Business Systems Analyst – SME (Team 01)

PAE Government Services Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Top-Secret cleared Business Systems Analyst to join our Washington, DC team. You will help accelerate operations through data analysis, requirements management, and agile practices within a national security context.

You will lead gathering and documenting user needs, define backlogs, and work with cross-functional teams to improve usability and decision support. A minimum 10 years of experience and a TS clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Gathering and analyzing business requirements supporting application development leveraging end-user requirements and decomposing those into well-structured requirements (epics/stories)
• Analyzing current business process/flow and providing recommendations for improvements
• Confidently communicating and validating requirements with relevant stakeholders
• Working knowledge of requirements management tools (Such as JIRA, TFS, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Lead collection, capture, and management of mission user needs from prioritization through concept development, and user story writing to support development and deployment.
• Facilitate the gathering of business focused requirements to support a product team and product owner in defining the backlog and ensuring the users perspective is considered.
• Focus requirements gathering on improved usability, user experience, and driving user adoption and engagement.
• Identify core business needs and decompose and document in concepts of operation, story maps, briefings, and user stories; document business rules and construct workflow diagrams as needed.
• Provide consultation on complex projects while considering the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Agile/SAFe

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

TFS

Job description

Purpose and Impact

Amentum is searching for a Top-Secret cleared Business Systems Analyst to join our team in Washington, DC. You will be working in an organization that’s mission is to accelerate operations through data and new analytical insights. The entire section leverages agile and works to provide enhanced reporting and global searching capabilities to facilitate task management, cross-utilization, and address national intelligence priorities while protecting confidential data and sources. You will collect, capture, and manage mission user needs from prioritization through concept development, and user story writing to support development and deployment. You will work with a fully integrated software development team practicing Agile software development to include software architects, software engineers, cloud engineers, test engineers and help desk specialists. This position requires strong analytical and problem‑solving skills and the ability to consult on complex projects while considering the business implications of technology decisions to the current and future business environment.

Work Schedule

Typically, Monday through Friday 8‑hour days onsite. Flexibility within 2-week pay period to reach 80 hours.

Essential Responsibilities

Lead collection, capture, and management of mission user needs from prioritization through concept development, and user story writing to support development and deployment. Facilitate the gathering of business focused requirements to support a product team and product owner in defining the backlog and ensuring the users perspective is considered. Focus requirements gathering on improved usability, user experience, and driving user adoption and engagement. Identify core business needs and decompose and document in concepts of operation, story maps, briefings, and user stories; document business rules and construct workflow diagrams as needed. Provide consultation on complex projects while considering the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment. Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret documents. Ability to solve problems involving several options in situations. Requires intermediate analytical and quantitative skills. Possesses and applies comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments. Plans and leads major technology assignments. Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success. Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments. May supervise others.

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Gathering and analyzing business requirements supporting application development leveraging end-user requirements and decomposing those into well-structured requirements (epics/stories)
• Analyzing current business process/flow and providing recommendations for improvements
• Confidently communicating and validating requirements with relevant stakeholders
• Working knowledge of requirements management tools (Such as JIRA, TFS, etc.)

Clearance Required

Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Business or other related field. In absence of degree, additional years of experience may be substituted for educational requirements

Minimum Years of Experience

Minimum of 10 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Agile and or/SAFE certifications
• Cloud certifications
• Experience with Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, etc.)
• Experience with SAFe Agile Principles #javelin

Safety

Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self‑aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality

Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance

Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Compensation Details

US:$180,000 - $190,000 The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good‑faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax‑saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Original Posting

10/15/2026 - Until Filled Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low‑income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

Company Background

For more than 100 years, Amentum has tackled the world’s toughest challenges to deliver agile and steadfast solutions to the U.S. government and its allies. With more than 50,000 employees on all seven continents and in more than 60 countries, Amentum delivers a broad range of operational support services to meet the critical needs of our clients. Our headquarters are in Chantilly, VA.

Contact / URLs

Find us online at https://www.amentum.com/

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