Supports DHS product and reporting initiatives by eliciting business requirements, designing processes, understanding vetting functionality and UI specifications, creating UAT test cases, facilitating stakeholder meetings, and ensuring SPII requirements are met. The role collaborates closely with product stakeholders and IT to improve information access and define business needs for TSA Secure Flight capabilities.
About Agile Defense
At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.
Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.
Requisition #: 1823
Job Title: Project Analyst
Location: Colorado Springs, CO or Annapolis
Clearance Level: Public Trust must be obtained prior to starting position
Job Description
Agile Defense is seeking a proficient individual to support the strategic work products for our DHS program. The Project Analyst will perform various tasks within the Agile software development cycle obtaining business requirements and understanding of complex vetting functionality, UI specifications, and reporting / data analytics supporting the TSA Secure Flight Reporting and Capabilities section.
Education and Background
- 4 Years of Experience (3+ as Project Analyst)
Required Skills
- Strong Requirements Elicitation and Process Design Skills -Ability to Plan, Organize, Prioritize, and Manage Assigned Responsibilities in a Highly Dynamic Work Environment
- Ability to work very closely with product stakeholders and IT to effectively and efficiently elicit requirements, streamline processes, improve access to information, and define business needs.
- Ability to create test cases in support of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) when new product requirements need quality assurance testing.
- Facilitate Meetings and Working Groups -Support Product Manager ensuring SPII requirements are being carefully met in responses to stakeholder ad-hoc requests
- MS Office Product Suite Proficiency
- Public Trust Clearance requires U.S. Citizenship
Preferred Skills
- Prior work experience within DHS and/or TSA
- Ability to complete manual tasks using automation
Our Core Values
Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.
What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.
- Happy - Be Infectious. Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
- Helpful - Be Supportive. Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
- Honest - Be Trustworthy. Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
- Humble - Be Grounded. Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
- Hungry - Be Eager. Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
- Hustle - Be Driven. Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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