Business Analyst / Solutions Architect

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions•Sterling, VA

3h•$122,000 - $253,000

About The Position

Nightwing is seeking a Business Analyst / Solutions Architect to serve as a strategic liaison between business stakeholders, IT engineering teams, and program leadership. The role identifies business needs, translates requirements into technical solutions, and supports the design and implementation of enterprise IT systems. It combines business analysis, solution architecture, and technical consulting to align technology investments with organizational objectives, operational requirements, security standards, and long-term modernization strategies.

Requirements

10–12 years of progressive experience in IT business analysis, systems engineering, enterprise infrastructure, solution architecture, or related technical disciplines.
Demonstrated experience gathering, documenting, analyzing, and translating business requirements into technical solutions.
Strong understanding of enterprise IT architecture, infrastructure technologies, networking, cloud computing, and systems integration.
Experience developing technical documentation, architectural diagrams, process workflows, and solution recommendations.
Familiarity with enterprise architecture principles, IT service management, and IT governance frameworks.
Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project delivery methodologies.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
Ability to collaborate effectively with business leaders, technical engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and program management teams.
Experience evaluating technical solutions for feasibility, operational impact, cost, and business value.
TS/SCI with Polygraph required.

Responsibilities

Engage with business stakeholders, program managers, technical leads, and customers to identify business objectives, operational challenges, and technology requirements.
Conduct requirements-gathering sessions, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and technical assessments.
Translate business needs into functional and non-functional requirements, technical specifications, and solution recommendations.
Develop business requirements documents (BRDs), functional requirements documents (FRDs), use cases, workflows, and process diagrams.
Perform gap analyses of existing systems, processes, and technologies to identify modernization and operational improvement opportunities.
Evaluate proposed solutions against business requirements, technical feasibility, cost considerations, and organizational priorities.
Establish requirements traceability throughout the solution development and implementation lifecycle.
Design and recommend enterprise IT solutions that support scalability, security, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Assess existing IT architectures and recommend improvements for modernization, automation, and technology optimization.
Ensure architectural solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity policies, technical governance, and organizational roadmaps.
Identify technical dependencies, architectural risks, integration challenges, and potential implementation constraints.
Work with program leadership to prioritize technology initiatives based on business value, operational impact, technical complexity, and available resources.
Facilitate collaboration across IT disciplines to establish a common understanding of requirements and solution objectives.
Prepare executive-level briefings, technical presentations, decision papers, and solution recommendations.
Develop acceptance criteria and assist with solution testing, validation, and operational readiness assessments.
Participate in change management, configuration management, and technical review processes.
Ensure solutions are properly documented and aligned with operational support requirements.
Monitor implemented solutions to assess whether business objectives and expected performance outcomes have been achieved.