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Business Process Analyst with SQL Development

Leidos

Ashburn, VA · HybridJob$108–195K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$108–195K/yr
Location
Ashburn, VAHybrid
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Job overview

Leidos seeks a Business Process Analyst with SQL development experience to support Agile development and operations and maintenance for mission-critical CBP Passenger Systems Program Directorate systems. The role focuses on business analysis, requirements management, stakeholder engagement, and Agile delivery, alongside backend SQL and data support. The candidate must work in Ashburn, Virginia, twice a week and must be a U.S. citizen.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Agile Software DevelopmentUser Story WritingAcceptance CriteriaProduct Backlog ManagementJiraSQL DevelopmentPostgreSQLOracleSQL Performance TuningDatabase DesignDatabase NormalizationDatabase IndexingETLData IntegrationAI/MLStakeholder InterviewsWorkshop FacilitationCommunicationAnalytical SkillsProblem-SolvingCollaborationProduction Systems SupportData SecurityCBP Background InvestigationFederal Program SupportAWS RDSAzure SQLDevOpsJavaWeb ServicesIBM MQPower BITableauSSRSManual TestingAutomated TestingScrum Master Support

Qualifications

Bachelor's+8, Master's+6 or 7 Years5+ Years Agile Experience5+ Years Jira Experience5+ Years SQL ExperienceU.S. CitizenshipActive CBP Background Investigation

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

Description

Leidos is seeking a Business Process Analyst with SQL development experience to support Agile development and operations and maintenance for mission-critical CBP Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD) systems. The role primarily focuses on business analysis, requirements management, stakeholder engagement, and Agile delivery, with backend SQL and data-support responsibilities.

This position REQUIRES the candidate to be in Ashburn, VA, twice a week

Key Responsibilities:

  • Gather, analyze, document, and manage business, functional, technical, data, and testing requirements.

  • Work with product owners, stakeholders, architects, developers, and QA teams to create and refine Jira epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

  • Facilitate stakeholder interviews, requirements workshops, and backlog grooming sessions.

  • Support Agile teams using Scrum, Kanban, BDD, and ATDD practices.

  • Develop and maintain complex SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, and database solutions in PostgreSQL and Oracle.

  • Perform data analysis, validation, troubleshooting, and performance tuning to support mission-critical systems.

  • Support data integration, ETL, data migration, and database documentation activities.

  • Assist with testing, defect analysis, and production issue resolution as needed.

  • Work independently and adapt to changing customer priorities and mission needs.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience; OR 7 years of experience in lieu of degree

  • 5+ years of experience supporting Agile software-development efforts.

  • 5+ years of experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and managing product backlogs in Jira.

  • 5+ years of SQL development experience with PostgreSQL and Oracle.

  • Experience with SQL performance tuning, database design, normalization, indexing, ETL, and data integration.

  • Experience working with AI/ML as an integral part of executing the software lifecycle and/or implementing AI/ML solutions to support mission

  • Must be able to maintain and obtain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start

  • Must be a US citizen

  • Experience conducting stakeholder interviews and facilitating workshops.

  • Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

  • Experience supporting mission-critical production systems and data-security requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Active CBP Background Investigation.

  • Experience supporting CBP, DHS, PSPD, or other federal programs.

  • Experience with AWS RDS, Azure SQL, DevOps, Java, web services, IBM MQ, or reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or SSRS.

  • Experience with manual testing, automated testing, or Scrum Master support.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

October 21, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .

Securing Your Data

Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/) .

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

REQNUMBER: R-00195147

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.

How this job compares

Set against the 6,138 open Business Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$108–195K/yr
  • Virginia median$92–154K/yr274 salary ranges
  • US median$88–146K/yr4,173 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $151K, is 25% above the Virginia median midpoint ($121K) — in the top quarter of Business Analyst salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 394 open Business Analyst jobs in Virginia and 6,138 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Business Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (4,857 postings).
Education
2,482 of the 6,138 open Business Analyst jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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