Sr. Specialist, Business Systems Analyst 1

L3Harris Technologies•Nashville, TN

About The Position

The Business Systems Analyst (BSA) at L3Harris ForceX serves as the Product Owner and liaison between customers and the development team. The BSA sets the product vision, prioritizes and accepts team work, and communicates customer requirements and feature requests to software developers. The role works closely with Systems Engineers, Solution Architects, and software engineering teams to break customer requirements into work items; partners with Program Managers to track product delivery; and creates and maintains a Release Plan. BSAs are assigned to one or more programs and interface directly with customers, stakeholders, and vendors. They maintain operational, high-level knowledge of the software product and how it interfaces with the overall system, and may support technical customer meetings, integration events, and ground or flight test events. The BSA ensures that an operational Software Integration Laboratory (SIL) is maintained to support iterative development and testing. At the Senior Specialist level, the BSA brings experience as a Business Analyst or Product Owner, or significant experience in a related industry. The Senior Specialist helps team members understand how the software product integrates on the SIL, maintains a strong working knowledge of the system as a whole, builds effective working relationships across the team and organization, and leads software development teams in day-to-day product development activities. The role is contingent upon program award.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics field and at least 6 years of relevant experience.
In lieu of a degree, at least 10 years of prior related experience working as a Business Analyst or Engineer, with Department of Defense customers, in hardware and software integration, or in installation or maintenance of avionics systems.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Proactive self-starter with excellent project management skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.
Good critical-thinking and analytical skills.
Good customer relations skills and the ability to build relationships.
Effective time-management skills.
Sound judgment, strong reasoning, and analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Highly proficient grammatical skills.
Ability to prioritize and organize tasks and assignments.
Ability to quickly learn and adapt to a changing environment.
Ability to use multiple desktop publishing and still-image editing programs.
Strong presentation skills.
Strong understanding of engineering requirements practices for soliciting information and deriving requirements.

Responsibilities

Develop product vision and strategy and communicate it to other BSAs, software development team members, customers, and stakeholders.
Develop a product roadmap or release plan and prioritize features to ensure product delivery schedules are met or exceeded.
Serve as Product Owner, communicate product vision, strategy, and purpose to the team, and translate customer requirements effectively.
Track project deliveries, analyze business metrics, and report deliverable status.
Use written, verbal, and visual communication to bridge knowledge gaps between technical and non-technical team members.
Develop, maintain, and prioritize a healthy backlog using Agile Scrum practices, making informed decisions based on customer and stakeholder input.
Collaborate with the team to build a complete understanding of customer requirements.
Assist in writing and reviewing technical documentation.
Communicate with stakeholders at varying technical levels; coordinate with customers and contract officials; and present and brief program status, including existing and future requirements.
Maintain a can-do attitude and tackle new and unique problems to reach solutions.
Ensure an operational Software Integration Laboratory is maintained to support iterative development and testing.
Support technical customer meetings, integration events, and ground or flight test events.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.