Agile Product Analyst – Mid‑Level

Huntsville, AL or Quantico, VA

US Citizenship Required. Must have an Active Top Secret Clearance Required 

@Orchard is seeking a Mid-Level Agile Product Analyst to support Agile delivery activities as part of a major federal modernization program. Operating under the guidance of the Senior Agile Product Lead, this role focuses on developing user stories, refining requirements, supporting backlog prioritization, and coordinating functional and technical details with cross‑functional teams. The Agile Product Analyst ensures developers, testers, and engineering teams have the clarity needed to deliver high‑quality, mission‑aligned capabilities. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a high-impact National Security mission, while getting hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology. 

Responsibilities: 

Backlog & Requirements Support: 

• Translate stakeholder and mission requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria
• Support backlog refinement and prioritization in alignment with the Senior Agile Product Lead
• Document functional and technical requirements for applications, data workflows, and cloud‑based features

Agile Delivery Collaboration: 

• Participate in sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Provide clarification to developers, testers, cloud engineers, and migration teams during sprint execution
• Coordinate with Scrum Masters to ensure readiness for development and testing activities

Stakeholder Engagement

• Gather requirements from mission partners, government users, and technical SMEs
• Support feature demos, sprint reviews, and user acceptance efforts
• Communicate requirement changes, impacts, and risks to internal teams

Analysis & Documentation: 

• Produce business process flows, requirements documentation, and analysis artifacts
• Maintain traceability between requirements, acceptance criteria, and delivered functionality
• Assist with impact analysis for new features or evolving mission needs

Quality & Acceptance Support: 

• Review completed features against acceptance criteria to confirm functional readiness
• Support defect triage, prioritization, and remediation planning
• Coordinate with QA teams to ensure coverage aligns with documented requirements

Required Qualifications: 

• Must have an Active Top Secret Security Clearance
• U.S. Citizenship
• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of experience in business analysis, Agile delivery, or product support
• Demonstrated ability to write detailed user stories and acceptance criteria
• Experience collaborating with Agile development teams in technical environments
• Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or national‑security programs
• Familiarity with cloud modernization, data workflows, or enterprise IT systems
• SAFe or Scrum certification (CSPO, PO/PM, or similar)

Established in 2010, @Orchard LLC has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI.  Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atOrchard.com.