Location: Amarillo, TX - Pantex Amarillo Campus
Job Title: IT Business Analyst
Career Level From: Associate
Career Level To: Senior Associate
Organization: Project Management Office (50992238)
Job Specialty: Business Analysis
Long Description
Why Amarillo?
Come for the job, stay for the lifestyle! Join a thriving community and take root in Amarillo, Texas -
Why Pantex?
You get #morethanajob.
Mission - Pantex has several national security missions that protect our country and our allies around the world. At Pantex, our employees provide the nuclear deterrent for our nation and allies, ensure our nation’s nuclear stockpile is strong and viable, and support the stockpile as the High Explosives Center of Excellence. Our team uses world-class skill, ambition, and vision to meet our missions on a daily basis. Join us in any of our engaging disciplines and do the most important work of your career.
Culture - Much more than a place to work, this is a congenial professional setting where people work hard, interact with ease, and often become lifelong friends. At Pantex, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime, moving from one area to another as you gain new skills that align with your growing interests and professional strengths. You’ll be inspired by our strong feeling of camaraderie. From the first day, you’ll know that your coworkers have your back and you will have theirs. We have a shared mission and feel an urgency to get it done and done right. We are all proud patriots sharing our talents to work on a common goal whose legacy spans decades and continents.
Benefits - We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Also, take advantage of our onsite cafeteria. Much more than a workplace, at Pantex, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
What You'll Do
- Act as a key interface between business stakeholders, including senior management, business units, and technology teams, to define requirements, develop business cases for technology developments, and resolve issues related to functional system delivery.
- Analyze and assess current business and technical processes to formulate, develop, and propose improvements for new or modified business information processing systems, defining and documenting requirements accordingly.
- Facilitate IT (Information Technology) project teams by coordinating with business and technology teams to elicit, organize, simplify, manage, and communicate functional and technical requirements, including program functions, output, input data, and user acceptance criteria, and to develop business cases. This includes supporting testing, system techniques, and controls.
- Demonstrate knowledge of computer system capabilities, business processes, and workflows.
- Develop software quality assurance documentation, including business requirement documents for IT projects.
- Collaborate with business units to define and document project scope, requirements, and expectations, and report potential inter-departmental conflicts to the project team for evaluation.
- Provide documentation and communication of business needs and requirements, demonstrating a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements.
- Evaluate and communicate the implications of technical solutions.
- Collaborate and coordinate efforts across all IT and business segments.
- Ensure consistency and adherence to company standards, processes, and procedures.
- Work with Quality Assurance to obtain QA acceptance of product and business requirements.
- Utilize requirements to drive the design or review of test cases and process change requests. Assist with managing project scope, acceptance, installation, and deployment.
- Assess and validate activities to determine if solutions have fulfilled requirements.
- Ensure adherence to project lifecycle management, software development lifecycle management, company strategies, policies, processes, methodologies, commitments, and goals.
- Exercise initiative, independent judgment, and discretion under limited supervision.
- Develop and maintain complete and accurate business analysis technical documentation, adhering to established procedures.
- Ensure effective communication exists with and among assigned teams.
- Brief management and project teams on work assignments and progress.
- Participate in and/or develop procurement deliverables (e.g., statements of work, bills of material) for external services and materials.
- Limited travel may be required.
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- OR Applicants without a bachelor's degree may be considered based on a combination of at least 8 years of completed education and/or relevant experience.
Department of Energy (DOE) Order 426.2A Requirements
Preferred Job Requirements
- Proven experience in business analysis for production or technical projects.
- Relevant certifications such as Scrum Master, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL Foundations, or PROSCI Change Management.
- Experience with ServiceNow in an Agile development environment.
- Proficiency in business analysis tools and methodologies, including but not limited to computerized spreadsheets, relational database modeling, modeling software, data analytics, word processing software, Scrum, Kanban, and other hybrid agile methods.
- Demonstrated knowledge of business analysis and project management principles, best practices, techniques, and tools, preferably aligned with Project Management Institute (PMI) standards. Project Management Institute (PMI) certification [e.g., Professional in Business Analysis (PBA), Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)] is preferred but not required.
- Comprehensive knowledge of requirements gathering, analysis, and management strategies, including data requirements, business process modeling, traceability, quality management techniques, and principles of project and software development lifecycles. Familiarity with business concepts and requirements specific to large government facilities is advantageous.
- Proven experience in eliciting requirements for complex projects and programs, developing business analyses and plans, prioritizing requirements, and creating conceptual prototypes or mock-ups.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively independently and collaboratively within diverse teams. Possesses strong organizational, time management, interpersonal, and communication skills (oral and written), including conflict resolution. Exhibits initiative, independent judgment, and discretion, with a proactive approach to leading and managing multiple tasks while meeting deadlines.
- Proficiency in processing and analyzing data, formatting and generating reports, creating and editing written materials, and developing and delivering presentations.
- Proven ability to lead and manage multiple concurrent and complex IT infrastructure and application development teams, demonstrating adaptability within fast-paced, demanding environments.
- Ability to logically and systematically evaluate business and process problems to determine optimal solutions.
#JointheMission: Your Impact Starts Here
At Pantex, you won't just find a job—you’ll discover a career of purpose safeguarding national security through work performed nowhere else on Earth. We empower dedicated, innovative individuals like you to achieve their greatest impact surrounded by exceptional talent and limitless opportunities for professional growth.
When you #JointheMission, you choose a lifetime career where your commitment is genuinely valued and rewarded. At Pantex, we believe that extraordinary talent thrives when supported by a balanced life. Discover the flexibility that empowers you to excel, coupled with a benefits package designed for your total peace of mind from comprehensive health coverage and robust retirement planning, to opportunities for continuous learning through education reimbursement.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10 CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.
Pantex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to random selection for drug testing without advance notification.
Pantex is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.
