Business Analyst - Senior - DRT Strategies, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
About the Job
DRT Strategies delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to large federal agencies, the U.S. Navy, state and local government and commercial clients in health care, technology, and financial services industries.
The three letters of our name, DRT, stand for Driving Resolution Together, which is the core philosophy on which the company was founded. That is, we collaborate with our clients to solve their most pressing challenges - together.
We are problem solvers dedicated to your success, combining Fortune 500 experience with small business responsiveness. We have established a reputation with our clients as a forward-thinking consulting firm with demonstrated success in implementing solutions that lead to meaningful results. Our world-class consultants unite people to work collaboratively to achieve project goals and make vision a reality.
What are we looking for?
The Business Analyst will analyze an organization and design its processes and systems, assessing the business model and its integration with technology. They will also assess current state, identify customer requirements, and define the future state and/or business solution.
Fun stuff you will do on the job:
Currently due to the remote working status of the federal government, most DRT employees are teleworking from home and leveraging video conferencing along with other virtual productivity tools. Under normal circumstances, most of our positions are required to report onsite. However, DRT has not yet determined when employees will be required to return to their onsite workspaces. Please be aware that at the time a date is determined to return to the worksite, the requirement of this position may be to report in person to the work location.
DRT Strategies, Inc. (DRT) celebrates diversity and is proud to provide Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetics, disability, or protected veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, DRT complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
The three letters of our name, DRT, stand for Driving Resolution Together, which is the core philosophy on which the company was founded. That is, we collaborate with our clients to solve their most pressing challenges - together.
We are problem solvers dedicated to your success, combining Fortune 500 experience with small business responsiveness. We have established a reputation with our clients as a forward-thinking consulting firm with demonstrated success in implementing solutions that lead to meaningful results. Our world-class consultants unite people to work collaboratively to achieve project goals and make vision a reality.
What are we looking for?
The Business Analyst will analyze an organization and design its processes and systems, assessing the business model and its integration with technology. They will also assess current state, identify customer requirements, and define the future state and/or business solution.
Fun stuff you will do on the job:
- Facilitate the gathering of business-focused requirements to support a product team and product owner, including defining the backlog and ensuring the user’s perspective is considered.
- Work with the product owner and users to determine the operational objectives of business needs and elicit requirements. Focus on requirements related to improved usability, user experience, and user adoption and engagement.
- Identify core business needs, decompose complex business processes, and document concepts of operation, story maps, briefings, and user stories, document business rules, and construct workflow diagrams, as needed. This includes drafting Enterprise Performance Lifecyle (EPLC) technical documents per project requirements.
- Support the technical solutioning sessions with the SharePoint development team for enhancing existing SPO Sites and Power Platform applications and new development projects.
- Conduct System/Integration Testing and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) as needed.
- Design internal and external user interface adhering UI/UX best practices.
- Support other client and DRT activities as directed by IT Project Manager.
- 5 years of demonstrated experience leading requirements elicitation discussions with stakeholders and documenting requirements on software development projects.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
- Demonstrated experience with the following:
- Working on Agile projects as a Lead Business Analyst
- Analyzing problems that impact the project and provide innovative solutions/options that include analysis of schedules, costs, and
technology/tools - Developing and reviewing IT programmatic documentation and plans, including capturing and documenting requirements, technical
design, etc. - Designing User Interface adhering UI/UX best practices.
- Previous experience working with or for Federal Agencies.
- Demonstrated experience in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Power Platform (PowerApps, Power Automate, and Power BI) and SharePoint Online architecture.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or relevant field (Preferred)
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification (Required)
- SharePoint Online & MS Power Platform certifications (Preferred)
- Professionalism: Be a leader and someone your customers and colleagues can count on by taking ownership and accountability for your work. Demonstrate a solution-oriented mindset and bias for action. Show empathy, dignity, and respect for each other. Be "high minded", maintain a calm demeanor when dealing with ambiguity or adversity and stay out of the fray (i.e., avoid drama).
- Quality: Do things right and do the right thing. Pursue excellence in your work by delivering quality services and products that provide high value and return on investment (ROI).
- Teamwork: Work with each other, the customer, and DRT. Demonstrate flexibility, a positive attitude and willingness to work collaboratively to help others and share information.
- Customer Mission Focused: Commit to customer success and strive to exceed expectations by understanding the mission, executing the customer's vision, and solving challenges to drive results and achieve mission goals. Build meaningful customer relationships by asking thoughtful questions, listening, and operating transparently.
- Growth Mindedness: Commit to company, team, and personal growth. Embrace an entrepreneurial spirit by actively seeking opportunities to support new customer projects and/or solve problems. Actively work to improve your skills, learn to be comfortable with ambiguity, and be resourceful and willing to figure things out and add value.
Currently due to the remote working status of the federal government, most DRT employees are teleworking from home and leveraging video conferencing along with other virtual productivity tools. Under normal circumstances, most of our positions are required to report onsite. However, DRT has not yet determined when employees will be required to return to their onsite workspaces. Please be aware that at the time a date is determined to return to the worksite, the requirement of this position may be to report in person to the work location.
DRT Strategies, Inc. (DRT) celebrates diversity and is proud to provide Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetics, disability, or protected veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, DRT complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
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