Cleared Business Systems Analyst

<div> <div> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. As an Alaska Native owned corporation, our work helps secure an enduring future for our shareholders. Join our team and discover why we are a top veteran employer and Certified Great Place to Work™</span></p> </div> </div><div style="border: none; border-bottom: solid #2E75B6 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 3.0pt 0in;"> <table style="font-size: 10pt; height: 140px; border: #ffffff; border-spacing: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: #ecf0f1; margin-right: auto; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 35.6818px;"> <td style="width: 142.547px; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: #ffffff; border-image: initial; background: #1f3864; padding: 5pt 7pt; border: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: white;">Program:</span></strong></span></p> </td> <td style="width: 438.141px; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-color: #ffffff; padding: 5pt 7pt; border: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">U.S. Army CECOM Army Software & Innovation Center (ASIC)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 34.7727px;"> <td style="width: 142.547px; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: #ffffff; border-image: initial; background: #1f3864; padding: 5pt 7pt; border: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: white;">Location:</span></strong></span></p> </td> <td style="width: 438.141px; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: #ffffff; padding: 5pt 7pt; border: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Remote, Must US Based<br></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 142.547px; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: #ffffff; border-image: initial; background: #1f3864; padding: 5pt 7pt; border: #ffffff;"> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: white;">Schedule: </span></strong></span></p> </td> <td style="width: 438.141px; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: #ffffff; padding: 5pt 7pt; border: #ffffff;"> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Eastern Standard Time Working Hours (8 am to 5 pm)<br></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 34.7727px;"> <td style="width: 142.547px; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: #ffffff; border-image: initial; background: #1f3864; padding: 5pt 7pt; border: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: white;">Security Clearance:</span></strong></span></p> </td> <td style="width: 438.141px; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: #ffffff; padding: 5pt 7pt; border: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A DoD Secret or higher. Must be a U.S. Citizen </span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 34.7727px;"> <td style="width: 142.547px; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: #ffffff; border-image: initial; background: #1f3864; padding: 5pt 7pt; border: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: white;">Position Type:</span></strong></span></p> </td> <td style="width: 438.141px; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: #ffffff; padding: 5pt 7pt; border: #ffffff;" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000;">Full-Time, Exempt</span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ASRC Federal Agile Decision Sciences LLC is seeking a Business Analyst (Journeyman) with an active US Government Security Clearance to support the U.S. Army CECOM Army Software & Innovation Center (ASIC). This role is the functional requirements expert who ensures developers always have clear, validated, and unambiguous requirements — so the team delivers the right product the first time. Embedded with the development team throughout the Agile delivery cycle, the analyst interprets business and mission needs, translates them into developer-ready work, and confirms that what is built matches what the mission requires.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As an established individual contributor, the Business Analyst works independently under general supervision on moderately complex efforts, formulating systems scope and objectives relative to mission requirements and creating the detailed specifications from which work is executed. The position fills the functional gap that currently slows development and drives rework — protecting sprint velocity, reducing defects, and keeping delivery aligned to mission needs, without requiring deep software-engineering expertise.</span></p> <div style="border: none; border-bottom: solid #2E75B6 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 3.0pt 0in;"> <h2 style="margin: 13pt 0in 6pt; border-image: initial; padding: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1f3864; border: medium none currentcolor;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Key Responsibilities</span></h2> </div> <ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 4.0pt;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Interpret business and mission requirements accurately and translate them into clear, validated, unambiguous functional requirements so intent is never lost in translation.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Decompose high-level needs into actionable, developer-ready work — user stories, acceptance criteria, and detailed functional specifications the team can execute immediately.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Provide continuous functional support to the development team throughout each sprint, resolving requirements questions in real time to eliminate delays and rework.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Serve as the functional bridge between stakeholders, users, and developers, using clear and simple communication to remove ambiguity and accelerate delivery.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Consistently validate delivered functionality against requirements and mission needs, supporting acceptance and user-acceptance testing to confirm the product meets intent.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Formulate and refine systems scope and objectives relative to the organization's mission plan and operational requirements.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Capture and maintain requirements traceability and supporting documentation across sprints and releases.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Facilitate requirements elicitation and refinement sessions with functional stakeholders and the development team.</span></li> </ul> <h2 style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(46, 117, 182); border-image: initial; margin: 13pt 0in 6pt; padding: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1f3864;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Outcomes This Role Enables</span></h2> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 5pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This position directly protects sprint velocity, reduces defects, and ensures mission-aligned delivery. When the functional analysis is right:</span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 4.0pt;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Developers always have clear, validated requirements and build the right product the first time.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Business intent is preserved end to end — nothing is lost in translation.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">High-level needs are broken into work developers can execute immediately.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sprint delays and rework are eliminated through continuous functional support.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ambiguity is removed and delivery accelerates.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Delivered functionality is consistently validated against mission needs.</span></li> </ul> <h2 style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(46, 117, 182); border-image: initial; margin: 13pt 0in 6pt; padding: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1f3864;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Required Qualifications</span></h2> <ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 4.0pt;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bachelor's degree, or 4 additional years of equivalent combination of education and experience (one year of education equates to one year of experience).</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2–4 years of professional business analysis or systems-analysis experience supporting software or IT delivery.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Demonstrated ability to elicit, analyze, and document functional and business requirements for a development team.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience translating high-level needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Strong written and verbal communication; able to bridge functional stakeholders and technical developers and remove ambiguity.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience validating delivered functionality against requirements (acceptance / user-acceptance testing).</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ability to work independently under general supervision and manage multiple requirements deliverables to sprint and release deadlines.</span></li> </ul> <h2 style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: currentcolor currentcolor rgb(46, 117, 182); border-image: initial; margin: 13pt 0in 6pt; padding: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1f3864;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Preferred Qualifications</span></h2> <ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 4.0pt;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience as a Business Analyst within an Agile / Scrum delivery environment, supporting development sprint-by-sprint.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Familiarity with U.S. Army / DoD programs, terminology, and software delivery (CECOM / ASIC experience a plus).</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience with requirements-management and backlog tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or similar).</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Skill in developing process flows, use cases, and requirements traceability matrices.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Business analysis certification (e.g., IIBA ECBA/CCBA/CBAP) or Agile certification.</span></li> </ul> <div style="border: none; border-bottom: solid #2E75B6 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 3.0pt 0in;"> <h2 style="margin: 13pt 0in 6pt; border-image: initial; padding: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1f3864; border: medium none currentcolor;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Security Clearance & Eligibility</span></h2> </div> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">An active U.S. Department of Defense <strong><span style="background-color: #fbeeb8;">Secret</span> </strong>security clearance is preferred; the specific clearance requirement must be confirmed against the governing task order. U.S. citizenship is typically required for access to Army systems and facilities. Final clearance and eligibility requirements will be verified during the hiring process.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law. <span style="color: #000000;"><em>The salary offered will depend on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, geographic location, internal equity, business needs, and other factors permitted by law. Posted pay ranges are a general guideline only and are not a guarantee of compensation or salary.</em></span></span></p> <p><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>EEO Statement</em></strong></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.</em></span></p>

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