SMX is seeking a Business Analyst to join our State and Local team. The Business Analyst will translate business needs into technical objectives by gathering user requirements, developing recommendations for implementation, and identifying solutions to satisfy the business need. Successful candidates will have experience reporting project status to management including risks, issues, and key decisions. You will understand the overall direction and nuanced user needs clearly, and you will work to communicate business needs across various stakeholders. This role will participate in testing and other application support activities, as well, and will work closely with clients and project teams. This is a remote position supporting clients primarily in the Eastern Time zone.
Required Skills & Experience
• Understand business processes and interpret them to define requirements, analyze current as-is processes and conceptualize to-be requirements.
• Support the development of detailed stakeholder reports, user requirements, user stories, and test plans, test scenarios and test cases.
• Support solution developers and business subject matter experts with documentation of functional and technical processes and system workflows using Lucid.
• Develop detailed process maps and business process procedure documentation.
• Develop system training plans and catalogs; conduct training sessions with customers.
• Analyze data and draw conclusions from the data as it relates to business processes, stakeholders, and system users.
• Develop Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word documentation.
• Work with subject matter experts to define performance measures and collection methodology.
• Support project management activity including metric analysis, process analysis, system analysis, measuring success, and stakeholder and leadership reporting.
• Support project management tooling activities such as building project plans in Jira and Jira Advanced Roadmap.
Desired Skills & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree required. Additional years of experience in lieu of degree will be considered.
• 4+ years of experience as a Business Analyst.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Application Deadline: 5-30-2025
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The SMX salary determination process takes into account a number of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories, relevant prior work experience, specific skills, education and certifications. At SMX, one of our Core Values is to Invest in Our People so we offer a competitive mix of compensation, learning & development opportunities, and benefits. Some key components of our robust benefits include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.
The proposed salary for this position is:
$115,700—$192,900 USD
At SMX®, we are a team of technical and domain experts dedicated to enabling your mission. From priority national security initiatives for the DoD to highly assured and compliant solutions for healthcare, we understand that digital transformation is key to your future success.
We share your vision for the future and strive to accelerate your impact on the world. We bring both cutting edge technology and an expansive view of what’s possible to every engagement. Our delivery model and unique approaches harness our deep technical and domain knowledge, providing forward-looking insights and practical solutions to power secure mission acceleration.
All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability status, protected veteran status, race, color, age, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or genetic information.
Selected applicant may be subject to a background investigation and/or education verification.
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