Discovery Business and System Analyst (Top Secret Clearance Required)

About the role

The Contractor shall provide business and IT systems analysis support to include, but not limited to, the following activities:

• Document and manage new and existing business processes in order to facilitate training, analysis, and redesign;
• Conduct a thorough analysis of existing and new business processes and identify opportunities for improving workforce efficiency;
• Conduct a thorough analysis of operational business requirements and conduct a gap analysis for any required modification to an existing business process;
• Create and maintain a requirements database that documents how each existing or new business requirement is being supported;
• Validate that any proposed solution to an existing requirement satisfactorily meets the underlying need;
• Collect marketing materials from industry solution providers that claim to satisfy the identified business requirements;
• Document and manage new and existing functional capabilities provided by existing and proposed IT solutions;
• Conduct a thorough analysis of existing capabilities against documented business requirements to determine where gaps in technology are impeding or preventing the efficient execution of business processes;
• Compare marketing materials from industry solution providers that claim to satisfy the identified business requirements and deliver an Analysis of Alternatives that can be used by the Program Management Office (PMO) to identify and prioritize new projects;
• Validate that any proposed solution successfully delivers a new functional business capability that addresses one or more existing requirements;
• Build and execute thorough test scripts that allow them to ascertain the breadth and depth of a capability on a consistent basis so that they may fairly evaluate multiple products in order to provide recommendations for purchase;
• Review all solution configuration changes to insure that the Discovery Program maintains an accurate picture of its business capabilities;
• Perform other systems analysis research and documentation tasks as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Document and manage new and existing business processes in order to facilitate training, analysis, and redesign;
• Conduct a thorough analysis of existing and new business processes and identify opportunities for improving workforce efficiency;
• Conduct a thorough analysis of operational business requirements and conduct a gap analysis for any required modification to an existing business process;
• Create and maintain a requirements database that documents how each existing or new business requirement is being supported;
• Validate that any proposed solution to an existing requirement satisfactorily meets the underlying need;
• Collect marketing materials from industry solution providers that claim to satisfy the identified business requirements;
• Document and manage new and existing functional capabilities provided by existing and proposed IT solutions;
• Conduct a thorough analysis of existing capabilities against documented business requirements to determine where gaps in technology are impeding or preventing the efficient execution of business processes;
• Compare marketing materials from industry solution providers that claim to satisfy the identified business requirements and deliver an Analysis of Alternatives that can be used by the Program Management Office (PMO) to identify and prioritize new projects;
• Validate that any proposed solution successfully delivers a new functional business capability that addresses one or more existing requirements;
• Build and execute thorough test scripts that allow them to ascertain the breadth and depth of a capability on a consistent basis so that they may fairly evaluate multiple products in order to provide recommendations for purchase;
• Review all solution configuration changes to insure that the Discovery Program maintains an accurate picture of its business capabilities;
• Perform other systems analysis research and documentation tasks as assigned.

Requirements

Top Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

Required qualifications include:

• Experience in business and IT systems analysis;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Ability to analyze business processes and identify opportunities for improvement;
• Knowledge of business requirements and ability to conduct gap analyses;
• Experience in creating and maintaining requirements databases;
• Ability to validate proposed solutions;
• Experience in collecting and evaluating marketing materials from industry solution providers;
• Experience in documenting and managing functional capabilities provided by IT solutions;
• Experience in conducting thorough analysis of existing capabilities against documented business requirements;
• Experience in delivering Analysis of Alternatives to Program Management Office (PMO);
• Experience in building and executing thorough test scripts;
• Experience in reviewing and maintaining accurate business capabilities.

Skills

• Business and IT systems analysis;
• Analytical skills;
• Business process analysis;
• Gap analysis;
• Requirement management;
• Solution validation;
• Marketing material evaluation;
• Functional capability documentation;
• Capability analysis;
• Analysis of alternatives;
• Test script development;
• Capability maintenance.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account (health, dependent care, and commuter), paid time off, and observance of state/federal holidays.

Pay

$92,543.50 - $125,594.75 annually

Schedule

Full-time