Halvik is seeking a TEMPORARY (4-6 months) Business Analyst with CPIC experience. Candidates must have or be able to obtain a Secret Clearance from the Dept of State.

Role and Responsibilities

The Business Analyst is a key member of a small, highly collaborative, and agile Program Management Office that provides the Government customer IT program and project management expertise and governance. Along with the Program Manager, the Business Subject Matter Specialist provides cross-disciplinary functional support to ensure business processes, technology investments, and the organization's project portfolio are planned effectively and managed to align with business requirements and the organization's strategic goals and objectives. Suitable candidates will have knowledge, skills and/or experience in business analysis, process improvement, organizational change management, capturing and analyzing performance measures for software development, IT acquisitions, Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC), budget tracking, and IT service delivery processes.

Required Skills:

Identify and analyze business needs, conduct requirements gathering, and define scope and objectives for software development activities utilizing agile methodologies

Develop project charters; document purpose and scope; gather and organizing project tasks, activities, dependencies, milestones, risks, and communication plans

Use quantitative analysis methodology to perform data, cost and benefit, and/or process measurement analysis

Research industry trends for application of process improvement techniques and best practices; partners with and provides consultation to leadership teams and process owners on strategic initiatives

Research potential technology investments, prepare formal Analysis of Alternatives, support vendor selection, and provide business, technical, and budget justifications for acquisitions

Prepare and/or analyze budget forecasts, updates records in the Department IT portfolio management tool and prepare regular and ad hoc reports in response to data calls and to brief Government task leads and senior leadership on budget and funding status'

Preferred Skills:

Experience with agile and scrum methodologies; Jira experience preferred

Knowledge and understanding of Risk Management Framework (RMF) to support continuous monitoring ATO efforts preferred

Knowledge of and experience with current SharePoint constructs and best practices preferred

Project Management Professional or CAPM

Certified Scrum Master or similar