Systems Functional Analyst with Security Clearance

About the role

Guiding user interface design and system functionality.
Addressing customer questions related to the systems/applications, researching open requests, and contacting external contacts for answers.
Coordinating with external system POCs to set up interfaces and resolve issues.
Supporting the management of the product backlog and development assignments and translating customer requirements into actionable tasks for the development team.
Managing, documenting, and participating in user events, including training, testing/evaluation sessions, user acceptance testing, and product review sessions.
Learning new applications and related business processes to document/communicate the system gaps with customer requirements.
Facilitating discussions with various personnel to document requirements and specifications, including intended outcomes, features, and functionality.
Developing and documenting functional specifications associated with system enhancements.
Ensuring clarity of documented requirements to prevent scope creep, gold plating, or non-value-added activities.
Documenting business requirements according to industry best practices and PMO processes.
Documenting functional workflow diagrams to capture business goals and high-level scope.
Coordinating project deliverables with the Project Manager, including project meeting scheduling, activity tracking, status report creation.

Responsibilities

• Guiding user interface design and system functionality.
• Addressing customer questions related to the systems/applications, researching open requests, and contacting external contacts for answers.
• Coordinating with external system POCs to set up interfaces and resolve issues.
• Supporting the management of the product backlog and development assignments and translating customer requirements into actionable tasks for the development team.
• Managing, documenting, and participating in user events, including training, testing/evaluation sessions, user acceptance testing, and product review sessions.
• Learning new applications and related business processes to document/communicate the system gaps with customer requirements.
• Facilitating discussions with various personnel to document requirements and specifications, including intended outcomes, features, and functionality.
• Developing and documenting functional specifications associated with system enhancements.
• Ensuring clarity of documented requirements to prevent scope creep, gold plating, or non-value-added activities.
• Documenting business requirements according to industry best practices and PMO processes.
• Documenting functional workflow diagrams to capture business goals and high-level scope.
• Coordinating project deliverables with the Project Manager, including project meeting scheduling, activity tracking, status report creation.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Clearance.
• Five (5) years of functional analysis of enterprise software.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Experience collaborating with technical and non-technical team members.
• Ability to apply experience in Microsoft product suite, including MS Project and MS Office (specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Ability to solve problems, identify risks, and communicate results and recommendations to leadership and customers.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with technical, operational, and management audiences with broad and varied backgrounds.
• Techically capable of employing new tools and related technologies supporting the project, specifically including tools for collaboration and agile scrum artifacts.
• Familiarity with the Department of Defense (DoD) Procure-to-Pay processes and the Department of the Navy (DON) Electronic Procurement System (ePS).
• Experienced on DoD RMF and MASS workflows.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of functional analysis of enterprise software.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Experience collaborating with technical and non-technical team members.
• Ability to apply experience in Microsoft product suite, including MS Project and MS Office (specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Ability to solve problems, identify risks, and communicate results and recommendations to leadership and customers.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with technical, operational, and management audiences with broad and varied backgrounds.
• Techically capable of employing new tools and related technologies supporting the project, specifically including tools for collaboration and agile scrum artifacts.
• Familiarity with the Department of Defense (DoD) Procure-to-Pay processes and the Department of the Navy (DON) Electronic Procurement System (ePS).
• Experienced on DoD RMF and MASS workflows.

Skills

• Functional analysis of enterprise software.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Collaboration with technical and non-technical team members.
• Microsoft product suite (MS Project, MS Office).
• Solving problems, identifying risks, and communicating results.
• Technical capability with new tools and technologies.
• Department of Defense (DoD) Procure-to-Pay processes and ePS.
• DoD RMF and MASS workflows.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits package including bonuses and 401(k) with 6% matching that vests immediately.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical (Cigna), dental and vision (Principal), 401(k), PTO, education reimbursement, and certification reimbursement.
• Remote work environment with potential on-site requirements based on contract needs.
• Hybrid/remote work environment with potential on-site requirements based on contract needs.
• Active Secret clearance required or ability to obtain.
• Background investigation required.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $95,000-$130,000 annually, with a target midpoint of $110,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, certifications, and geographic location.

Schedule

Core Eastern Standard Time (EST) hours are required.

About Avum

Avum, Inc. is a certified Small Disadvantaged Business who provides advanced software, database, and business intelligence systems to the DoD/Military, Intelligence Community, and Federal, State, Local and Commercial clients since 1991. We manage technical programs and projects and provide strategic guidance to support our customer's system engineering efforts. We provide sustainment in mission-critical and secure environments. We support information assurance activities and accreditation for the systems we deploy. Our engineers conduct rapid prototyping and Agile customer-focused iterations to produce complex applications, predictive analytic data environments, and NIST SP 800-53 compliant system architecture deployed within Navy and DoD networks. We have subject matter experts in multiple domains and technical expertise across all core technology stacks. We specialize in application development, large-scale database design, data engineering, and data visualization. Through results-driven, agile collaboration, the company continually researches and deploys secure solutions that exceed customer expectations in meeting or beating customer-allocated budgets and schedules. We aspire to the highest standards of ethical behavior and professional integrity in providing our customers with service that consistently earns us the highest possible performance ratings. Avum, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.