Business Analyst III

Kentro; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Kentro is seeking a Business Analyst III to support FAA's ATLAS initiative. This remote role will analyze portfolios, gather requirements, and develop metrics and dashboards to guide modernization efforts.

You will translate stakeholder needs into actionable requirements, collaborate with architects, and prepare executive briefings for program leadership. Remote within the United States, ET hours, with a compensation range of $99,000-$118,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline is required.
• 5-7 years of IT portfolio management, application rationalization, or modernization.
• Strong requirements analysis and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate technical information into executive recommendations.
• Experience with SQL or equivalent data-analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Support FAA portfolio rationalization through discovery, inventory, and analysis.
• Gather requirements from stakeholders and document sources, ownership, and gaps.
• Develop traceable portfolio inventories and dependency maps.
• Identify opportunities for consolidation, modernization, or retirement.
• Analyze relationships between business capabilities and IT assets.
• Develop business cases and decision-support materials for modernization outcomes.
• Translate needs into clear functional requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Support current and future-state architectures with architects.
• Establish metrics and dashboards to track portfolio health and outcomes.
• Prepare executive briefings and recommendations for FAA leadership.

Skills

Requirements analysis

Process modeling

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

SQL

Cross-functional collaboration

Business analysis

Executive presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Information Systems/CS/Engineering

Job description

Overview

Thank you for considering IT Concepts dba Kentro, where innovation drives opportunity and collaboration leads to success. Our dynamic community of experts is fully committed to advancing our customers' missions, fostering professional growth, and making a positive impact on our communities.

By joining our supportive community, you will find that Kentro is dedicated to your personal and professional development. Together, we can drive meaningful change, spark innovation, and achieve extraordinary milestones.

Kentro is hiring a Business Analyst III to support the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Accelerated Transformation of Legacy Applications and Systems (ATLAS) program. The ideal candidate will have experience analyzing business, mission, technology, and operational requirements and translating them into actionable recommendations that support portfolio modernization and optimization. The Business Analyst will also collaborate with the Chief Architect and a multi-disciplined team to use the results of this analysis to validate portfolio inventory, establish traceable decision criteria, develop portfolio metrics, and support dashboards, governance artifacts, and executive decision support.

Location: Remote - This position can be performed remotely within the United States and will support Eastern Time working hours.

Compensation Range: The pay range for this position is $99,000-118,000 annually.

This Job Description reflects the primary duties of the role; however, it is not intended to be all‑inclusive. Team members may be asked to take on additional responsibilities in alignment with customer expectations, business needs, and Kentro’s culture of collaboration and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Support FAA portfolio rationalization efforts, including discovery, inventory, categorization, and analysis of applications, systems, services, and supporting technologies.
• Gather and analyze business, mission, operational, technical, security, and compliance requirements from stakeholders and system owners; document source, ownership, confidence, assumptions, and unresolved gaps for material requirements.
• Develop and maintain traceable portfolio inventories, capability maps, application profiles, dependency maps, and other analytical artifacts with source provenance and decision linkage.
• Identify and validate opportunities for consolidation, integration, modernization, migration, replacement, or retirement.
• Analyze relationships and dependencies between business capabilities, applications, infrastructure, data, and enterprise services.
• Develop business cases and decision-support materials that quantify mission impact, cost, risk, dependencies, and expected modernization outcomes.
• Translate stakeholder needs into clear functional requirements, user stories, process models, and acceptance criteria where appropriate.
• Support development of current-state and future-state architectures in collaboration with enterprise and solution architects.
• Analyze business processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, standardization, and service delivery.
• Establish governed metrics and dashboards to track portfolio health, rationalization progress, investment decisions, and modernization outcomes using reconciled source data, documented definitions, and repeatable calculation logic.
• Prepare executive-level briefings, presentations, reports, and recommendations for FAA and program leadership.
• Support ongoing governance processes and maintain traceability from business and mission objectives through requirements, capabilities, system disposition decisions, and acceptance criteria.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5-7 years of experience with IT portfolio management, application rationalization, enterprise architecture, or technology modernization.
• Strong requirements analysis, process modeling, data analysis, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to interrogate and reconcile structured datasets using SQL or equivalent analysis tools.
• Experience working across business and technical organizations.
• Ability to translate complex technical information into clear business and executive-level recommendations.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently while coordinating across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Proficiency in the use of AI tools for analysis

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with FAA, federal IT, or other federal governance processes is highly desirable.
• Experience as a Business Analyst supporting complex government, aviation, transportation, or enterprise IT environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and tools is desirable.

Clearance Requirement:

• US Citizen
• Existing FAA suitability determination or transferable federal background investigation strongly preferred

Benefits

The Company

We believe in generating success collaboratively, enabling long-term mission success, and building trust for the next challenge. With you as our partner, let’s solve challenges, think innovatively, and maximize impact. As a valued member of our team, you have the unique opportunity to work in a diverse range of technology and business career paths, all while supporting our nation and delivering innovative technology solutions. We are a close community of experts that pride ourselves on creating an environment defined by teamwork, dedication, and excellence.

We hold three ISO certifications (27001:2013, 20000-1:2011, 9001:2015), two CMMI ML 3 ratings (DEV and SVC) and CMMC Level 2 Certification.

Industry Recognition

Growth | Inc 5000’s Fastest Growing Private Companies, DC Metro List Fastest Growing; Washington Business Journal: Fastest Growing Companies, Top Performing Small Technology Companies in Greater D.C.

Culture | Northern Virginia Technology Council Tech 100 Honoree; Virginia Best Place to Work; Washington Business Journal: Best Places to Work, Corporate Diversity Index Winner – Mid-Size Companies, Companies Owned by People of Color; Department of Labor’s HireVets for our work helping veterans transition; SECAF Award of Excellence finalist; Victory Military Friendly Brand; Virginia Values Veterans (V3); Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Corporate Breath Award

Benefits

We offer competitive benefits package including paid time off, healthcare benefits, supplemental benefits, 401k including an employer match, discount perks, rewards, and more. We invest in our employees – Every employee is eligible for education reimbursement for certifications, degrees, or professional development. Reimbursement amounts may fluctuate due to IRS limitations. We want you to grow as an expert and a leader and offer flexibility for you to take a course, complete a certification, or other professional growth and networking. We are committed to supporting your curiosity and sustaining a culture that prioritizes commitment to continuous professional development.

We work hard; we play hard. Kentro is committed to incorporating fun into every day. We dedicate funds for activities – virtual and in-person – e.g., we host happy hours, holiday events, fitness & wellness events, and annual celebrations. In alignment with our commitment to our communities, we also host and attend charity galas/events. We believe in appreciating your commitment and building a positive workspace for you to be creative, innovative, and happy.

Commitment Equal Opportunity Employment & VEVRAA

Kentro is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Kentro is strongly committed to compliance with VEVRAA and other applicable federal, state, and local laws governing equal employment opportunity. We have developed comprehensive policies and procedures to ensure our hiring practices align with these requirements.

As part of our VEVRAA compliance efforts, Kentro has established an equal opportunity plan outlining our commitment to recruiting, hiring, and advancing protected veterans. This plan is regularly reviewed and updated to ensure its effectiveness.

We encourage protected veterans to self-identify during the application process. This information is strictly confidential and will only be used for reporting and compliance purposes as required by law. Providing this information is voluntary and will not impact your employment eligibility.

Our commitment to equal employment opportunity extends beyond legal compliance. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees, including protected veterans, are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness.

Accommodations

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. If you need to discuss reasonable accommodations, please email [e-mail].