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 requiredExperience working at the FDA in a similar capacity REQUIRED6+ years working within the Federal Government or working with Federal Government agencies requiredInvolvement leading sprint planning meetings and client meetings and preparing slide decks and other materials to supplement these meetingsExpert-level command of the requirements gathering process from start to finishProficiency in UI/UX, building process flows, wireframes, and mockupsExperience writing user storiesKnowledge of software development life-cycle methodologiesExperience working with Agile/SCRUM, writing user stories and following the development process through user story acceptanceExperience 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.) experienceExcellent written communication and presentation skillsSelf-motivated, highly organized individual

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