Senior Technical Business Analyst

Chenega Corporation•Arlington, VA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Chenega MIOS is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst to enhance skills and build a career in a rapidly evolving business climate. This role is for individuals looking for a career where professional development is embedded in the employer’s core culture. The Senior Technical Business Analyst will excel at the intersection of human relationships and complex, multi-level secure network engineering. This role serves as a strategic facilitator between DARPA’s visionary Program Managers and the IT Directorate (ITD), building deep rapport with world-class researchers to uncover their most ambitious concepts. The mission is to synthesize specialized, often tacit mission needs into a clear, traceable technical roadmap. By translating emerging research into concrete network requirements, the analyst will ensure DARPA’s classified, unclassified, and cloud-hybrid infrastructures (spanning DoD Impact Levels) are ready to support the next generation of defense breakthroughs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, network engineering, or a related technical discipline.
7+ years of experience in technical business analysis or systems engineering, navigating the human and technical complexities of DoD, Intelligence Community, or federal R&D environments.
A proven track record of building trust with high-level government leaders and technical teams to translate operational needs into technical solutions.
TS with the ability to obtain SCI

Nice To Haves

Successfully pass background and drug screening
Deep familiarity with enterprise networking and a proven understanding of classified network design principles, including multi-level security, secure enclaves, and DoD Impact Level (IL4, IL5, IL6) environments.
Direct experience eliciting requirements for classified transport technologies, Cross-Domain Solutions (CDS), or CSfC frameworks.
Experience supporting DoD research organizations or advanced technology development programs.
Familiarity with modern networking paradigms (Zero Trust, Cloud Integration) and formal modeling frameworks (JCIDS, DoDAF, BPMN).
DoD 8570 / 8140 certification (e.g., Security+) or professional certifications that bridge "hard" and "soft" skills (e.g., CCNA/Network+ alongside CBAP or PMI-PBA).

Responsibilities

Cultivate a position as a trusted advisor to Program Managers and SMEs, leading technical discovery sessions, workshops, and working groups to capture experimental workflows and advanced computing requirements.
Elicit and translate complex, often unspoken requirements related to classified network infrastructure, secure compute environments, custom/GOTS software, and DoD ATO/RMF processes.
Deconstruct ambiguous project scope and diverse mission perspectives into unambiguous, singular, and verifiable technical requirements within a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
Support infrastructure and software deployment initiatives from initiation through design, development, testing, and operational deployment across DARPA’s multi-level networks.
Visualize the future of DARPA’s infrastructure by crafting intuitive process models (BPMN) and architectural views (DoDAF/OV) that dictate how data must flow securely across classification boundaries and cloud environments.
Balance multiple concurrent analysis efforts and complex projects with competing priorities requiring rapid turnaround.
Serve as the primary requirements interface for network infrastructure and systems engineering between ITD and the DARPA Technical Offices.
Maintain situational awareness of DARPA's internal LAN/WAN routing, classified computing environments, Cross-Domain Solutions (CDS), partner networks, and collaborative research platforms.
Coordinate the integration of new experimental nodes while ensuring compatibility with existing classified network architecture, security controls, and DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (CC SRG) mandates.
Manage vendor relationships, feasibility assessments, and evaluate architectural proposals supporting emerging research needs (e.g., SDN, Zero Trust, TACLANEs, and IL4/IL5/IL6 cloud workloads).
Lead complex network and infrastructure requests through DARPA's configuration management processes, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and secure network policies.
Coordinate RMF activities, provide necessary documentation to support the ATO process, and ensure compliance with DoD security requirements and DISA STIGs.
Operate seamlessly and effectively within SCIF and SAPF environments, handling classified systems, COMSEC, and sensitive technical information responsibly.
Maintain clear, consistent communication between cross-functional teams, including Government stakeholders, agency leadership, and systems engineering product teams.
Translate complex technical efforts into executive-level status updates, briefings, and concise recommendations.
Manage high-visibility relationships and personalities to align divergent stakeholder expectations and accomplish objectives on tight deadlines.
Mentor junior analysts, requirements engineers, and technical staff supporting DARPA programs.
Provide guidance on requirements elicitation techniques, stakeholder engagement, and navigating the DoD operational environment.
Promote best practices for requirements management, infrastructure planning, and technical program execution.
Other duties as assigned