Agile Coach

Description

SAIC, a leading provider of systems development & deployment, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration, and training capabilities and solutions for the Intelligence Community, is seeking creative and dedicated professionals to fulfill their career goals and objectives while delivering mission excellence on programs of national importance.

We are seeking a highly motivated Requirements Analyst to join our National Intelligence Program supporting the development, operations and maintenance, and modernization of a complex, hybrid on-premises and cloud enterprise IT environment. As a Requirements Analyst, you will work in an agile integrated product team consisting of DevSecOps Engineers, Cyber Security Engineers, Data Architects, System Administrators, Network Engineers, Systems Engineers, and Subject matter experts developing capabilities to include data visualization tools, cross domain capabilities, data ingestions, extraction, and modeling, multi-cloud computing, cybersecurity, data science and analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning implementation. You will be a part of an agile, fast paced team focused on increasing data throughput, integrity, security, as well as availability of enterprise software solutions.

The ideal candidate is proactive and customer-focused, with an ability to translate and articulate detailed technical requirements to the development teams while conveying broader objectives and impacts to the mission customers. The candidate should have previous experience analyzing and translating customer IT requirements, and documenting and tracking tasks within JIRA using Agile methodology; and be able to coordinate and effectively communicate with customer staff and leadership. This position is in Chantilly, VA.

**This contract is expected to be awarded in Summer 2025.

Job Responsibilities:

• Identifying and vetting customer requirements; developing subtasks and user stories within JIRA using Agile methodology
• Translating business requirements into detailed user, functional, and systems requirements that will be developed by the development team
• Coordinating and facilitating exchange meetings or forums to determine the needs of customer; consulting with the customer to clarify and validate complex request if necessary
• Coordinating and facilitating or providing substantive input to meetings to assist in the design and implementation of requirements and to determine the impact of changes and the possible technical solutions to business needs
• Supporting gap analysis activities by comparing, documenting, and reporting shortfalls in proposed capabilities; assessing how well the capability meets the requirement; documenting any gaps that may exist; and ensuring that the capability meets the intent of the development objective or capability
• Analyzing joint needs statements and recommending capability requirements to support solutions that will fulfill gaps and optimize investments across the programs
• Providing final technical review and validation of requirements; preparing requirements for review and acceptance by review boards; and ensuring all necessary approvals have been obtained
• Collecting and mapping basic tool requirements from data ingestion to data storage via multiple methods
• Developing workflows to illustrate the steps required for security and suitability resolution
• Strategically assessing requirements against the customer's vision and providing recommendations for future requirements and possible alternative solutions
• Tracking execution of developers' actions and providing regular status updates to the customer
• Interacting with the development team and customers to resolve complex concerns associated with pending and/or in-process requirements

Qualifications

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field of study with a minimum of 5 years of experience (or Master's degree equivalent)

Required Experience:

• Hands' on experience with JIRA/Confluence and experience working in an Agile and Scrum environment
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex, large Enterprise IT programs that include Service Delivery, Agile development, and DevSecOps
• Demonstrated experience defining measurable metrics to monitor progress

Desired Experience:

• Ability to work in a dynamic mission environment which requires balancing competing priorities and schedules
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of technical writing and work flow process identification and documentation
• Experience with all of the following: ServiceNow, Jira, and Confluence

Clearance:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess and active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.