Business Systems Analyst 3 (N-IT)

ASSIGNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Note

All official drafts, documents and recommendations, as listed below, must be reviewed, finalized and approved / accepted by appropriate BPA manager or other federal personnel with the authority to do so.

Work associated with this position will be directly related to business process support for systems change management, process and compliance requirements for the organization.

Analyze system infrastructures, functional requirements, and technical capabilities for system acquisitions.

Develop or review specifications, verifying that all essential requirements are documented.

Distribute requirements to hardware and software configuration items or manual operations using appropriate modeling techniques including automated structured analysis tools.

Review the logical top-level design for applications and information systems (including test plans and procedures).

Verify that project software specifications, interface requirement specifications and software development plans are correct and of adequate scope.

Review and validate that configuration management policies and procedures provide thorough requirements traceability through version release and adequate documentation to support system operation and maintenance.

Code, test, install, and document detailed programs while applying applicable standards to all products.

Prepare and conduct program presentations, in-house and client training, and functional education.

Develop and present recommendations and support analysis for management decisions.

Plan/recommend project operations' schedules.

Provide recommendations to BPA management for staffing requirements and resource allocations for projects.

Prepare technical reports, documents, studies, and system documentation as required.

Develop technical system concepts and designs to support proposal development and position papers.

Attend meetings, conferences, and seminars to support the customer needs. Attendance also assists in maintaining currency of technical, procedural and acquisition knowledge.

Monitor system performance to determine whether adjustments need to be made, and to determine where changes will need to be made in the future.

Confer with system users to document and solve existing system problems.

Communicate with management and co-workers by telephone, written form, e-mail, or in person.

Support organizations change process and configuration management efforts.

Serve as a process point of contact for the organization

Support system modeling

Define, develop, and document new processes and procedures as required

Support management approved process and procedure roll-out

Develop and provide training as required

Develop and document processes and procedures to support NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation) Mandatory Reliability standards CIP (Critical Infrastructure Protection) and Department of Energy NIST/FISMA (National Institute of Standards and Technology/Federal Information Security Management Act) security requirements.

Develop training materials and job aids to support above

Facilitate the development of necessary documentation to support reporting and audit requirements

Provide quality assurance and oversight for organization to ensure compliance to above standards and guidelines

Provide support to NERC annual certification process and any other spot audit or compliance request

REQUIREMENTS

Education & Corresponding Experience (required on matrix)

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Systems, Engineering or a directly related field is preferred.

With an applicable Bachelor's degree, 8 years of experience is required.

With an applicable Associate's Degree, 10 years of experience is required.

Without an applicable Bachelor's degree, 12 years of experience is required.

Experience should include demonstrated analysis work, requirements engineering and operations management.

Required Technical Skills & Experience (required on matrix)

At least 5 years of experience in all aspects of the software development lifecycle for a high availability environment.

3 plus years of experience in the use of change and configuration management tools/systems.

3 plus years of experience in compliance and/or audit support.

1 year experience with process development and roll-out.

Minimum 3 years of experience performing systems/requirements analysis on enterprise applications utilizing Java/JEE and/or .NET (.NET Core/ASP.NET) architectures.

Demonstrated ability to analyze and map data structures (XML, JSON) and test application endpoints (APIs) using tools like Postman within Java/.NET environments.

Preferred Skills & Experience (optional on matrix)

Knowledge of and experience working with

Software development Lifecycle methodologies

Demonstrated ability to act as a principal liaison between business stakeholders, cyber security teams, system administrators, and software developers to translate complex technical requirements into business impacts and vice versa.

Proven track record of drafting high-quality, professional technical documentation, including System Requirements Specifications (SRS), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), system design documents, and user manuals.

Systems development and maintenance environments.

High availability environments

Change management concepts and practices

Configuration management concepts and practices

Project management and coordination concepts and principles

Compliance and standards as applied to systems development

Process and procedure development

Experience in any aspect of the software development lifecycle for a utility environment

Experience with the set-up, configuration or oversight of change and/or configuration management tools

Experience developing processes, procedures to support compliance efforts

Experience with the design and implementation of security standards, policies or procedures in a high availability environment.

Experience implementing NIST/FISMA standards/guidelines

Additional Requirements (not required on matrix)

Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.