Senior Business Analyst

Company Description

Citizant is a leading provider of professional IT services to the U.S. government. We seek to address some of our country’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Agile application development, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Architecture, and Program Management support services – focusing on the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Treasury. We strive to hire only ethical, talented, passionate, and committed “A Players” who already align with the company’s core values: Drive, Excellence, Reputation, Responsibility, and a Better Future. No matter how large we grow, Citizant will retain its collaborative, supportive, small-company culture, where successful team effort to address external and internal customer challenges is valued above all individual contributions.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Leads the efforts for low and moderate-complex projects and low-complexity programs. Supports the effort for highly complex projects and all levels of programs.
• Formulates and defines business process and systems scope and objectives for programs and projects through research and fact-finding activities combined with a thorough understanding of business process analysis and requirements management practices and principles.
• Recommends and applies process improvement and re-engineering methodologies and principles to conduct process improvement programs and projects by proposing, completing, and analyzing business models, data models, and hybrid enterprise models, identifying best practices, documenting and assessing performance measurements, and identifying business process and technology solutions to streamline processes.
• Provides group facilitation, interviewing, and training and provides additional knowledge transfer to appropriate stakeholders.
• Provides expertise to business analysis framework improvement programs by assessing and providing recommendations to various disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to independently apply business analysis on moderately to highly complex projects, scoping, requirements elicitation, business process modeling, requirements management, and feasibility and cost-benefit analysis.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Skillset:

• 15 years of related work experience with progressively increasing responsibility.
• Advanced knowledge of technologies relevant to the engagement.
• Advanced proficiency in analytical, project planning, negotiating, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and oral).
• Ability to perform cost-benefit analysis, trending, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Advanced proficiency using various Microsoft Office desktop products.
• Ability to lead moderately complex business analysis efforts.
• Technical expertise in one or more business analysis-related disciplines.
• Exhibits strong communication, facilitation, formal document writing, and presentation skills.
• Provide screen mocks for new/rewritten functionality
• Interact with business stakeholders to gain signoff on-screen designs, flow, and functionality
• Provide functional expertise (working with Scrum Master and developers) for project backlog creation and maintenance
• Provide functional expertise to the Scrum Master and the Scrum team for project backlog creation and maintenance, and weekly project-wide design discussions.
• Participate in scrum ceremonies, including sprint kickoffs, sprint planning, daily standups, sprint review/retrospectives, and (as applicable) end-of-sprint demos.
  
  

Education:

• A bachelor’s degree is highly preferred.
  
  

Clearance Requirement:

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Active IRS clearance (MBI) or the ability to obtain and maintain one.
  
  

Salary Range:

• The expected pay range for this position is $120,000k to $130,000k yearly. The pay rate will vary based on skills, experience, and location.
  
  

Citizant offers a competitive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Generous PTO
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Assistance & Professional Development Program
  
  

Additional Information

Citizant strives to be an employer of choice in the Washington metropolitan area. Citizant associates accept challenging and rewarding work and in return receive excellent compensation and benefits, as well as the opportunity for personal and professional development.

Citizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.