IT Business Analyst

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 organization's 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.