Business Systems Analyst

Bigbear.ai - Washington, DC

Full-time - Mid Level

Washington, DC

About the position

BigBear.ai seeks a Business Systems Analyst to join our Technical Requirements Team (TRT). In this role, you will ensure our client's IT products meet customer needs and align with business objectives. You will support the TRT and its leadership by identifying, eliciting, and breaking down requirements. Additionally, you will facilitate team and customer meetings, promoting effective communication through both verbal and written documentation. Working in a dynamic Agile and DevSecOps environment, your ability to proactively adapt and contribute will be crucial. This environment offers a unique opportunity for personal and professional growth, as your ultimate goal is to enhance your team's impact by delivering innovative, essential software products. As a Business Systems Analyst, you will be responsible for analyzing and understanding business needs and translating them into governance artifacts and product backlog items. You will perform Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs) and assess courses of action by a variety of factors including value, cost, feasibility, and risk. Your role will also involve performing estimation and complexity assessments of customer IT requests, creating and managing conceptual delivery schedules and product roadmaps, and generating and managing artifacts and knowledge bases. You will assist in test planning and management, facilitate and refine team-level ceremonies, and identify, map, and track dependencies internal and external to the team. Collaboration with cross-functional teams will be essential to ensure efficient product development and delivery, utilizing product management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and M365 to accomplish daily duties.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing and understanding business needs and translating them into governance artifacts and product backlog items.
• Performing Analyses of Alternatives (AoAs) and assessing courses of action by various factors including value, cost, feasibility, and risk.
• Performing estimation and complexity assessments of customer IT requests.
• Creation and management of conceptual delivery schedules and product roadmaps.
• Generating and managing artifacts and knowledge bases.
• Generating and managing body of evidence (BOE) generation and submission.
• Assisting in test planning and management.
• Facilitating and refining team-level ceremonies.
• Identifying, mapping, and tracking dependencies internal and external to the team.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure efficient product development and delivery.
• Utilizing product management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and M365 to accomplish daily duties.

Requirements

• Must possess and maintain a TS-SCI clearance.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience working on, or in direct support of a software development team or in an enterprise architecture organization.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• A general understanding of popular backend and frontend technologies.
• Experience working in Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Familiarity with Cloud environments, particularly AWS.
• Experience with Confluence and Jira.
• Experience with the Microsoft 365 (M365) suite.
• Experience in backlog management, including Epic, Feature, User Story development, and refinement.
• Strong verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and build strong relationships with team members.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity and experience performing analysis of alternatives (AoAs).
• Familiarity and experience with the Intelligence Community (IC), and the intel cycle.
• Familiarity and experience with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
• Familiarity and experience with Government risk management frameworks (RMF) and cyber security authorization processes.
• Master's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Familiarity and experience operating within the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Strong track record of successfully supporting the delivery of valuable software products.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.
• Knowledge of user research methodologies and the ability to derive actionable insights.
• Proficiency in additional project management and collaboration tools.
• A passion for staying up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience.
• Cloud budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Relevant certifications.