Software Specialist 3 - Business Architecture Analyst - Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project

Parsons•Newark, NJ

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Business and Architecture Analyst supports technology portfolio management, business analysis, enterprise architecture analysis, technology governance, and data governance for the Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project. The role maintains a reliable view of the application portfolio, documents business processes and integrations, coordinates technology intake and requirements activities, and produces decision-ready reporting for the Director and leadership. The position is part of Parsons’ Critical Infrastructure team. The work schedule is hybrid, with onsite work Monday through Wednesday and remote work Thursday and Friday. Occasional off-hours support may be required during critical milestones. No security clearance is required. Responsibilities may evolve based on organizational needs and technology priorities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Information Technology, or a related field.
Five or more years of experience in business analysis, systems analysis, or enterprise architecture analysis.
Two or more years of experience maintaining an application portfolio, configuration management database (CMDB), or technology inventory.
Experience creating process maps using Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and developing data-flow diagrams with Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, or draw.io.
Experience gathering and documenting requirements, facilitating workshops, writing user stories, and developing business cases.
Working understanding of software as a service (SaaS), integrations, application programming interfaces (APIs), and data classification.
Strong Microsoft Excel, SharePoint, and Power BI skills, with comfort working with structured data.
Clear written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

CBAP or CCBA certification.
TOGAF Foundation certification.
Experience with capital-program systems such as Kahua or Primavera P6, or with other asset management systems.
Understanding of the Microsoft Azure platform, Azure DevOps, Jira, or other configuration management systems.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain the application register, including ownership, purpose, users, cost, contract term, renewal date, data classification, integrations, support model, and single sign-on status.
Reconcile the application register with procurement, Sage Intacct finance records, and NinjaOne asset records.
Document current-state business processes, data flows, and integration maps.
Manage technology intake for new software and change requests, including screening for duplicate tools, collecting business cases, routing requests for technical review, and tracking requests through IT Steering Committee decisions.
Lead requirements workshops and prepare requirements, user stories, business cases, and options analyses.
Perform current-state versus target-state gap analyses and maintain the business capability map.
Maintain the AI use-case inventory for the AI Governance Working Group.
Track license renewals at least 90 days in advance and notify system owners about upcoming renewals.
Support data governance by recording the data owner and data classification for each system.
Produce technology portfolio reports and dashboards for the Director and leadership.