Bachelor's degree in a computer science, information technology, engineering, or scientific field or the equivalent is required plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.
Responsibilities for this Position
General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Business Systems Analysis Engineer. This position provides an opportunity to further advance the cutting-edge technology that supports some of our nationore defense/intelligence services and systems. General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:
The Business Systems Analysis Engineer role is a blend of traditional Business Analyst and Systems Analyst disciplines. They use their technical expertise to consult and collaborate with business leaders, IT staff, and other third parties to develop, deliver, and optimize business capabilities & information technology systems. They often act as integrated team leads and facilitate small projects or initiatives.
Solicits and captures desired business outcomes, future strategies, demands, actions, and plans
Understands organizations, information, systems, policies, processes, metrics, opportunities, challenges, risks, and constraints
Investigates and evaluates alternatives for, and assess feasibility of, improvements in information, technology, process, and/or organizational systems
Develops recommendations and business case rationales for investment in new or enhanced solutions
Investigates, identifies, analyzes, and captures business systems, process, information, and other forms of detailed specifications & requirements
Supports the development and delivery of solutions leveraging knowledge of: business end-users, stakeholders, goals, requirements, current and desired future states
Translates business requirements to technical specifications and interface with other technical staff to design, develop, and maintain solution
May occasionally evaluate code, scripts, interfaces, and configurations, even modifying such to some extent
Plans and executes unit, integration and acceptance testing
Partners with business end-user community and IT staff to refine, tune, train, promote adoption and optimize environment
Performs other duties as directed
Leads, plans, and executes small initiatives
Moderate business travel required
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Evidence of ability to act with little daily instruction on tasks of diverse scope using a seasoned professional understanding of the Business Systems Analysis discipline
Exhibits solid knowledge on how IT solutions are constructed
Prior work experience as a Business Analyst or Systems Analyst capturing, analyzing, and translating business requirements, specifications, processes, and business cases strongly desired
Strong track record showing ability to develop relationships and formal and informal networks to influence, coordinate, communicate, and organize groups/teams
Strong track record showing solid understanding of specific business area/ business process, for example: Sales; Manufacturing; Development; Human Resources; Finance, etc.
Broad experience of systems and/or business analysis frameworks, methodologies, and tools
Has ability to analyze situations, alternatives, proposals, designs, architectures, risks, data, systems, and constructs
Solid experience creating user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, and test plans/cases
History of providing work direction and leadership to others
Solid understanding of solutions development methodologies (e.g. DevOps, Agile, Software Development Lifecycle, etc.)
Exposure to Information Technology (IT) development, operations, or equivalent
Strong familiarity with common software tools including MSVisio, MS Excel, and MS Project
Experience as a developer, systems integrator, systems engineer, solutions architect, or similar, strong preferred
Knowledge of development languages, platforms, and tools preferred
Solid knowledge of SQL queries for data transfer or business reporting preferred
A track record of high level personal performance
Shows significant contribution within diverse teams across multiple projects or small initiatives to successfully achieve deliverables
Solid presentation skills
Solid oral & written communication skills
Concise reporting to management / peers
Proven experience developing solutions to a variety of challenging problems of broader scope and complexity, using established procedures
A history that illustrates flexibility and adaptability to changing business needs and shows exposure to overcoming fundamental change obstacles
Company Overview General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 13,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high performance team!
General Dynamics is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that is committed to hiring a diverse and talented workforce. EOE/Disability/Veteran
