System Analyst II

Dobbs Defense Solutions, LLC • Washington, DC

1d • $145,000 - $165,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Dobbs Defense Solutions is seeking a Business Analyst to support senior team members through technical writing and review, research assistance, documentation preparation, gap analysis, and drafting documentation for responses to requests. The role leads comprehensive organizational gap analyses across functions, business processes, governance, workforce resources, information management practices, supporting tools, and stakeholder engagement. It evaluates current and target states, identifies operational gaps and root causes, assesses risks and impacts, and develops prioritized remediation recommendations aligned with mission requirements and enterprise priorities. The analyst also develops analytical deliverables and facilitates stakeholder and executive reviews, translating complex findings into clear recommendations for senior government leadership. The position requires a Public Trust clearance and is described as hybrid (HUBZone).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Communications, Public Affairs, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in IT strategy, business analysis, or strategic communications.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in organizational gap analysis.
• Demonstrated experience conducting complex organizational, operational, business process, or enterprise-level analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to assess current-state conditions, identify gaps and root causes, evaluate impacts and risks, and develop actionable recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate analytical findings to technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive organizational gap analyses, assessing and validating current (“as-is”) and target (“to-be”) states across organizational functions, business processes, governance, workforce resources, information management practices, supporting tools, and stakeholder engagement.
• Plan and conduct stakeholder interviews, working sessions, document and artifact reviews, data collection, and workflow analysis to identify operational gaps, bottlenecks, redundancies, manual dependencies, unclear accountability, and opportunities for improvement.
• Analyze identified gaps, risks, impacts, and root causes, and develop prioritized, evidence-based remediation recommendations aligned with mission requirements and enterprise priorities.
• Assess organizational structures, staffing levels, skill sets, workload distribution, roles and responsibilities, governance structures, decision rights, approval processes, performance measures, and reporting mechanisms.
• Develop and support current-state assessments, gap analysis plans and reports, remediation roadmaps, prioritization matrices, performance measures, executive briefings, and decision-support materials.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional stakeholder engagement and executive review activities, translating complex business, operational, and technical findings into clear recommendations for senior government leadership.
• Provide support to senior team resources in technical writing and review, research assistance, documentation preparation, gap analysis, and compiling and drafting documentation for responses to requests.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior