Senior Project Analyst - Software Development

Senior Project Analyst – Software Development: Join a mission-focused team at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) dedicated to maintaining and modernizing critical medical logistics applications that directly support military customers. As a Senior Project Analyst for Software Development, you will act as a critical bridge between stakeholders and developers, managing the end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC) from requirement gathering to successful deployment. This position serves as a highly collaborative Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for building trusted relationships with stakeholders to identify and translate business needs into detailed, actionable software requirements. You will be at the center of cross-functional collaborations to resolve business process issues, coordinate software releases and deployments, and partner with testers to develop test plans and execute test cases when necessary. Additionally, the position supports the creation of critical SDLC project documentation, utilizes SQL data analysis to deliver timely stakeholder reports, and provides continuous guidance to alignment teams to ensure successful mission-critical outcomes.

Location: Northeast Philadelphia. You will be required to be on site at the client facility each Wednesday. This on-site requirement could increase at the government’s discretion.

Job Description

• Fosters excellent relationships with stakeholders and users to ensure there is an understanding of the latest program needs and establishes excellent trusted stakeholder connections that lead to identifying opportunities to capture new requirements.
• Decomposes requirements to a level of sufficiency that software developers can adequately implement a solution and captures requirements in repository (Azure DevOps/TFS).
• Coordinate resolution of data or business process issues by collaborating with other cross-team technical or business resources.
• Coordinates software releases with Infrastructure and Application developers, including translation of requirements to technical needs and handles coordination/planning of software deployments.
• Develop a deep functional understanding of the business capability of the application and continually learn new business and technical business areas as appropriate.
• Works with QA Testers to develop detailed test plans.
• Provide guidance on business direction, interpretation of requirements, and updates to test cases. When necessary, execute test cases and sign off for release completion. 
• Supports creation, update, and development of project documentation, and facilitate signature of documentation by necessary program leadership.
• Provides necessary input to support Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) milestones, including review of SDLC guidance program to ensure all deliverables and needs are met for each milestone. Work closely with software developers to communicate requirements and provide basic design direction.
• Utilizes data analysis and SQL skills to provide reports as needed by stakeholders, users, or other clients in a timely fashion.
• Acts as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the given project, and work with trusted stakeholders to provide answers to mission critical questions.
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  What you will need to be successful:
  Must be a US citizen.
• Must be able to achieve a NACLC clearance.
• Demonstrated experience in leading the development of Web based applications.
• Possess significant experience in performing complex analysis using SQL.
• Military Medical Supply Chain experience is a big plus.
• Demonstrated leadership and client facing ability.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is a plus.
• Minimum 5 years’ directly related experienceEnvironment: Oracle Database, TOAD, .Net MVC, Angular, Azure DevOps Server 2022