Remote Requirements Lead – Federal Health BA

RockITdata; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

rockITdata seeks a Requirements Management Lead / Business Analyst to support a major federal health modernization initiative. You will translate government needs into clear requirements, drive traceability, and coordinate across business users, architects, developers, and testers to ensure successful system implementations.

Ideal candidates have strong facilitation, analytical, and communication skills, and experience across the full software lifecycle, with federal health domain experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• 5 years of experience in business analysis, requirements management, or systems analysis in complex technology environments.
• Experience gathering, documenting, and managing functional and technical requirements throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Experience developing requirements traceability matrices, business process documentation, workflow diagrams, and functional specifications.
• Strong facilitation, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills across technical and business teams.
• Experience supporting Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or hybrid software development methodologies is preferred.
• Experience supporting VA, VHA, DHA, or other Federal healthcare organizations, health IT, telehealth, or Federal program management is preferred.
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA), or similar certification is preferred.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Level 3 Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering, analysis, validation, and documentation activities across multiple project workstreams.
• Facilitate stakeholder interviews, discovery sessions, workshops, and JAD meetings to identify business and technical requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and manage the Contractor Requirements Traceability Matrix (CRTM) to ensure complete traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Analyze business processes and recommend technology solutions that improve operational efficiency and support customer objectives.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, testers, and project managers to ensure requirements are fully understood, implemented, and validated.
• Evaluate requested requirement changes, perform impact analyses, and support formal change control processes.
• Prepare business process documentation, functional specifications, workflow diagrams, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Support Integrated Design Reviews (IDR), Functional Readiness Reviews (FRR), and executive governance meetings by preparing requirements documentation and status reporting.
• Identify risks, gaps, and dependencies associated with business requirements and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Promote continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline requirements management and business analysis processes.

Skills

Facilitation

Analytical

Communication

Education

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

Job description

rockITdata seeks a Requirements Management Lead / Business Analyst to support a major federal health modernization initiative. You will translate government needs into clear requirements, drive traceability, and coordinate across business users, architects, developers, and testers to ensure successful system implementations.

Ideal candidates have strong facilitation, analytical, and communication skills, and experience across the full software lifecycle, with federal health domain experience