Data Science Business Analyst

Responsibilities

Peraton 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 and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Peraton’s is seeking a Data Science Business Analyst to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals supporting our public health data science customer.  

What you will do:

The qualified applicant should have a background in Data Science, Information Systems, Public Health or a related field and will work closely with the customers in gathering and documenting their requirements.     

• Performs work on all aspects of the system analysis process from end to end of the software development life cycle
• Elicit requirements from subject matter experts using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios and workflow analysis
• Conceptualizes new systems or modules by facilitating requirements sessions, collecting and analyzing requirements; constructing process flow charts and diagrams; studying system capabilities; writing specifications and documenting business rules.
• Defines, documents and translates business requirements into detailed functional specifications taking into account non-functional requirements
• Work closely with business SMEs and collaborate with the development team, enterprise architect and the project manager in all aspects of system design and development.
• Supports development team by translating requirements and use cases into a specifications, sample screen design, flowcharts, logical data models and security design models 
• Supports testing teams in translating requirements and use cases into test conditions and expected results for product, performance, user acceptance, and operational acceptance testing
• Responsible for maintaining all assigned business systems documentation
• Triage, log, and track requests for customer requests for new features, enhancements to be implemented in the systems
• Analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the artifacts as needed: 
• Verify and track satisfaction of requirements in delivered solution through acceptance testing
• Serves as a consultant to project management, senior management and customers

Qualifications

Required  Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of experience in IT related position or a Masters Degree. Addiitonal years of experience maybe accepted in lieu of the degree
• 1-3 years’ experience working as a Business Systems Analyst, demonstrating strong analytical skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
• 1-3 years’ experience working in an agile / iterative development environment
• Experience on projects that support public health information systems
• Demonstrated experience with systems and applications development projects supported by the team including system components, functionality, interfaces, data flows, and business rule
• Demonstrated experience in drafting/writing communication content, materials, and products
• Demonstrated experience in translating technical content into formats written in plain language and easy to understand
• Demonstrated ability to adjust quickly to changing priorities and make quick decisions with limited information
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize end user issues/requests
• Proven ability to integrate with a team and work well with others
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint)
• Must be a US Citizen or a Green Card Holder ( Permanent resident of the US)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance 

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Previous CDC and/or Public Health experience
• Formal training/certification in Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum Master certification)
• Experience with analysis, visualization and reporting software and capabilities
• Knowledge of data science, data management, and data analytics techniques, technologies, and tools
• Familiarity with Azure, AWS, Hadoop, distributed data analytics platforms, geospatial data analytics and data management,