Job Description

Job Description

Position Description:

Business Analyst

Business analyst’s main responsibility is to ensure the operational efficacy and excellence of the U.S. Department of Education. The business analyst designs and documents work flow, manages and provides solutions to new business unit ideas, trends, and concepts appropriately through the latest technological paths. The business analyst understands the customer’s business requirements and business process management, and then translates them to particular software requirements.

Our Ideal Candidate

• You share our passion for education. This is an opportunity to work across multiple projects and customers to support the mission of the Department.
• You are excited about the opportunity to both learn and teach. This is a dynamic space: education data collections evolve and systems change.
• You are motivated to offer exceptional experiences. Technical subject matter can be challenging, so it helps to be empathetic, thoughtful, and patient.
• You have high standards. Ability is important, but AEM is set apart by more than talent. This position requires someone who works collaboratively with colleagues and takes ownership over the quality and value of their work. Across all of our projects, we want coworkers who work hard and are relentlessly competitive in setting new standards for themselves and for their teams.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supporting business development activities through documenting conceptual solutions to customer requirements.

· Identifying and interpreting in-depth business and process requirements in support of multiple organizational units. Working closely with business and IT subject matter experts to document and analyze current state and engineer the future state business processes to propose optimum solutions to address business needs.

• Collecting and analyzing the client’s business requirements. Evaluating the requirements through task analysis, interviews, workflow analysis, use cases, scenarios, business process, surveys, site visits and workshops.

· Reconciling conflicts, decomposing high-level information into details, abstracting up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguishing user requests from the underlying true needs.

• Preparing accurate and detailed requirement specifications documents, user interface guides, report specifications and mock-ups, and functional specification documents. Delivering product’s functional requirements like screen, interface, and GUI designs.

· Utilizing experience in using enterprise-wide requirements definition and management systems and methodologies required.

• Documenting the acquired results of analysis and workflows as well as obtaining sign-off from the appropriate client.
• Transferring knowledge of completed requirements to development and test teams. Providing suggestions to the development team during the development stage of product to meet the client’s business needs.
• Coordinating with the groups of business unit who test, validate, evaluate new applications and functions, and determine issues in services and software.
• Managing any change requests related to the working project plans to meet the agreed deadlines.

Skills and Specifications

• Ability to analyze and document complex business processes.
• Ability to gather and interpret relevant data and information.
• Attention to detail and the ability to think analytically and exercise judgment to solve problems.
• Effective project management skills. Ability to track several projects simultaneously, work as part of a team and to also work independently.
• Advanced skills in MS Word, Outlook, Excel and Visio.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to build positive relationships with both client and internal development, test, data management and Partner Support Center teams.
• Ability to make effective decisions under pressure.
• Provide clear, concise writing on technical topics for non-technical audiences.

Education and Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or any related field from an accredited institution and 5 years related experience
• Past experience with the U.S. Department of Education, state or district K-12 data collections and/or grants is preferred.
• Agile experience (SCRUM Master) preferred.
• Master’s degree in Business Administration or Education Policy is an added advantage.

Public Trust

• Candidates must have the ability to work for any employer in the US without sponsorship.
• Ability to obtain a clearance. US citizenship required.
• Active 5(c) public trust clearance preferred, not required.

AEM is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. – AA M/F/Vet/Disability

Federal law requires AEM to verify identity and employment eligibility; with information from your Form I-9. The E-Verify system is used.

Company Description

In 2017, The Washington Post recognized us as one of the top places to work in the DC metropolitan region and Inc. Magazine recognized us as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.

Company Description

In 2017, The Washington Post recognized us as one of the top places to work in the DC metropolitan region and Inc. Magazine recognized us as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.