Senior SAFe & Enterprise Analysis Lead

Credence

Arlington (VA)

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 185,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Credence is seeking an accomplished Senior Business/Functional Analyst to serve as a SETA advisor to DoD program leadership in a hybrid Virginia workplace. You will oversee contractor artifacts, enforce requirements and SAFe practices, and lead high-level discovery for long-range capabilities.

The role demands deep experience with APIs, data models, and CDRL reviews, plus Jira/Confluence proficiency. The ideal candidate has 15+ years in enterprise software analysis, strong agile/SAFe mastery,

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Systems Engineering, or related analytical discipline.
Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in business/systems analysis or functional architecture on large enterprise software programs.
Proven track record guiding, mentoring, or assessing enterprise agile delivery and ceremonies within SAFe and Scrum frameworks.
Proven skill leading discovery, scoping, and roadmap elicitation for complex, ambiguous future-state capabilities.
Expert knowledge of user story conventions and structured acceptance criteria (Given/When/Then, Gherkin, BDD).
Advanced proficiency in Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence).
Active U.S. Government security clearance (Secret or higher preferred)

Responsibilities

Artifact & Backlog Auditing: Audit contractor epics, stories, and acceptance criteria to enforce INVEST standards, DoR/DoD, and mission alignment.
Demonstration & Acceptance Verification: Evaluate vendor sprint reviews, demos, and increments against contractual requirements prior to government sign-off.
Non-Functional Verification: Partner with enterprise architects to verify stories incorporate throughput, data integrity, error-handling, and idempotency needs.
Product Lead Support: Serve as primary functional evaluator supporting the Product Lead in reviewing formal contractor deliverables and CDRL items.
Rigorous Document Analysis: Critically evaluate contract deliverables and provide constructive feedback to vendors and insights to government leads.
Lead targeted discovery and elicitation sessions for complex capabilities far out on the roadmap.
Engage operational leads to translate policy mandates and CONOPS into functional baselines.
Author white papers, roadmaps, and user journeys to de-risk future capabilities before engineering handoff.