Lead Requirements Analyst with Security Clearance

Five Stones Research Corporation; Portsmouth (VA); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Matching

Dental Insurance

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Five Stones Research Corporation is seeking experienced requirements professionals to join our hybrid Portsmouth team. The role focuses on leading requirements development, analysis, and documentation for Coast Guard C5I programs, ensuring baselines, traceability, and compliance.

Ideal candidates will have 5+ years in requirements, strong collaboration with government and engineers, and experience with enterprise RM tools like LAUNCH PAD.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in a technical or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of five years in requirements development, analysis, or documentation for complex systems.
• Experience leading technical teams and delivering assigned work.
• Proven collaboration with Government customers, engineers and stakeholders.
• Experience using LAUNCH PAD or comparable enterprise RM systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication for reports and briefs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a team performing requirements development, analysis, management, documentation and communication for Coast Guard C5I programs.
• Collaborate with Government personnel, system engineers, leads and stakeholders to refine baselines.
• Develop high-quality requirements, specifications and supporting docs per standards.
• Elicit requirements via meetings, interviews, and stakeholder engagement.
• Analyze and maintain requirements for completeness, traceability and compliance.
• Manage lifecycle, baselines, change control, configuration management and traceability.
• Maintain requirements data in LAUNCH PAD and repositories.
• Develop requirements models, WBS, use cases, data dictionaries and templates.
• Identify gaps, risks and data deficiencies; provide recommendations.
• Produce reports, metrics, briefings and documentation for decisions.
• Support Enterprise Requirements Library content and inventories.
• Provide technical guidance and QA oversight to junior analysts.
• Prepare status updates, LOE estimates and risk assessments for leadership.
• Participate in on-site and virtual IPTs, reviews and meetings.
• Perform CONUS travel as required.

Skills

Requirements development

Requirements analysis

Team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation

CONUS travel

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Position Overview Type: Full-Time, Exempt Location: Portsmouth, VA; Hybrid Travel: Some expected, < 25% Clearance: Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance Work Authorization: U.S. Citizenship required Summary/Objective Five Stones Research Corporation (5SRC) is seeking energetic candidates to join our established and growing Huntsville-headquartered team. THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD.

Essential Functions

• Lead and coordinate a team performing requirements development, analysis, management, documentation, and communication activities supporting Coast Guard C5I programs.


• Collaborate with Government personnel, system engineers, technical leads, and stakeholders to develop, refine, and maintain system requirements and requirements baselines.


• Develop high-quality requirements, specifications, and supporting documentation in accordance with established engineering and C5ISC standards.


• Conduct requirements elicitation activities through meetings, interviews, technical discussions, document reviews, and stakeholder engagement.


• Analyze, organize, validate, and maintain requirements to ensure completeness, consistency, traceability, and compliance with applicable standards.


• Manage requirements throughout the lifecycle, including baseline development, change control, configuration management, and traceability.


• Maintain requirements data within Government-approved Requirements Management Systems, including LAUNCH PAD and associated repositories.


• Develop and maintain requirements models, work breakdown structures, use cases, templates, data dictionaries, and other supporting artifacts.


• Identify requirements gaps, conflicts, dependencies, risks, and data deficiencies, and develop recommendations for resolution and continuous improvement.


• Produce reports, metrics, briefings, templates, and other documentation supporting requirements management activities and program decision-making.


• Support the development and maintenance of Enterprise Requirements Library content, requirements inventories, and associated documentation.


• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and quality assurance oversight to junior analysts and project team members.


• Prepare project status updates, level-of-effort estimates, risk assessments, and recommendations for Government leadership.


• Participate in on-site and virtual technical meetings, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), reviews, and working groups.


• Perform CONUS travel, as required, to support customer meetings, collaboration activities, and program execution.

Required Education and Experience

• Associate degree in a technical, engineering, business, information technology, or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.


• Minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting requirements development, requirements analysis, requirements management, or requirements documentation for complex technical or information systems.


• Experience leading or coordinating technical teams and managing work assignments and deliverables.


• Demonstrated proficiency in requirements development, analysis, management, and documentation.


• Experience working collaboratively with Government customers, engineers, technical leads, and cross-functional stakeholders.


• Experience using LAUNCH PAD or a comparable enterprise Requirements Management System.


• Experience developing and maintaining requirements traceability, requirements baselines, and configuration-controlled documentation.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare technical reports, briefings, and requirements documentation.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint).


• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid work environment and travel within CONUS as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, engineering, business, or related discipline.


• Experience supporting the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, or other Federal Government organizations.


• Experience supporting Systems Engineering Life Cycle (SELC) activities.


• Experience developing Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs), Operational Requirements Documents (ORDs), System Requirements Documents (SRDs), Interface Control Documents (ICDs), or similar engineering artifacts.


• Familiarity with requirements modeling techniques, UML, SysML, or LML.


• Experience supporting C5I, enterprise IT, or systems engineering programs.


• Experience briefing technical information to Government stakeholders and senior leadership.

What We Offer

• 401(k) Matching


• Company Events


• Dental Insurance


• Employee Recognition Programs


• Health Insurance


• Life Insurance


• Paid Time Off


• Parental Leave


• Performance Incentives


• Student Loan Repayment


• Tuition Reimbursement


• Vision Insurance

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 business days. If a candidate has not been selected at that time, it will continue to be posted until a suitable candidate is selected or the position is closed. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Salary range: $86,000 - $110,000