Cherokee Federal

Senior Salesforce Business Analyst

Cherokee Federal

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $120,000 - $150,000 per year

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About the role

  • Support end-to-end Salesforce delivery across core platform capabilities, including Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, and custom CRM solutions, with a focus on business analysis and requirements definition.
  • Act as the primary liaison for business stakeholders, building strong relationships and serving as a trusted advisor throughout discovery and delivery phases.
  • Lead and facilitate discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, and workshops to elicit business, functional, and reporting requirements.
  • Document current-state and future-state business processes, workflows, and use cases to support solution design.
  • Translate business needs into well-defined user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements aligned with Agile methodologies.
  • Collaborate closely with Salesforce Administrators, Developers, and Architects to ensure requirements are clearly understood and solutions meet stakeholder expectations.
  • Support backlog grooming, sprint planning, and ongoing prioritization in partnership with Product Owners and project leadership.
  • Validate requirements and solution designs through walkthroughs, prototypes, and iterative stakeholder feedback.
  • Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test scenario creation, execution support, defect triage, and final sign-off.
  • Ensure solutions comply with federal governance, security, data, and regulatory standards.
  • Contribute to change management efforts, including documentation, training materials, and stakeholder communications.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • 6–8 years of experience as a Salesforce Business Analyst, Functional Analyst, or CRM Consultant, with a minimum of 10 years of overall professional experience.
  • Proven experience supporting Salesforce implementations in federal, public sector, or other highly regulated environments.
  • Strong business analysis expertise, including requirements elicitation, process modeling, user story development, and acceptance criteria definition.
  • Experience working within Agile or hybrid Agile delivery frameworks.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate complex business needs into clear, actionable functional requirements without direct responsibility for configuration or development.
  • Working knowledge of Salesforce platform capabilities sufficient to guide solution discussions and collaborate effectively with technical teams (hands-on configuration not required).
  • Experience supporting large, multi-stakeholder programs with diverse user groups.
  • Salesforce Certified Administrator or other relevant Salesforce certification preferred.
  • Additional certifications preferred, including Business Analysis, Agile, or Salesforce Consultant–level credentials.
  • Willingness to maintain and assign Salesforce certifications to Cherokee Federal and pursue additional certifications as required.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, and documentation skills.
  • Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.
Benefits
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401K
  • Other possible benefits as provided
  • Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Salesforcebusiness analysisrequirements elicitationprocess modelinguser story developmentacceptance criteria definitionAgile methodologiesUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)defect triagesolution design
Soft Skills
communicationfacilitationdocumentationrelationship buildingstakeholder managementcollaborationchange managementproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingadaptability
Certifications
Salesforce Certified AdministratorBusiness Analysis certificationAgile certificationSalesforce Consultant certification