Lead Business Systems Analyst - Federal Acquisition

Accountabilities:

• • Lead discovery and requirements-definition activities for acquisition planning and pre-award workflows, including PWS development, market research, acquisition planning, and clause-selection processes.
  • Analyze acquisition-process data using Python and SQL to validate business rules, identify exceptions, substantiate requirements, and support process-improvement recommendations.
  • Document current-state processes, business rules, pain points, controls, data requirements, dependencies, and stakeholder handoffs.
  • Design future-state workflows that reduce manual effort while improving consistency, traceability, control, and operational efficiency.
  • Facilitate stakeholder workshops, reconcile competing inputs, and translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and decision-ready recommendations.
  • Identify practical opportunities for AI, automation, digital forms, Microsoft Power Platform, and integrated data solutions while accounting for human review, policy, security, and compliance requirements.
  • Guide junior business analysts and collaborate closely with solution designers and engineering teams throughout design, prototyping, testing, and user-acceptance activities.
  • Remain actively involved in analysis, documentation, stakeholder engagement, and delivery rather than operating solely in a management capacity.
  • Prepare high-quality client materials, process documentation, recommendations, and implementation guidance for senior federal stakeholders.
  • Contribute to modernization initiatives involving multiple systems, stakeholder groups, organizational units, and complex business processes.

  Requirements:

  • 7+ years of relevant experience in business analysis, business transformation, acquisition modernization, management consulting, or a related field.
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • Hands-on experience using Python for data preparation and analysis and SQL to query, join, validate, and interpret data in support of requirements and process redesign.
  • Working knowledge of federal acquisition and pre-award processes, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), PWS development, market research, and acquisition planning.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex requirements-definition and process-redesign initiatives for software, automation, digital transformation, or modernization programs.
  • Ability to lead through influence while remaining hands-on with analysis, process documentation, workshops, requirements, and delivery details.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sense of ambiguous business problems and translate them into practical solutions.
  • Strong communication and facilitation skills, including the ability to work directly with federal stakeholders and synthesize diverse perspectives into clear recommendations.
  • Experience supporting a federal contracting office or advising federal acquisition organizations is preferred.
  • Management consulting or professional-services experience within complex transformation programs is preferred.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform, SharePoint/Microsoft 365, data and API concepts, or other low-code and automation environments from a business analyst perspective is a plus.
  • Experience using generative AI or LLM tools for acquisition, research, requirements, process redesign, or prototype development is advantageous.
  • Experience with large-scale modernization initiatives involving multiple systems, stakeholder groups, or organizational units is preferred.
  • Must be able to successfully complete the background investigation, suitability, credentialing, and system-access requirements applicable to a Moderate Risk Public Trust position.

  Benefits:

  • Full-time W2 employment.
  • Primarily remote work within the United States.
  • Monday-Friday schedule, 40 hours per week.
  • Required availability during Department of the Interior core hours of 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. ET.
  • Occasional travel to federal locations based on project requirements.
  • Opportunity to contribute to federal modernization initiatives involving data, automation, low-code solutions, and generative AI.
  • Opportunity to work across business analysis, process transformation, technology, and digital modernization.
  • Compensation and additional benefits were not specified in the source job description.