Business Systems Analyst

Accountabilities

• • Facilitate detailed requirements sessions with business users, subject-matter experts, technical teams, and other stakeholders to understand objectives, constraints, and system needs.
  • Ask targeted and probing questions to uncover business rules, data requirements, dependencies, assumptions, exceptions, and key decision points.
  • Independently investigate complex topics, identify information gaps, conduct research, and engage appropriate subject-matter experts to develop complete and accurate deliverables.
  • Develop epics, features, user stories, business requirements, functional requirements, business rules, and detailed acceptance criteria that provide sufficient direction for development and testing.
  • Analyze business processes and application behavior, documenting current-state and future-state workflows and identifying opportunities for improvement.
  • Create detailed analytical artifacts, including process flows, swim lane diagrams, workflow diagrams, and current-to-future-state models.
  • Analyze how data elements, business conditions, rules, and dependencies influence application behavior and operational workflows.
  • Collaborate with solution architects, developers, project managers, and technical teams when requirements require deeper technical investigation or clarification.
  • Maintain traceability between requirements, development activities, testing, and intended business outcomes.
  • Support enterprise application modernization, technology governance, standards, procedures, and other strategic technology initiatives as needed.
  • Produce clear, accurate, professional technical and business documentation from limited or fragmented source information.

  Requirements

  • Active Secret Security Clearance or higher is required.
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst, Systems Engineer, Senior Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Functional Analyst, or similar technology-focused role.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting software development or enterprise application initiatives, preferably within complex organizational environments.
  • Strong requirements elicitation, critical thinking, research, and analytical capabilities, with the ability to independently identify gaps and determine what additional information is required.
  • Proven ability to develop detailed requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, process models, and workflow documentation.
  • Strong understanding of business processes, functional system behavior, workflows, data requirements, dependencies, and business rules.
  • Exceptional professional and technical writing skills, including the ability to synthesize substantial information into concise, accurate, and well-structured documentation.
  • Ability to understand complex technical concepts and communicate them effectively to executives, business stakeholders, architects, developers, and other technical audiences.
  • Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across business and technical teams.
  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum environments and the ability to contribute effectively without relying primarily on Scrum facilitation or backlog-management responsibilities.
  • Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Dataverse, Power Automate, Power BI, or SharePoint, is a plus.
  • Experience modernizing legacy enterprise applications, developing governance frameworks, policies, procedures, SOPs, or technology standards is advantageous.
  • Familiarity with application lifecycle management, enterprise technology governance, and direct collaboration with solution architects and development teams is preferred.
  • U.S. citizenship is required for positions involving government security clearances and certain restricted assignments.

  Benefits

  • Salary: $115,000–$145,000 per year, with final compensation based on factors including experience, education, skills, responsibilities, and market conditions.
  • Remote work: Fully remote position within the United States.
  • Health insurance coverage.
  • Dental and vision insurance plans.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Company-paid holidays.
  • Paid time off (PTO).
  • Retirement plan with multiple investment options.
  • Opportunity to work on enterprise application modernization, technology strategy, and governance initiatives.
  • Collaborative environment spanning business, project management, architecture, development, and technical teams.
  • Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity.