As a Vision, Mission, and Driven company, VMD has been delivering information technology solutions to the Federal government in Agile Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Critical Infrastructure Protection since 2002. Our mission has now expanded, and we have merged with Xcelerate Solutions to revolutionize end-to-end enterprise security. Together we are committed to protecting our nation’s citizens, critical infrastructure, and resources.
Why Join VMD Corp?
At VMD, now a part of Xcelerate Solutions, you have the opportunity to thrive in your career and become a Game Changer. The quality and talent of our people is what drives our success. We embrace an employee-first culture and make it a priority to provide professional development opportunities that foster career growth.
We help protect American Citizens and the nation’s most critical infrastructure by working alongside our customers and delivering game changing solutions to strengthen their missions. We believe our passion and commitment to achieve our customers' goals and solve their most critical challenges defines who we are. We don’t just dream big, we act on it – through teamwork, dedication, and resilience.
Learn more about VMD culture here: VMD Culture
About the Mission You Will Join:
The Department of State has entrusted VMD to perform internal and external-facing informational websites and web applications activities specifically for the Bureau of Consular Affairs. VMD’s mission is to perform operations and maintenance/decommissioning & modernization activities over legacy websites to support ongoing operations and the modernization of its website governance, architecture, and design.
Your Impact to the Mission:
VMD has an exciting opportunity for you to join as a Business Analyst working out of our Arlington, VA office. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Perform process reviews conducts analyses identifies procedural and control deficiencies
- Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirement workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis, conducts testing
- Assess business needs/issues, gathers and defines business application requirements, and writes effective and detailed business and system design requirements
- Proactively communicate and collaborate with users and stakeholders to analyze information needs and functional requirements
- Deliver the following artifacts when needed: Business Requirements, Functional Requirements, User Stories, Use Cases, GUI Screen and Interface Designs, Traceability Matrix, and Task Reports
- Be the liaison between the business units, technology, and support teams
- Work under direction of project managers to support project deliverable completion and delivery
- Maintain awareness of task deadlines for requirement and test deliverables
- Balance customer scope expectations with application effectiveness
Experience Needed to Be Successful:
- 2 plus years of Business Analysis experience, working on software products
- Strong ability to create and update, epics and user stories
- Innate capacity for initiative, learning, and highly inquisitive nature
- Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle and Agile methodologies
- Knowledge of business and requirements concepts
- Knowledge of business research principles, processes, and techniques
- Excellent written and oral communication skills using Microsoft Office
- Software development requirements analysis and testing experience
Desired Qualification and Experience:
- Experience using Unqork is a plus
- Department of State or Bureau of Consular Affairs experience is a plus
Basic Qualifiers:
- Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
- Can Additional Years of Experience Substitute for Degree? Yes
- Desired Certification(s): Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
- Minimum Years of Overall Experience: 2
- Minimum Years of Specific Experience in Field: 2
- Minimum Clearance to Start: Interim Secret
- Work Status Allowable: US Citizen
The Type of Person That Will Excel:
- You are curious, inquisitive, and have demonstrated a constant eagerness to learn through actions.
- You have strong attention to detail.
- You demonstrate personal accountability and integrity in all actions.
Travel and Telecommuting:
- Travel: Little (less than 10%)
- Telecommute Options: Hybrid. Until full access, may need to be in Ballston. After full access, looking for candidate to show ability to work well with the team, within a hybrid setup. If all going well, then full remote is possible, contingent on whether the customer orders us back to the office.
VMD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable Federal, state and local laws. VMD maintains a drug-free workplace.