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Seneca Holdings · 1 day ago

Business Analyst

Washington, DC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Great Waters Federal is part of the Seneca Nation Group, focusing on federal government contracting. The Business Analyst role involves providing support for the National Student Loan Data System, enhancing data quality and integration, and ensuring compliance while collaborating across business units.

BankingFinancial ServicesFinTechInsurance

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Analyzes user needs to determine functional and technical requirements

Provides expert guidance in analysis and the design of information technology architectures, technology analyses, systems architectures, and strategic planning

Provides software process management and control throughout the coding portion of the software development process

Leads and supports the challenges faced by developers who must deal with issues such as cultural change, software distribution, security, data distribution, and business process impacts

Guides the development team through the implementation of the systems designed

Managing work items and tasks to meet deadlines established with the government for software releases and other planned scheduled events and deliverables

Work in a software development life cycle, apply security and vulnerability best practices, and require little or no instruction and guidance in performing routine tasks and updating change management systems to document system changes

Have effective technical, communication, skills and experience to recommend design solutions and improvements that enhance the system cost, schedule, and performance

Participate in team meetings with the government to improve understanding of the mission, tools, concepts, frameworks, and increase effectiveness in maintaining government computer systems

Work with PM to maintain all contract deliverables to include Action and Issue Log, Data Quality Reporting, Program / Project Schedule, Test Case Specifications, Ad Hoc Reports, Meeting Minutes, and Weekly Status Reports

Support ongoing data reviews of data loaded and stored in NSLDS for completeness and accuracy, as well as improvements to operational and executive-level reports associated with the data

Gather and document complex business requirements

Analyze data to provide strategic insights and support decisions

Improve business processes and identify opportunities for growth

Qualification

Business analysisData analysisOperational data managementSQLAgile/ScrumCommunication skillsCross-functional collaborationProblem-solvingCritical thinkingTechnical writing

Required

Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Finance, or related field

U.S. citizens with High-Risk Public Trust

7+ years' business analysis experience, with proven success on complex projects, leading initiatives, and driving improvements

Highly skilled individual who can quickly understand the NSLDS data model and the intricacies of NSLDS's collaboration with other FSA and Federal Loan Servicer systems for complicated business and program processes

Knowledge of Federal Student Aid business areas to include, but not limited to, Federal Loan Servicing data, repayment plans, Gainful Employment regulations and other accountability metrics, and more

Knowledge of or ability to quickly understand business processes and integrations across FSA systems to accomplish a business goal; for example, Income Driven Repayment and SAVE processes as documented across multiple systems including NSLDS, Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) system, Federal Loan Servicers (FLS), Federal Tax Information Model (FTIM) systems, and more

Experience in areas such as, but not limited to developing, improving, and managing operational data and data models in the federal government

Exceptional ability to transform data into strategic insights, identify trends, solve problems, and think critically

Analytical Experience with data analysis, critical thinking, problem-solving, process modeling

Excellent written/verbal skills, translating technical info, stakeholder management

Experience with cross-functional collaboration

Technical: MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint), Visio, SQL, JIRA, data visualization tools

Methodologies: Agile/Scrum, SDLC, Waterfall experience