Senior Business Systems Analyst

Washington, DC (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Washington+DC)

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Job Type

Full-time

Description

Allegient Defense is a Small Business providing technically oriented services from program management to advanced systems integration and engineering. We support Government and prime system integrators with engineering and management expertise. Allegient Defense helps clients with challenging Science & Technology, Engineering Acquisition, and Program Management Mission requirements. With a 90% Veteran Hiring rate, our staff quickly embed with clients, identify critical needs, and work relentlessly to accomplish the mission.

Allegient Defense is a leader in advanced technology research and solutions development, and we are growing quickly. We are looking to hire a Senior Business Systems Analyst for a DoD contract.

Essential Job Functions

• Maintain high-level overview of the organization’s core processes as a framework for establishing the initiatives and metrics required for updating the IT Strategic Plan, and creating subsequent Operational Plans.

• Evaluate strategic inputs to ensure that requirements gathering, results, and briefings meet the intentions of the organization, and support the overarching strategic goals and objectives.

• Assist the Chief of Staff in annually operationalizing the Strategic Plan to convert established initiatives and metrics into yearly Operating Plans that can be executed over the course of the four-year increments from each strategic plan.

• Identify subject matter experts and leverage their expertise to collect information, conduct analysis, and consolidate information for integration into updates for the Strategic and the Operating Plans.

• Collaborate with the Chief of Staff to develop the Strategic Performance Metrics reporting that align to the initiatives and metrics established in the Operating Plans.

• Integrate the Operating Plan goals into the updated annual OCIO Kanban board using JIRA or other applicable tool that may be adopted in the future.

• Monitor division progress on the Kanban board in achieving the metrics from the Operational Plans and create Strategic Performance Metrics reporting on the Kanban board to track results.

• Support the Chief of Staff in coordinating division responses to monthly updates for Operating Plan goals and weekly (or as assigned) updates for action items.

• Develop and maintain processes, guides, and means to support tracking, integration, and oversight of Operating and Strategic planning initiatives to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of operations to support project benefits and return on investment.

• Utilize knowledge of the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act (GPRMA) to improve performance management for the ICE Strategic and Operating Plans.

• Conduct analysis of existing and future IT policy practices within OCIO that support the achievement of ICE IT Strategic Goals and Objectives.

• Maintain a log of all existing policy requirements.

• Identify deficiencies in current ICE IT policy management and work with COS and applicable stakeholders to establish adequate ICE IT policy management processes to address gaps.

• Develop transition plans to incorporate IT policy requirements into existing processes.

• Conduct analysis of existing and future IT audit practices within OCIO that support the achievement of ICE IT Strategic Goals and Objectives.

• Monitor major development programs within ICE and understand implications for IT development.

• Utilize project management best practices to support, as needed, the scheduling of focus meetings, working group sessions, execution of activities and assist in the organization, coordination, and execution to meet objectives of the contract.

• Leverage relationships with the Chief of Staff, Division Leadership, and subject matter experts in the organization to identify current processes to recommend improvements.

• Communicate and report progress on all activities.

• Track risk management to ensure projects stay on schedule

Requirements

5-10 years of experience completing the following tasks:

• Conducting User/Stakeholder Interviews to identify current processes, project objectives, best practices, user flows, wish lists, pain points, and preferences.

• Performing Contextual Inquiry by observing current tasks and eliciting what they do and how/why they do it.

• Applying a structured approach and methodology for capturing the key views of the business unit/program/project in the context of the program.

• Describing the primary business functions of the assigned business unit/program/project in the context of the Program and business execution and business management functions.

• Incorporating strategic imperatives from senior leaders, executives, and supporting business unit managers as they leverage business artifacts to create their business plans.

• Providing direct input into the work cycle that supports the achievement of key goals, planning and execution of various business scenarios, and delivery of bottom line business value.

• Enumerating, analyzing, cataloging, and suggesting improvements to the strategic, core and support processes of the business unit/program/project, as needed, to support strategic and operational goals.

• Employ tactical methodologies to education ICE OCIO audiences about new or existing capabilities or initiatives.

• Performing continuous assessment and recommend improvements to existing processes to support business and strategic goals.