What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Specialist (Functional) position at DecisionPoint Corporation?
Transportation Specialist (Functional)
ID
2025-3130
| Job Locations | US | Category | Information Technology | Type | Regular Full-Time |
DecisionPoint Corporation is seeking a Transportation Specialist (Functional) to support the U.S. Transportation Command - Global Freight Management (GFM) program. This role serves as a functional subject matter expert (SME) in transportation and freight management operations, ensuring that system requirements and solutions align with mission needs.
The Transportation Specialist will collaborate with customers, developers, and testers to translate transportation requirements into functional specifications, validate system capabilities, and ensure that new or modified solutions effectively support DoD transportation operations. This position is ideal for candidates with hands-on experience in freight/transportation processes who can apply that expertise in a systems and requirements-driven environment.
This position is fully remote.
- Collaborate with customers and developers to identify, document, and refine system requirements.
- Translate operational transportation needs into functional specifications for software enhancements.
- Support Help Desk operations by addressing functional transportation system issues and troubleshooting user challenges.
- Conduct internal and functional testing to validate that system updates meet user and mission requirements.
- Develop and deliver demonstrations and slide presentations to stakeholders, showing how proposed solutions address original requirements.
- Prepare functional documentation, including Test Recommendation Documents with step-by-step validation instructions.
- Actively participate in Agile practices such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and Joint Advisory Design (JAD) sessions.
- Provide feedback on functional gaps and recommend improvements to system usability and performance.
- Support testers and technical teams with functional insight during system validation and verification.
Serve as a functional SME for transportation and freight management processes within the GFM program.
- Active Secret Clearance required.
- 3 years of experience in transportation, freight management, or logistics (DoD or federal environment preferred).
- Familiarity with DoD transportation policies, regulations, and systems.
- Experience in Agile project environments, with exposure to requirements gathering, functional testing, and user validation.
- Proficiency in Jira (or similar) for project tracking and issue management.
- Experience with Confluence (or similar) for documentation and knowledge sharing.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to translate operational needs into system requirements.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain functional transportation processes to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative Agile team.
Preferred Skills
- Knowledge of USTRANSCOM systems such as GFM or other DoD freight management platforms.
- Familiarity with automated testing tools (SmartBear TestComplete or similar) to support functional validation.
- Exposure to XML or data integration tools.
- Experience supporting large-scale system modernization or logistics IT programs.
- EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
- Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
- Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.