Job Title: Business Analyst (NOAA)

Company: BLN24

About Us: We find strength in teamwork-a better you is a better us
BLN24 is an award-winning Management Consulting Firm that supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solutions delivery start with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance strategic and technical operations and deployments.

Overview
Join a mission-driven team supporting the National Weather Service (NWS) within NOAA as we modernize legacy applications and integrate emerging technologies to advance public safety, forecasting accuracy, and national weather resilience. As a Business Analyst, you will serve as a critical liaison between stakeholders, developers, and leadership to ensure technical solutions align with user needs, operational objectives, and federal standards.
You will play a key role in capturing business and functional requirements for the modernization of applications such as Local Storm Reports (LSR), Public Information Statements (PNS), and the Storm Event Database (SED), as well as supporting the exploration of Generative AI use cases and future modernization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:
Requirements Elicitation & Stakeholder Engagement

Facilitate meetings, workshops, and interviews with NOAA/NWS stakeholders to gather, validate, and refine business, functional, and technical requirements.
Translate complex operational needs into clear, actionable user stories, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
Ensure business requirements align with NOAA’s mission objectives, existing capabilities, and future-state architecture.

Application Modernization Support

Analyze legacy systems and business processes to define modernization priorities, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
Collaborate with developers and technical leads to ensure system designs meet user expectations and federal usability standards.
Help ensure consistent functionality, data flow, and output formats are preserved or enhanced during the transition to modern platforms.

AI & Innovation Analysis

Partner with Data and AI Engineers to identify use cases for Generative AI that can drive operational efficiencies or enhance NOAA workflows.
Conduct feasibility assessments and risk evaluations related to AI adoption, in alignment with federal guidance on AI ethics and security.

Documentation & Change Management

Develop and maintain clear documentation including business process models, requirement traceability matrices (RTMs), user guides, and test plans.
Support change management activities including training materials, stakeholder communications, and deployment readiness reviews.
Assist in the creation and execution of UAT test cases to validate delivered functionality against business requirements.

Agile Project Participation

Work as part of a cross-functional Agile team, contributing to sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups.
Prioritize features and bugs based on business impact and stakeholder input, while helping the team deliver iteratively and incrementally.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field
4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst on federal or enterprise IT projects
Demonstrated ability to gather and articulate technical and non-technical requirements
Experience with Agile frameworks and tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills for both technical and executive audiences
U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with NOAA, NWS, or other federal scientific agencies
Familiarity with software modernization initiatives and system lifecycle documentation (e.g., 508 compliance, FISMA)
Understanding of Generative AI tools and associated business impacts
Experience supporting cloud-based applications or SaaS transitions
Proficiency in business analysis frameworks such as BABOK or IIBA certification

What BLN24 brings to the Game:
BLN24 benefits are game changing. We like our team to play hard and that means they need to be taken care of — physically, financially, and emotionally. We make sure to keep them in the game by giving them access to generous medical, dental, and vision plans.

You can join one of the fastest growing companies headquartered in the Washington DC Metro Area. We give you the opportunity to work in different sectors, so you have the chance at variety while maintaining stability.
Flexibility at BLN24 allows each individual the opportunity to balance quality work and their personal lives. Depending on projects, we allow remote working opportunities so you can always be in the game no matter where you call home.

BLN24 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe people are our strength and understand diverse talents are key to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

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