Business Analyst

Seneca Holdings•Washington, DC

10h

About The Position

This position is to provide business analyst support services for the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Data Quality & Monitoring contract implementing the requirements for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to assist FSA in the areas of enhancing and streamlining existing data integrations, improving the quality and utility of existing data assets and school-facing and borrower-facing products, optimizing the ability to deliver reports and insights to FSA and FSA stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with data access. Along with facilitating collaboration, optimizing resource allocation, managing risks, streamlining processes, and integrating system requirements across business units to ensure successful execution of our multifaceted projects. Great Waters Federal is seeking a Business Analyst in the National Capital Region. The objective of this work is to provide from professionals with substantial experience in the development, improvement, and management of operational data within the federal government. Additionally, FSA requires skilled analysts to conduct ongoing data reviews, ensuring the completeness and accuracy of data loaded and stored in FSA systems. These analysts should possess advanced skills and be capable of quickly understanding FSA's data and the intricacies of system collaboration with other FSA and partner systems for complex business and program processes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Finance, or related field
U.S. citizens with High-Risk Public Trust
7+ years’ business analysis experience, with proven success on complex projects, leading initiatives, and driving improvements
Highly skilled individual who can quickly understand the NSLDS data model and the intricacies of NSLDS’s collaboration with other FSA and Federal Loan Servicer systems for complicated business and program processes.
Experience in areas such as, but not limited to developing, improving, and managing operational data and data models in the federal government.
Exceptional ability to transform data into strategic insights, identify trends, solve problems, and think critically
Analytical Experience with data analysis, critical thinking, problem-solving, process modeling.
Excellent written/verbal skills, translating technical info, stakeholder management.
Experience with cross-functional collaboration.
Technical: MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint), Visio, SQL, JIRA, data visualization tools.
Methodologies: Agile/Scrum, SDLC, Waterfall experience

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with NSLDS, other FSA systems, and FSA enterprise architecture preferred
Knowledge of Federal Student Aid business areas to include, but not limited to, Federal Loan Servicing data, repayment plans, Gainful Employment regulations and other accountability metrics, and more
Knowledge of or ability to quickly understand business processes and integrations across FSA systems to accomplish a business goal; for example, Income Driven Repayment and SAVE processes as documented across multiple systems including NSLDS, Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) system, Federal Loan Servicers (FLS), Federal Tax Information Model (FTIM) systems, and more

Responsibilities

Analyzes user needs to determine functional and technical requirements.
Provides expert guidance in analysis and the design of information technology architectures, technology analyses, systems architectures, and strategic planning.
Provides software process management and control throughout the coding portion of the software development process.
Leads and supports the challenges faced by developers who must deal with issues such as cultural change, software distribution, security, data distribution, and business process impacts.
Guides the development team through the implementation of the systems designed
Managing work items and tasks to meet deadlines established with the government for software releases and other planned scheduled events and deliverables.
Work in a software development life cycle, apply security and vulnerability best practices, and require little or no instruction and guidance in performing routine tasks and updating change management systems to document system changes.
Have effective technical, communication, skills and experience to recommend design solutions and improvements that enhance the system cost, schedule, and performance.
Participate in team meetings with the government to improve understanding of the mission, tools, concepts, frameworks, and increase effectiveness in maintaining government computer systems.
Work with PM to maintain all contract deliverables to include Action and Issue Log, Data Quality Reporting, Program / Project Schedule, Test Case Specifications, Ad Hoc Reports, Meeting Minutes, and Weekly Status Reports.
Support ongoing data reviews of data loaded and stored in NSLDS for completeness and accuracy, as well as improvements to operational and executive-level reports associated with the data.
Gather and document complex business requirements.
Analyze data to provide strategic insights and support decisions.
Improve business processes and identify opportunities for growth.