Requirements Engineering, Senior Associate

Charged with working with the project stakeholders and end users to elicit, understand, analyze, and document the requirements for a system to solve a given business problem. Documents, analyzes, and reviews software requirements for a large software development team responsible for development, testing, installation, customer interface and O&M activities for several applications supporting the classification of data and documents. Responsible for interfacing with multiple stakeholders to assess and understand the requirements to ensure that user stories are consistent and applicable across all products. Responsible for overseeing functional and non-functional requirements for multiple products within the project team. The primary duties include managing and verifying requirements; capturing detailed descriptions of user needs and product functionality; and ensuring the project team has clear, consistent, and testable requirements documented in user stories and completion criteria. Reconciles conflicts; decomposes high-level information into the appropriate level of detail for team members; and participates in peer reviews of requirements documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, document, and validate business, functional, and technical requirements for projects and enhancements.
• Analyze existing workflows and systems to identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements.
• Develop clear documentation, including business requirement documents (BRDs), user stories, process flows, and use cases.
• Facilitate meetings, workshops, and interviews with stakeholders to gather insights and clarify needs.
• Support QA and UAT processes by reviewing test cases and validating business functionality.
• Serve as a liaison between business and IT teams, ensuring alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor project progress and assist with change management and implementation efforts.
• Conduct basic data analysis to support decision-making and trend identification.

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 years with BS/BA; 0 years with MS/MA; 6 years with no degree
• Must be a US Citizen and possess or be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance
• Solid understanding of business analysis methodologies and tools.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence, Visio, or Lucidchart.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write clear documentation and present findings to diverse stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 years with BS/BA; 0 years with MS/MA; 7 years with no degree