Business Analyst (Senior)
About The Position
CACI is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for the Global Mission Operations Support (GMOS) contract supporting the Department of State. The role supports national security by helping modernize and maintain applications and infrastructure through an integrated IT Service Management approach. The Senior Business Analyst works with experienced professionals and guides a high-performing team delivering IT support for a program of national importance. The position leads portfolio-level planning, reporting, performance measurement, and continuous improvement. It translates enterprise architecture direction into actionable work, evaluates portfolio strategy and product opportunities, and assesses infrastructure modernization and cloud adoption options. The role requires an active Secret clearance, SAFe and portfolio-management experience, and strong analytical, leadership, and agile tool capabilities. Travel is up to 10% and local.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience in related fields such as business analysis, systems analysis, portfolio management, agile transformation, or IT program management; equivalencies are considered.
- Active Secret clearance.
- Proven experience with SAFe, portfolio management, agile release train coordination, and program increment planning.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams, facilitating large-scale planning events, and coordinating multiple agile teams across complex IT portfolios.
- Strong strategic thinking and analytical capabilities.
- Advanced proficiency with agile portfolio management tools such as Jira Align, Rally, or VersionOne.
- Excellent leadership abilities and proven experience planning and leading major business analysis initiatives and functioning as a subject matter expert; may supervise staff.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience supporting federal agencies, especially the Department of State.
- Professional certifications such as SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), SAFe Agilist (SA), Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), or PMI Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP).
- Experience implementing SAFe at the portfolio level, including lean portfolio management, strategic themes, and value stream identification.
- Knowledge of Federal IT investment management, enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or FEAF, and DevSecOps implementation in cloud environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of portfolio-level contract status reports by synthesizing team metrics, tracking epic progress, and providing strategic insights to executive stakeholders.
- Coordinate and facilitate weekly planning sessions, PI planning events, and big room planning activities with portfolio teams using Kanban boards and integrated dashboards.
- Ensure trip reports capture strategic portfolio outcomes, including architecture runway planning decisions, solution validation findings, and alignment with product vision.
- Architect and implement portfolio-level integrated dashboards that provide real-time visibility into program increment execution, feature delivery flow efficiency, and value stream metrics.
- Maintain quarterly spend plans as dynamic documents using rolling-wave projections, team velocity-based forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Conduct operational readiness reviews for major product releases, facilitate solution demonstrations, and drive portfolio-level continuous improvement initiatives.
- Implement performance measurement frameworks, including NPS, lead and cycle time analysis, flow efficiency metrics, and quality indicators.
- Evaluate portfolio strategy and prioritize new product opportunities using WSJF analysis, cost-of-delay calculations, and business value assessments.
- Translate enterprise architecture vision into actionable portfolio team enabler epics and align business capabilities with technical implementation strategies.
- Assess infrastructure modernization opportunities, develop migration strategies using MVA approaches, and provide recommendations for cloud adoption.
- Plan and lead major business analysis initiatives, serve as a subject matter expert, and potentially supervise staff.
Benefits
- Unique flexible time off benefit.
- Robust learning resources and learning and development opportunities.
- Healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
