Functional Business Analyst

KC; United States; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Karthik Consulting, LLC is seeking a Functional Business Analyst to convert maintenance needs into clear software requirements for IMDS CDB / MSM. You will analyze problems, define expected behavior, and coordinate validation and training with users, developers and testers.

The role is contingent on award with a salary range of $95,000-$105,000. Work can be remote or hybrid, with required onboarding attendance at Montgomery/Gunter Annex.

Qualifications

• Translate maintenance workflows into stories, validation rules and acceptance criteria.
• Document acceptance criteria, data examples and Definition of Ready inputs.
• Publish approved workarounds and coordinate training with users and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Mission-process analysis: translate workflows into stories and validation rules.
• Backlog and functional validation: document criteria and results; support government acceptance.
• User support and knowledge transfer: publish workarounds, train users and create backlog items.

Skills

Functional requirement analysis

Requirements gathering

Validation

Training materials

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems, business analysis, maintenance/logistics or related field

Tools

Jira/Azure DevOps

Remedy/ServiceNow

Job description

Position Summary

The Functional Business Analyst will turn maintenance and readiness needs into clear software requirements and usable support guidance for IMDS CDB / IMDS-MSM. You will investigate functional problems, specify expected behavior, and coordinate validation and training with users, developers and independent testers. This position is contingent based on award, with an anticipated salary range of $95,000-$105,000 based on candidate qualifications and final contract requirements.

Work Environment

• Work Location: Remote/hybrid eligible; Montgomery/Gunter Annex attendance for onboarding, reviews and mission events.
• Security Clearance: Active Secret
• Salary: $95K-$105K

Compensation

Karthik Consulting is committed to providing competitive compensation based on the responsibilities of the role, required qualifications, security clearance level, relevant experience, certifications, customer requirements, geographic location, and overall business needs. The salary range listed for this position represents a good-faith estimate of the current compensation range for this role.

At Karthik Consulting, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range. Final compensation decisions are based on the facts and circumstances of each candidate's experience, qualifications, certifications, clearance level, contract requirements, and overall alignment with the role.

Benefits

• Employees may be eligible for company benefits and additional compensation programs, subject to company policy, contract requirements, and individual eligibility.

Program Scope and Description

IMDS supports Air Force maintenance documentation, scheduling, personnel qualifications and aircraft/equipment history. The disclosed baseline distinguishes the Micro Focus COBOL Central Data Base (CDB) from the C# Maintenance Scheduling Module (MSM), with hosting on Cloud One Azure.

Functional ownership of assigned maintenance documentation, discrepancy/corrective-action, scheduling, qualification and historical-record rules. Work connects CDB/MSM users to developers and independent testers; assigned exchanges include CEMS, REMIS, FMxC2 and BLADE.

Key Responsibilities

Mission-process analysis

• Translate maintenance discrepancy, corrective-action and component-replacement workflows into specific stories, validation rules and acceptance scenarios.
• Analyze DAFI 21-101-based scheduling, personnel-qualification checks and aircraft-history requirements; identify how a change affects CDB/MSM users.
• Investigate data/workflow problems across assigned exchanges, and define expected offline/reconnection behavior without assuming developer or release-authority duties.

Backlog and functional validation

• Document traceable stories, acceptance criteria, data examples and Definition of Ready inputs in approved tools; Government stakeholders retain priority and readiness decisions.
• Perform assigned business validation only when qualified and independent from code authorship; record expected/actual results and support Government-led acceptance.

User support and knowledge transfer

• Resolve escalated functional questions, publish approved workarounds and turn recurring issues into actionable backlog items with the FAS or organic support interface.
• Prepare user manuals, release guidance, job aids and training; undertake program-office FSA duties only under a separate trained assignment and approved coverage plan.

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems, business analysis, maintenance/logistics or a related field preferred. Relevant military, operational or technical experience may be considered only where permitted by the applicable contract labor category.

Professional Certifications

• Business-analysis, Agile or relevant maintenance/calibration credentials preferred. FSA training/readiness is mandatory only when FSA duties are assigned; other credentials follow the approved work-role mapping.

Minimum Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Air Force maintenance documentation/scheduling or closely comparable maintenance operations, and ability to translate those processes into software requirements.
• Ability to document business rules, data examples, acceptance criteria and user-impact analysis instead of passing an unrefined request to developers.
• Experience investigating application/workflow issues and explaining reproducible symptoms to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Ability to prepare usable training/support material and perform assigned objective business validation without accepting your own code.
• Possess or obtain and maintain Secret clearance before Government system or facility access, and complete required investigation, CAC, access and security training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct IMDS CDB/MSM, CEMS/REMIS, maintenance analysis or unit-level production-user support.
• Jira/Azure DevOps, Remedy/ServiceNow or equivalent work-tracking experience; release validation and train-the-trainer support.