Business Systems Analyst III

Noblis • Washington, DC

21h

About The Position

As a Senior Business Systems Analyst, you will provide expert-level leadership in the collection, capture, and management of mission user needs for critical national security systems. You will lead strategic planning efforts for complex national security system development, project management, user requirements gathering, system design, complex data conversion, documentation, training, and deployment efforts. Working directly with stakeholders at executive levels, you will serve as a senior interface and advisor for operational user requirements across multiple IT capabilities and systems. Your expertise will drive improved usability, user experience, and user adoption while supporting mission-critical applications and intelligence collection systems, and you will provide expert guidance on emerging vulnerabilities, technology trends, and system modernization opportunities.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) or Active TS/SCI
• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to pass a background check and polygraph examination
• Bachelor's degree or master's degree with 10 years of experience of experience OR Associate degree with 13 years of experience OR High School/Diploma with 16 years of experience
• 10 years’ experience working within U.S. National Security, defense, or law enforcement communities
• 10 years’ experience with U.S. National Security IC mission sets with at least 3 years of national security policy and government case management experience
• 8 years’ experience analyzing data, written/verbal information, and processes to assess risks and formulate recommendations which align with organizational goals
• 8 years’ experience leading and coordinating support of complex programs and/or multiple projects
• 8 years’ experience and demonstrated knowledge of IT practices and principles including: IT Life-cycle management/IT Governance Systems development life-cycle Agile software development methodologies Requirements elicitation and management
• 8 years’ experience with conflict resolution as well as translating and communicating complex IT subject matter between technical and non-technical audiences
• 5 years’ experience using JIRA, MS Excel, PowerBI, PowerPoint, Visio, Word, and SharePoint
• 5 years’ experience writing reports, briefing, and providing presentations to executive management audiences

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related computer science technical degree
• 8 years’ experience with National Security operations and USIC functions, roles, and components, including the intelligence cycle
• 8 years’ experience with National Security and IC mission sets, FISA policy, and case management
• 6 years’ experience with data related issues such as ETL processes, storage, access controls, indexing, entity extraction/resolution, analysis, and sharing
• 6 years’ experience working in a federal interagency environment, including collaboration with multiple U.S. government departments and agencies on joint programs
• Relevant certifications, such as ITIL, Agile Product Owner, Project Management (CAPM/PMP), and/or CBAP
• Experience with multi-enclave environments (Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret/SCI)
• Legal process and intelligence collection applications

Responsibilities

• Support strategic planning efforts for IT programs by performing in-depth business process analysis and business process re-engineering for systems modernization
• Regularly assess complex technical systems and monitor systems development efforts to assess risks, ensure alignment with current cloud and other technology trends, and identify and recommend areas for improvement, cost savings, consolidation, and retirement/replacement for the Government
• Advise the Government on emerging vulnerabilities and corrective measures relevant to the agency’s equities, emerging technology, and enterprise systems, networks, and databases
• Meet with stakeholders and serve as an interface for the collection, tracking, and management of operational user requirements for multiple IT capabilities and systems
• Develop JIRA user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases, concepts of operation, cost-benefit analyses, privacy impact assessments, operating models, workflow diagrams, and standard operating procedures
• Assist product backlog management by analyzing technical and functional systems, creating Agile user story documentation in JIRA with acceptance criteria
• Support national security system development, including system project management, user requirements gathering, system design, complex data conversion, documentation, training, and deployment
• Draft national security business and functional documentation for a FISA system, legal process applications, and intelligence collection applications
• Collaborate with the software developers and DevOps team on the context of the project, define and document requirements in JIRA as epics, features, and user stories
• Translate and communicate complex IT subject matter between technical and non-technical audiences, including executive-level stakeholders

Benefits

• health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees