Business Analyst 4 — VDACS

Requisition: 814469
Location: Richmond, VA 23219
Work arrangement: Hybrid — 4 days onsite and 1 day remote
Interview: In person only

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support application development and enhancement initiatives for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS).

The consultant will collaborate with business stakeholders, developers, and Information Systems teams to elicit requirements, document business processes, support Agile development, and validate that web applications meet documented business needs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct project initiation and requirements-elicitation activities.

• Gather, analyze, validate, and document business and system requirements from multiple stakeholder groups.

• Produce complete, clear, SDLC-compliant requirements documentation.

• Document business processes and support process improvement.

• Participate in application design meetings and Agile/Scrum ceremonies.

• Write and execute system test plans, test cases, and test scripts.

• Perform manual testing of web applications.

• Document defects with sufficient information for developers to reproduce and resolve them.

• Assist with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts and business-user testing.

• Conduct meetings, communicate decisions, and maintain project documentation.

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of business and systems analysis, requirements documentation, SDLC, and Agile/Scrum experience.

• 8 years of defining and documenting user requirements from multiple sources.

• 8 years supporting application development, maintenance, implementation, systems analysis/design, and business-process improvement.

• 8 years defining and documenting business processes and process mapping.

• 8 years testing complex systems to verify business needs are met.

• 8 years conducting meetings and documenting project decisions.

• 8 years of experience or demonstrated competency in team collaboration and effective written and verbal communication, as required by the client’s skills matrix.

• Hands-on manual web-application testing, test-plan execution, defect reporting, and UAT support.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 years of familiarity with web-application projects using .NET.

• 2 years of familiarity with Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) for requirements documentation.

Mandatory Work Requirements

• Candidates must currently be located in Virginia.

• Four onsite days per week at 102 Governor Street, Richmond, VA 23219, are mandatory; no exceptions.

• In-person interview is required.

• The first day is onsite for equipment collection and access-badge activation.

• Contractor parking is not provided.

Submission deadline: October 29, 2026, at 4:00 PM Eastern.

How to Apply

Please provide an updated resume, current Virginia location, and a skills matrix documenting years of experience for each required competency. Confirm availability for the onsite schedule and in-person interview.

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