain points, inefficiencies, gaps, dependencies, and opportunities for process improvement to develop current-state and future-state process documentation and workflow analysis. Maintain requirements and support traceability from initial business need through solution development, testing, and implementation. Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, testing activities, and release readiness reviews. Support feature prioritization by assessing stakeholder needs, business value, technical constraints, and user impact. Assist in documenting risks, assumptions, limitations, and business controls associated with AI-enabled solutions. Monitoring & Evaluation Contribute to d evelop ing fit - for - purpose monitoring and evaluation frameworks and design, including KPIs and method s . Support field - level monitoring efforts, which may include refining data collection instruments, gathering data (e.g., surveys, interviews, focus groups), and cleaning and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data . Synthesize information from documents, stakeholder inputs, and datasets to develop evidence - based findings and recommendations related to the adoption, effectiveness , implementation challenges, risks, opportunities for enhance ments, and business impact of deployed solutions. What You Will Need : An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "SECRET" Federal or DoD security clearance Bachelors Degree FIVE (5 ) years of professional experience in technology , analytics, automation, digital transformation, r esearch, or monitoring and evaluation -focused field. Experience m anaging requirements gathering & synthes izing findings into actionable updates . Experience translating business needs into functional