IT Requirements Analyst

About Agile Defense

At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That's why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.

Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility-leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation's vital interests.

Requisition: 1169

Contract: NSB IT

Title: IT Requirements Analyst

Clearance: Top Secret/SCI - CI Polygraph

Location: Washington, DC

Non-Employee Referral Bonus Eligible: $2,000

Overview:

Agile Defense is an award-winning national security company with an immediate opening for an IT Requirements Analyst to support a federal client's national security program. The Analyst will provide IT support to the client's operational requirements and various priority programs. This position is exempt.

As a direct employee of Agile Defense, you would receive a benefit package that includes health/dental/vision insurance coverage, 401K with company match, PTO & paid holidays, and annual tuition/training assistance. For more information, please visit our website.

Clearance:

• Active Top Secret clearance is required at time of application. Candidate must have the ability to successfully complete a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph examination if successful CI Poly has not been recorded within the past five years.

Responsibilities/Duties:

• The selectee shall provide technical IT support to a priority national security program as follows:

o Provide user requirements support in the definition process to collect, identify, define, aggregate, conceptualize, and prioritize strategic and near-term requirements.

o Defines and documents detailed business and functional user requirements, collected through interviews, workshops, and or existing systems documentation and procedures, to evaluate legacy systems, business processes, applications, and data for potential cloud migration.

o Regularly assess technical systems and monitor systems development efforts to evaluate risks, ensure alignment with current technology trends, and to identify and recommend areas for improvement, cost savings, consolidation, and retirement/replacement.

o Meet with stakeholders throughout the organization and serve as an interface for the collection, tracking, and management of operational user requirements for multiple enterprise IT capabilities and systems.

o Analyze technical and functional systems documentation to identify key points and discover potential problems.

o Draft business and functional documentation such as mission needs, concepts of operation, cost benefit analyses, impact assessments, and workflow diagrams.

o Prepare reports, briefing materials, talking points, and other documents, often on short notice, for the Executive Staff regarding IT issues.

o Use strong written, oral, and presentation skills to provide updates to leadership and management regarding current IT projects and initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, or an IT-related field. However, if highly relevant experience required in the position description can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the government, then a 4-year Bachelor's degree in a non-IT field may be acceptable.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT requirements management (development, review and analysis), Systems Development, Systems Management, and /or IT Business Analysis.

• Experience within an Intelligence-focused operational environment (defense, national security, and/or law enforcement).

• Experience drafting documentation and presenting information to executive management audiences regarding systems operations, technical and functional requirements, processes, and methodologies.

• Experience with big data and data warehousing.

• Experience supporting successful migration paths toward distributed processing and cloud-based services (i.e., IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS) and their application within federal government community frameworks, such as IC-ITE GovCloud, IC-ITE C2S, MS Azure, and/or Amazon Web Services.

• Ability to proactively manage multiple high-visibility tasks in a fast-paced environment, and work with diverse teams with competing interests to reach consensus on best paths forward.

• Ability to translate and communicate complex subject matter between technical and nontechnical audiences.

• Outstanding writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

• Demonstrated leadership and strong initiative.

• Keen attention to detail.

• Proficiency in MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.

• Familiarity with federal government cloud industry standards, guidelines and regulatory/compliance requirements such as ISO 27001, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), NIST 800-53, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Technology Management, Business Administration, or a related IT field.

• Relevant certifications - SCRUM Product Owner/ScrumMaster, Project Management (CAPM/PMP).

• Technical experience with IC-ITE GovCloud, IC-ITE C2S, Amazon Web Services, and other community or emerging cloud frameworks.

• Expertise with the variations of public, private, hybrid, multi, and distributed cloud models and their application within the IC and federal law enforcement environments.

• Experience with analytic/knowledge management platforms such as Microsoft Power BI.

About Us:

Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.

What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.

We also believe in supporting our employees by offering a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. To explore the benefits we offer, please visit our website under the Careers section.

Happy - Be Infectious.

Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.

Helpful - Be Supportive.

Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.

Honest - Be Trustworthy.

Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.

Humble - Be Grounded.

Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.

Hungry - Be Eager.

Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.

Hustle - Be Driven.

Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

$120,000 - $135,000 a year

In addition, Agile Defense invests in its employees beyond just compensation. Agile's benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Learning and Development opportunities as well as other optional benefit elections.

Our Core Values

Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.


What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.

• Happy - Be Infectious. Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
• Helpful - Be Supportive. Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
• Honest - Be Trustworthy. Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
• Humble - Be Grounded. Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
• Hungry - Be Eager. Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
• Hustle - Be Driven. Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.