Requirements Specialist

Nightwing; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k

PTO

Job summary

Nightwing in Sterling, VA is seeking a Requirements Specialist to translate business objectives into clear technical requirements and act as a liaison between customers, end-users, and developers.

The role involves eliciting, analyzing, validating, and documenting needs to create a structured set of requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for project planning, design, and development. TS/SCI with Polygraph is required Day 1.

Qualifications

• Gathers, analyzes, validates, and documents stakeholder needs.
• Translates business objectives into actionable technical requirements.
• Creates requirements documents, user stories, and technical specs.
• Ensures alignment across design, development, and testing teams.

Responsibilities

• Interview, facilitate workshops, and gather information from diverse stakeholders.
• Translate gathered information into comprehensive specifications for planning, design, and development.
• Create detailed requirements documents, user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specs.
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure requirements are implementable.
• Support system-level requirements analysis and integration across architecture components.
• Contribute to requirement engineering standards, templates, and best practices.
• Ensure all teams stay aligned with the latest requirements.

Skills

Stakeholder liaison

Requirements analysis

Documentation

Acceptance criteria

Job description

Sterling, VA

Full time

JR102054

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

• Nightwing is looking to hire a Requirements Specialist who will translate business objectives into clear, actionable technical requirements. The ideal candidate will act as a liaison between stakeholders, such as customers, end-users, and developers, to ensure that project objectives are clearly defined and understood by all parties involved. This involves eliciting, analyzing, validating, and documenting the needs and expectations of the stakeholders to create a structured set of requirements.

What You Will Get to Do:

• Interview, facilitate workshops, and gather information from diverse stakeholders.

• Translate gathered information into comprehensive, actionable specifications to serve as the foundation for project planning, design, and development phases, ultimately guiding the execution and delivery of a product or service that meets the intended goals.

• Create detailed requirements documents, user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications.

• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure requirements are implementable.

• Support system-level requirements analysis, allocation, and integration across complex architecture components.

• Contribute to the development of requirement engineering standards, templates, and best practices.

• Ensure all teams stay aligned with the latest requirements.

TS/SCI with Polygraph Required Day 1

Salary & Benefits

The salary associated with this position ($99,000-$206,000) is commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications, years of relevant experience, and demonstrated level of expertise. Compensation will be determined based on these factors to ensure alignment with skills, responsibilities, and market standards.

• Nightwing offers medical, vision and dental insurance coverage in addition to a 401k plan, PTO, Holidays, and additional insurances.

Nightwing is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

Previously part of a leading Fortune 100 company and headquartered in Dulles, VA; Nightwing became independent in 2024 but continues to support the nation’s most mission impactful initiatives.

When we formed Nightwing, we brought a deep set of credentials and an unfaltering commitment to the mission. For over four decades, our team has been providing some of the world’s most technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence support services to the U.S. government on its most important missions.

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.