Senior Business Analyst

Invite a friend Back to job search Job Description Distributed Solutions, Inc. (DSI) is seeking Senior Business Analysts. DSI is a growing small business dedicated to providing superior automation tools and consulting services which can positively impact the success and delivery of government to citizen services essential to a thriving democracy.

We are seeking candidates that are looking to engage in a work life that matters and brings direct value to their personal life, their family, community, nation, and the world. DSI's unique organizational structure fosters a collaborative and cross-functional culture allowing employees to 'wear multiple hats' and gain valuable exposure to all facets of the organization and the software development lifecycle. The rapidly changing nature of the industry and market needs keeps work interesting and allows individuals to proactively identify areas within the organization where they wish to specialize, excel, and provide value to both external clients and internal company initiatives.

DSI's entrepreneurial spirit and open-door policy with Executive Management results in a highly rewarding work environment focused on teamwork, creativity, and customer solutions. The ideal DSI team member is a self-starter with effective problem-solving skills, excellent written and verbal communication, and a curiosity for new challenges and experiences. Additionally, candidates will ideally have experience that highlights their critical thinking skills, lifelong learning habits, and effective presentation skills to help team members and clients understand issues, opportunities, and proposed solutions.

The selected candidate will lead and when needed facilitate the process to gather, analyze, and document business requirements (i.e., user stories using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, storyboards, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, event lists, business analysis, competitive product analysis, task and workflow analysis, and/or viewpoints) and functional requirements (decompose high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements). The selected candidate will apply these functional & business requirements in collaboration with peers on the project to deliver product enhancements, validate business processes, test configurations, and resolve end-user questions. Job Requirements: Contribute to DSI's product release planning process including scope, cost and schedule estimation.

Facilitate and document DSI's product stand up meetings and other product project meetings. Provide customer advocacy and reporting for in-progress product releases. Collaborate with peers and assist in the analysis and definition of product feature sets and business process logic.

Define and document customer business processes and functions including business process diagrams, data maps, test plans and test scripts. Ability to perform process re-engineering. Consult with project team members and customer stakeholders to identify, define, and document business needs and objectives, current operational procedures, and challenges related to the business functions such as those supporting the Federal Acquisition Lifecycle.

Collaborate with the DSI project manager, technical analysts, and customer end-users in the analysis, design, configuration, testing and maintenance of DSI's AEON platform to ensure desired operational performance. Perform quality assurance review and validation of deliverables for both, internal and external delivery. Facilitate a variety of meetings, demonstrations, and program activities.

Test projects in accordance with business and functional design following best practices for quality assurance. Provide input during requirements development as well as test case development and review. Comprehension of change management processes.

Other duties as assigned. Experience and Skills Required Experience: Prior business analyst experience as it relates to software development and customer engagement. Working knowledge of the federal acquisition/procurement lifecycle processes.

Ability to work and effectively collaborate in a team-oriented environment for a matrixed organization. Strong knowledge of productivity tools such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook). Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with proven ability to listen and relate with the customer.

Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Excellent organizational and time management skills. Strong team player that is willing to help other team members at all times.

Proven ability to communicate technical details to a non-technical audience. Desired, but not Required Experience: CSM certification or equivalent. Knowledge of Federal financial systems or commercial accounting.

Experience with Agile and SCRUM processes and methodologies. Experience with Azure DevOps. The AEON platform is DSI's COTS solution configured to support program and contracting office business processes throughout the Federal Government and across the entire Acquisition Lifecycle.

AEON is a powerful business process automation and management Software as a Service (SaaS) developed by DSI that solves complex business process needs across the Government. Distributed Solutions, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.