IT Business Analyst

The IT Business Analyst serves as the liaison between business units and IT, ensuring that technology solutions align with business objectives. This role is responsible for gathering requirements, analyzing processes, recommending improvements, and supporting the successful delivery of IT projects.

Duties include, but not limited to:

Partner with business stakeholders to understand goals, processes, and challenges.
• Gather, document, and validate functional and technical requirements.
• Analyze current workflows and identify opportunities for process optimization or automation.
• Translate business needs into clear specifications for developers, engineers, and vendors.
• Support solution design, system configuration, and integration activities.
• Develop use cases, process maps, and documentation to support project planning.
• Assist in creating test plans, conducting user acceptance testing (UAT), and validating system changes.
• Facilitate communication between cross-functional teams and ensure alignment on project objectives.
• Support change management efforts, including training materials and user documentation.
• Monitor project progress, report risks and issues, and assist in mitigation activities.
• Stay informed on technology trends and recommend innovative solutions that add business value.

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance: ability to obtain Secret

Education: High School Diploma

Years of Experience: 1-3

Certifications: N/A

Preferred Qualifications

Clearance: Secret

Education: Bachelor's Degree

Years of experience: 3-5

Certifications: Certifications such as CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, ECBA, IIBA, ITIL or Agile certifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in an IT environment.
• Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies (Agile, Waterfall).
• Skilled in requirements gathering, documentation, and analysis techniques.
• Experience with enterprise applications, system integrations, or data platforms.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Visio, Power BI, or similar.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Technical Skills

• Experience in business applications or workflow automation platforms.
• Familiarity with full Microsoft Suite data analysis tools.
• Familiarity with NIST 800-171 of CMMC Level 2

Interpersonal Skills

• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Adaptable and able to collaborate across teams.
• Comfortable translating complexity into clarity.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

Additional Information

Location: Wakefield or Lincoln

Travel: 10%

Remote, Onsite, or Hybrid: Hybrid

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Odyssey is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military's operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain-specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.

Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

This position is filled through continuous recruitment and will remain open until a sufficient pool of applications has been received.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Tricare supplement, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employee assistance program, learning and development benefit, paid time off, and holidays.

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