Leads enterprise business systems analysis, requirements gathering, process transformation, gap analysis, functional testing, and UAT validation. Translates business goals into functional and technical requirements, roadmaps, workflows, user stories, and process documentation. Serves as a liaison between stakeholders and technical teams, oversees system delivery, influences priorities, and mentors junior analysts. Requires extensive experience with enterprise implementations, SDLC, Agile methodologies, and stakeholder management, with preferred expertise in Jira, Confluence, and Medicare processing systems.
Responsibilities
The Peraton Health, State and Local Sector is seeking an experienced Senior Business Systems Analyst to lead the evaluation, optimization, and transformation of our business systems and workflows. In this lead role, you will act as a strategic partner and primary liaison between business stakeholders and our technical teams. You will be responsible for driving the requirements lifecycle for complex initiatives, identifying strategic process improvements, and mentoring junior team members.
The ideal candidate is a high-level problem solver with deep technical acumen, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and a proven track record of delivering enterprise-level system solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Requirements Leadership: Lead cross-functional requirements gathering sessions for complex initiatives. Translate high-level business goals into comprehensive functional specifications, technical requirements, and strategic roadmaps.
- Process Transformation & Gap Analysis: Evaluate enterprise-wide business processes and system architectures to identify critical gaps, redundancies, and inefficiencies. Design and propose scalable, future-state workflow solutions.
- End-to-End Delivery & QA Oversight: Oversee the functional testing and validation of complex system features. Define user acceptance testing (UAT) strategies and collaborate with others to ensure enterprise deliverables match business requirements.
- Documentation Excellence & Mentorship: Establish best practices for business documentation, including advanced user stories, use cases, and complex data/process flow diagrams. Provide mentorship and guidance to junior or mid-level analysts on the team.
Required Qualifications
- Requires 8+ years of experience with BS/BA, or a High School diploma with 12 years of experience.
- Experience: 5+ years of professional experience as a Business Systems Analyst, with a demonstrated history of leading large-scale or enterprise-level system implementations.
- Testing & UAT Leadership: Proven experience defining UAT strategies, writing complex test scenarios, and leading cross-functional teams through validation and system sign-off.
- Methodologies & Frameworks: Deep expertise in software development lifecycles (SDLC), with extensive experience driving projects within Agile, Scrum, Scaled Agile (SAFe), or hybrid environments.
- Advanced Communication & Influence: Exceptional interpersonal skills with a proven ability to influence stakeholders, negotiate competing priorities, and articulate complex concepts to all audiences.
- Ability to obtain a Public Trust
- US Citizen
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced Tooling Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in managing and structuring project spaces within Jira, Confluence, or equivalent enterprise product management suites.
- Certifications: Professional certifications such as CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional), PMI-PBA, or advanced Agile certifications (e.g., Scrum Master, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager) are highly desirable.
- Experience with Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B, DME or Medicare Common Working File (CWF) specific processing systems preferred.
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range$104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. EEOEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.Similar Jobs
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