NHLBI BioData Catalyst Analyst

GDIT is seeking an Analyst to support the National Institute of Health (NIH),  National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The Analyst will help our team develop a new system to making it easier for researchers to find, access and use heart, blood, lung, and sleep data.

This role requires an understanding of how to gather and communicate requirements from both existing documentation and engaging with users and stakeholders. The Analyst will have a strong understanding of biomedical research domain and using Agile methodologies to enable teams to create compelling software systems.

HOW A BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYST SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Working across the software life-cycle, with an emphasis on requirements analysis and focusing on a new scientific application that searches for data in large datasets which include biological, genomic and/or proteomic data.

• Collaborating with the team to best realize system requirements, and when appropriate helping to validate those requirements.

• Gathering and capturing software system requirements in format such as user stories, wire frames, and acceptance criteria.

• Breaking down large requirements into smaller increments that can be more easily implemented ( e.g. Epics, into features, into stories).

• Engaging directly with users and potential system users to elicit requirements.

• Engaging with other system owners and stakeholder to facilitate collaboration.

• Collaborating with other team members to enable the teams to advance all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (e.g. Requirements, Design, Development, and Testing).

• Collaborating with the team on Agile activities, including estimation, iterative planning and retrospectives

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent).

• 7+ years of relevant experience.

• Expertise in analyzing and specifying the requirements of software systems and formatting them into user stories, wire frames, and acceptance criteria.

• Hands-on experience in data analysis with biomedical datasets.

• Experience working in the biomedical research domain.

• Experience working in an Agile software development environment.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Prior experience with the NHLBI BioData Catalyst environment; active NIH badge is a plus

• Experience analyzing and describing user interfaces and user experiences (UI/UX)

• Experience testing applications.

• Experience creating training materials.

SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a NIH's Public Trust.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match. 

• Customizable health benefits packages. 

• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career. 

• Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you. 

• Full-flex work week.