Requirements Analyst

Capella Partners LLC; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Capella Partners LLC is seeking a Requirements Analyst to support the Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS) for OUSD(P&R). You will turn operational needs into clear requirements and work with government stakeholders, users, and technical teams to sustain and modernize DRRS.

You’ll gather and document requirements, lead interviews, translate needs into user stories, maintain traceability, support testing, and surface trends to improve quality and process across the program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in IT, computer science, systems engineering, data analytics, or related field.
• 5+ years of requirements, business, or systems analysis in a DoD or federal environment.
• Ability to translate complex operational needs into clear requirements for technical teams.
• Strong analytical, written/verbal communication, and meeting-facilitation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).
• Ability to obtain and maintain the required security clearance and access credentials.
• Preferred: DRRS or DoD readiness-reporting experience, Agile/Scrum, Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and document business, functional, technical, and reporting requirements.
• Lead interviews and working sessions with stakeholders, end users, and technical teams.
• Translate readiness needs into user stories, use cases, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain requirements traceability and support backlog refinement, release planning, and change control.
• Support functional and user acceptance testing to validate delivered capabilities.
• Analyze readiness data to surface trends, risks, and opportunities to improve quality and process.

Skills

Requirements analysis

Stakeholder interviewing

Documentation

User stories & use cases

Backlog refinement

Testing support

Analytical thinking

Communication

MS Office

Security clearance

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT, computer science, systems engineering, data analytics, or a related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

Capella Partners is hiring aRequirements Analystto support the Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS) for OUSD(P&R) — the system DoD leaders rely on to assess and report military readiness. You’ll turn operational needs into clear requirements that shape how DRRS is sustained and modernized, working shoulder-to-shoulder with government stakeholders, users, and technical teams.

What you’ll do

• Gather, analyze, and document business, functional, technical, and reporting requirements.
• Lead interviews and working sessions with stakeholders, end users, and technical teams.
• Translate readiness needs into user stories, use cases, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain requirements traceability and support backlog refinement, release planning, and change control.
• Support functional and user acceptance testing to validate delivered capabilities.
• Analyze readiness data to surface trends, risks, and opportunities to improve quality and process.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, computer science, systems engineering, data analytics, or a related field.
• 5+ years in requirements, business, or systems analysis in a DoD or federal environment.
• Proven ability to translate complex operational needs into clear requirements for technical teams.
• Strong analytical, written/verbal communication, and meeting-facilitation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).
• Ability to obtain and maintain the required security clearance and access credentials.
• Preferred:DRRS or DoD readiness-reporting experience, Agile/Scrum, or tools like Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps.

Why Capella

• We invest in our people — reflected in a 99.9% retention rate — on mission-critical work that supports national defense, with small-business agility that makes your impact visible from day one.

Capella Partners LLC is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds. Employment decisions are made without regard to any status protected by applicable law, and reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process.