Application Systems Analyst Lead

The Application Systems Analyst Lead will work on a large-scale federal digital content management and systems integration program. They will work directly with government business stakeholders, user experience staff, and subject matter experts to define business rules, metadata mappings, and workflow designs. The role requires a senior analyst who is comfortable in a metadata crosswalk spreadsheet and a program status briefing.

What You Will Do

Responsibilities include eliciting, analyzing, and documenting content eligibility criteria and business rules, inventorying source and target metadata fields, defining metadata quality and completeness validation rules, and translating analysis into well-formed JIRA user stories.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a strong working knowledge of software development lifecycle best practices, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and experience working in Agile and Scrum environments.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of combined experience in business and systems analysis and project management/project lead supporting software development teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Library or Information Science, or a related field, or equivalent additional experience.
• Demonstrated experience working in Agile and Scrum environments, including facilitating Agile ceremonies and managing user-story-based delivery.
• Hands-on experience with project tracking and reporting in JIRA or an equivalent tool, including story point metrics, dashboards, and burndown and velocity reporting.
• Experience with digital content or digital collections management, such as content ingest, digital asset workflows, metadata management, or content exchange between systems.
• Experience analyzing and documenting workflow systems, including workflow states, business rules, roles and permissions, and exception handling.
• Strong working knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC) best practices, including requirements definition, design documentation, testing, and release processes.
• Demonstrated ability to produce precise analytical artifacts such as business rules, data and metadata mapping matrices, process flows, and user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing and delivering status reporting to client or government stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and keep a distributed, fully remote team coordinated and on schedule.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability
• Training & Development