• Business Requirements Advisor - FDA

    General Dynamics Information Technology (Silver Spring, MD)


    **Req ID:** RQ203981

    **Type of Requisition:** Regular

    **Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:** None

    **Public Trust/Other Required:** MBI (T2)

    **Job Family:** Business Process Analysis

    Skills:

    Agile Methodology,Business Requirements,Information Technology (IT)

    Experience:

    10 + years of related experience

    Job Description:

    General Dynamics Information Technology is a **Business Requirements Advisor** to support the **Food and Drug Administration (FDA)** and their critical mission needs.

     

    As a Business Requirements Advisor, you will be part of an agile delivery team focused on delivering new customer-facing web-based applications with an emphasis on providing high value features to our customers. You will serve as a core support member for the team working closely with the Product Owner and high performing development team to help manage the product. The primary responsibility will be to integrate the needs of the projects as well as the needs of several different stakeholders to produce an overall solution.

     

    The ideal candidate is someone with strong requirements analysis skills and UI/UX knowledge combined with the ability to clearly communicate technical concepts. A successful candidate will have the appropriate experience and business understanding to prioritize initiatives and work with both management and our clients.

     

    Experience working at the FDA in a similar capacity is required to be considered.

     

    This is a hybrid position with a 3 day onsite requirement at the GDIT office in Gaithersburg, MD and/or the FDA office in Silver Spring, MD.

    Responsibilities:

    + Assists in analyzing and documenting client's business requirements and processes; communicates these requirements to technical personnel by constructing basic conceptual data and process models, including data dictionaries and volume estimates.

    + Assists in planning and designing business processes; assists in formulating recommendations to improve and support business activities.

    + Assists in creating basic test scenarios to be used in testing the business applications to verify that client requirements are incorporated into the system design.

    + Assists in developing and modifying systems requirements documentation to meet client needs and explore potential solutions.

    + Provide detailed user stories and requirements to technical leads in support of sprint planning activities.

    + Executes systems test from existing test plans. Assists in analyzing testing results in all phases.

    + Participates in technical reviews and inspections to verify 'intent of change' is carried through phases of project.

    + Support Product Owners in their management of requirements and product features.

    + Assist with the management of requirements and collaboration sessions using tools like JIRA and Confluence.

    + Assist in the research and assessment of business goals, objectives and needs to align information technology solutions with business initiatives.

    + Conduct testing such as functional testing and user acceptance testing (UAT).

    + Assists Product Owner to define and prioritize the team backlog of work so that solution effectively addresses business and program priorities.

    Requirements:

    + Bachelors degree and 10+ years of business analyst experience within the Information Technology industry required

    + **Experience working at the FDA in a similar capacity REQUIRED**

    + 6+ years working within the Federal Government or working with Federal Government agencies required

    + Involvement leading sprint planning meetings and client meetings and preparing slide decks and other materials to supplement these meetings

    + Expert-level command of the requirements gathering process from start to finish

    + Proficiency in UI/UX, building process flows, wireframes, and mockups

    + Experience writing user stories

    + Knowledge of software development life-cycle methodologies

    + Experience working with Agile/SCRUM, writing user stories and following the development process through user story acceptance

    + Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence)

    + Must be able to obtain a Public Trust with residency in the US at least 3 out of the last 5 years

    Desired Qualifications and Skills:

    + Professional Agile certification

    + Experience with Appian or similar COTS products.

    + Experience with User Experience and User Interface Design Process and Documentation

    + COTS/Low code (Appian, Pega, SalesForce, etc.) experience

    + Excellent written communication and presentation skills

    + Self-motivated, highly organized individual

     

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    The likely salary range for this position is $43,888 - $0. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

     

    Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

     

    We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

     

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