IT Business Analyst
Washington, DC - USA
Job Summary
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced IT Business Analyst to support a Federal Intelligence Community (IC) customer in advancing enterprise information technology initiatives governance and strategic modernization efforts. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to government leadership collaborating with stakeholders across multiple organizations to elicit analyze document and manage business and technical requirements that enable mission-critical IT capabilities.
This position requires a strong background in business analysis enterprise governance portfolio management systems development lifecycle (SDLC) and stakeholder engagement within a complex federal environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead business requirements elicitation sessions with Intelligence Community stakeholders to identify analyze validate and document business and technical requirements.
- Partner with stakeholders to define project scope objectives business processes and operational needs supporting enterprise IT initiatives.
- Translate stakeholder requirements into high-quality documentation.
- Support the development implementation and continuous improvement of enterprise IT governance processes and project lifecycle management.
- Assist the PMO in establishing governance frameworks project oversight processes reporting standards and decision support mechanisms.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure projects align with organizational architecture technology standards and strategic modernization objectives.
- Support the development and maintenance of policies and procedures that implement and enforce enterprise architecture principles and IT governance.
- Facilitate collaboration among multiple government directorates to improve business integration information sharing and cross-organizational coordination.
- Evaluate current-state business processes and recommend future-state improvements that increase operational efficiency and mission effectiveness.
- Support project portfolio management activities by assessing priorities resource allocation risks dependencies schedules and strategic alignment.
- Provide project oversight related to budget execution governance compliance enterprise architecture and program performance.
- Capture analyze and decompose both functional and non-functional requirements into actionable technical specifications supporting system development and implementation.
- Support acquisition planning and technology modernization efforts by developing frameworks for managing and implementing enterprise IT systems aligned with the organizations strategic roadmap.
- Participate in Agile Hybrid Agile or Waterfall project delivery methodologies as required.
- Coordinate across multiple functional teams technical staff executives and mission stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
- Perform cross-functional support activities across multiple Intelligence Community organizations as mission priorities evolve.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD. 12 years with a HS diploma
- US Citizen with an active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Q/SCI.
- Strong understanding of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
- Experience developing business process models workflows use cases user stories functional specifications and process documentation.
- Excellent written verbal and presentation communication skills.
- Strong analytical critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting Department of Energy (DOE) Intelligence Community (IC) or other national security organizations.
- Experience with Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF DoDAF FEAF).
- Familiarity with Agile frameworks such as Scrum Kanban or SAFe.
- Experience using requirements management and collaboration tools such as Jira Confluence Azure DevOps ServiceNow or IBM DOORS.
- Knowledge of federal IT governance frameworks capital planning and investment control (CPIC) IT portfolio management and Technology Business Management (TBM).
- Experience supporting executive-level governance boards and investment review processes.
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.
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About Company
Peraton provides innovative solutions for the most sensitive and critical programs in government today, developed and executed by scientists, engineers, and other experts.