Business Analyst SME

Socket.dev; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis is seeking a senior Business Analyst / Business Process Architect to lead requirements elicitation, business-process analysis and workflow modernization for USFWS International Affairs.

You will collaborate with program, scientific, legal and technical SMEs to define clear, traceable requirements and translate them into PRD and technical-spec inputs. The role emphasizes BPMN 2.0 process models and DMN decision logic in a federal setting.

Qualifications

• Senior BA with 8–12+ years in business analysis and process architecture.
• Hands-on BPMN 2.0 is a must-have with DMN experience preferred.
• Proven requirements traceability from business needs to implementation.
• Experience writing Agile user stories and acceptance criteria.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements workshops with program, scientific, legal and technical SMEs.
• Develop functional and nonfunctional requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Establish requirement IDs, source, rationale, priority and traceability.
• Write deterministic Given/When/Then acceptance criteria.
• Maintain requirements traceability matrices and data models.
• Create BPMN 2.0 process models and DMN decision logic.

Skills

BPMN 2.0

DMN

Requirements traceability

Agile user stories

APIs

JSON

Schemas

Data models

Experience with developers/architects

Tools

OpenAPI

REST APIs

JSON Schema

Job description

We are a federal IT company on a mission to make customer experience (CX) the center of every government solution.

Technology is our Passion. People are our Purpose.

We know tech, but we love people. NuAxis is home to thinkers and feelers; engineers and artists. We work hard and support each other along the way. Teamwork is more than just a buzzword for us, it’s a state of mind.

We believe happy employees do amazing work, so join our team NOW! We are currently seeking a talented and motivatedBusiness Analyst SME for a Full-Time position.

Role Summary

We are seeking a senior Business Analyst / Business Process Architect to lead requirements elicitation, business-process analysis and workflow modernization for USFWS International Affairs.

Responsibilities:

• Lead requirements workshops with program, scientific, legal and technical SMEs.
• Develop functional and nonfunctional requirements.
• Establish requirement IDs, source, rationale, priority and traceability.
• Write deterministic acceptance criteria, including Given/When/Then.
• Maintain requirements traceability matrices.
• Analyze current-state and future-state value streams.
• Quantify delays, bottlenecks, rework and non-value-added steps.
• Develop BPMN 2.0 process models.
• Develop decision logic using DMN where applicable.
• Define process pools, lanes, gateways and exception paths.
• Translate business requirements into PRD and technical-specification inputs.
• Define forms and data requirements.
• Support RJSF form/schema specifications.Support OpenAPI/interface and data-model requirements.
• Ensure requirements are sufficiently precise for human developers and AI coding agents.

Recommended Recruiting Qualifications

• 8–12+ years as Senior BA, Business Process Analyst, Systems Analyst or Process Architect.
• Hands-on BPMN 2.0 experience is a must-have.
• DMN experience strongly preferred.
• Requirements traceability.
• Agile user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Value-stream/process-improvement experience.Understanding of APIs, JSON, schemas and data models.
• Experience working directly with developers/architects.
• Federal or regulatory environment preferred.
• Government modernization/case-management/permitting experience strongly preferred.

Our Profile:

We are an IT company with a unique mission—to make people the center of every federal IT solution. Our technologists have always gone the extra mile to help our federal clients succeed. And over the years, we saw a growing disconnect in how federal IT initiatives were built and managed.Time after time, programs failed because the focus was on the tools and products and not the people using them.Learn More..

NuAxis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Learn More about our Benefits and Culture!

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