Abacus Technology is seeking a Sr. Business Analyst to support the analysis and management of projects encompassing the life cycle of business systems or IT systems. This is a full-time position at the Department of State.
Responsibilities Manage the full life cycle of IT projects, including application development, SharePoint sites, IT infrastructure, alternatives analysis, and security.Create a wide range of documentation, including SDLC artifacts, presentations/briefings, executive summary reports, status reports, and customer communications. Written products must be of sufficient quality to deliver and present to senior management.Provide inputs to cost/benefit analyses and other cost estimation activities.Provide advice and support to junior team members.Create and manage project schedules and provide status updates to team and contract management.Assess commercial and government product performance against requirements and make recommendations for adoption.Facilitate meetings with project stakeholders to develop and review requirements and specifications.Work collaboratively with development, operations, and security teams to identify and resolve project risks and issues and move projects forward according to scope and schedule.Plan, coordinate, and execute inter-team and customer events such as continuity of operations exercises, training events, user testing and product delivery.Prepare communications plans and artifacts regarding product deployments.Analyze business processes and provide improvement recommendations and associated process and procedure documentation. Qualifications12 years experience in IT project planning, analysis, and execution and/or business consulting. Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Additional years of work experience may be substituted for degree requirements. Proven experience capabilities in business analysis, project management, requirements gathering, across a variety of IT functional areas (development, operations, security). Must have strong analytical skills. Able to communicate complex information in a professional, easy-to-understand way to various audiences, including technical, business, and management staff. Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential. Able to work independently and as a team player, multi-task, be flexible, and support multiple efforts simultaneously. Working knowledge of Microsoft O365 products, including Visio and MS Project. Must be a US Citizen and hold a current Top Secret clearance.
Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled
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