Company Description:

Strategic Mission Elements (SME) is a minority woman-owned business of established industry professionals that provides analytic and engineering capabilities for Global Security focused customers. SME provides cohesive, collaborative solutions and services to make sense of the chaos and provide value to mission makers. Our goal is to tailor analytic and engineering services to our customers with integrity, agility, and top tier talent.

The Opportunity:

As an IT Functional Analyst, you’ll work to develop leading-edge applications, websites, as well as IT systems and products. Working with your team of architects, developers, business analysts, DevSecOps engineers, data scientists and alongside project managers and security specialists, you’ll identify clients’ business needs, gather user requirements, and develop user stories. You’ll understand the overall direction and nuanced user needs clearly, and you’ll guide your team as they fulfill these needs by creating deployable features. Together, you’ll deliver high business value products to mission users and clients.

You Must Have:

• 3 years of experience with gathering, decomposing, and documenting functional requirements

• 3 years of experience in working with issue tracking and requirements management systems, including JIRA

• Experience with providing support to Agile delivery, including help with backlog maintenance, sprint planning, and release planning

• Knowledge of Microsoft office tools

• Ability to work on a multi discipline team, including engineers, security specialists, and project managers

• Ability to facilitate formal and informal discussions with clients and users to capture requirements

• Ability to create mock ups, wire frames, and activity diagrams

Nice If You Have:

• Experience as a technical writer

• Experience as a software tester or test engineer

• Experience with IT strategy and communications

• Experience with Web content management

• Experience with Agile SAFE

• Knowledge of CMMI or maturity models

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 2 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Security clearance:

• Top Secret (Required)

Work Location: In person