IT Requirements Analyst

Agile Defense; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K with company match

PTO & paid holidays

Annual tuition/training assistance

Referral bonus of $2,000

Job summary

A national security firm in Washington, DC is seeking an IT Requirements Analyst to support a federal client’s program. The analyst will engage in IT support to gather user requirements, define detailed user functional needs, and assess technical systems. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in IT requirements management, along with an active Top Secret clearance. The role offers a competitive benefits package including health and quarterly bonuses.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in IT requirements management.
• Experience with intelligence-focused operational environments.
• Knowledge of federal government cloud industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide IT support to operational requirements and programs.
• Define and document business and functional user requirements.
• Draft business and functional documentation for various stakeholders.

Skills

IT requirements management

Systems Development

Business Analysis

Interpersonal Skills

Attention to detail

Lead initiatives

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Master's degree in Technology Management or related field (Preferred)

Tools

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

SharePoint

Job description

Requisition: 1169

Contract: NSB IT

Title: IT Requirements Analyst

Clearance: Top Secret/SCI – CI Polygraph

Location: Washington, DC

Referral Bonus Eligible: $2,000

Overview

Agile Defense is an award‑winning national security company with an immediate opening for an IT Requirements Analyst to support a federal client’s national security program. The Analyst will provide IT support to the client’s operational requirements and various priority programs.

Responsibilities

• The selectee shall provide technical IT support to a priority national security program as follows:
  • Provide user requirements support in the definition process to collect, identify, define, aggregate, conceptualize, and prioritize strategic and near‑term requirements.
  • Define and document detailed business and functional user requirements, collected through interviews, workshops, and existing systems documentation and procedures, to evaluate legacy systems, business processes, applications, and data for potential cloud migration.
  • Regularly assess technical systems and monitor systems development efforts to evaluate risks, ensure alignment with current technology trends, and to identify and recommend areas for improvement, cost savings, consolidation, and retirement/replacement.
  • Meet with stakeholders throughout the organization and serve as an interface for the collection, tracking, and management of operational user requirements for multiple enterprise IT capabilities and systems.
  • Analyze technical and functional systems documentation to identify key points and discover potential problems.
  • Draft business and functional documentation such as mission needs, concepts of operation, cost benefit analyses, impact assessments, and workflow diagrams.
  • Prepare reports, briefing materials, talking points, and other documents, often on short notice, for the Executive Staff regarding IT issues.
  • Use strong written, oral, and presentation skills to provide updates to leadership and management regarding current IT projects and initiatives.

Security Clearance

Active Top Secret clearance is required at time of application. Candidate must have the ability to successfully complete a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph examination if CI Poly has not been recorded within the past five years.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or an IT‑related field. However, if highly relevant experience required in the position description can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the government, then a 4‑year Bachelor’s degree in a non‑IT field may be acceptable.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT requirements management (development, review and analysis), Systems Development, Systems Management, and/or IT Business Analysis.
• Experience within an Intelligence‑focused operational environment (defense, national security, and/or law enforcement).
• Experience drafting documentation and presenting information to executive management audiences regarding systems operations, technical and functional requirements, processes, and methodologies.
• Experience with big data and data warehousing.
• Experience supporting successful migration paths toward distributed processing and cloud‑based services (IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS) and their application within federal government community frameworks, such as IC‑ITE GovCloud, IC‑ITE C2S, MS Azure, and/or Amazon Web Services.
• Ability to proactively manage multiple high‑visibility tasks in a fast‑paced environment, and work with diverse teams with competing interests to reach consensus on best paths forward.
• Ability to translate and communicate complex subject matter between technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Outstanding writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated leadership and strong initiative.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Proficiency in MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
• Familiarity with federal government cloud industry standards, guidelines and regulatory/compliance requirements such as ISO 27001, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), NIST 800‑53, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Technology Management, Business Administration, or a related IT field.
• Relevant certifications - SCRUM Product Owner/ScrumMaster, Project Management (CAPM/PMP).
• Technical experience with IC‑ITE GovCloud, IC‑ITE C2S, Amazon Web Services, and other community or emerging cloud frameworks.
• Expertise with the variations of public, private, hybrid, multi, and distributed cloud models and their application within the IC and federal law enforcement environments.
• Experience with analytic/knowledge management platforms such as Microsoft Power BI.

Benefits

As a direct employee of Agile Defense, you would receive a benefit package that includes health/dental/vision insurance coverage, 401K with company match, PTO & paid holidays, and annual tuition/training assistance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities