Business Analyst

About Blue Water Thinking

Guided by our principles of value generation, continuous innovation, customer-centricity, and vested collaboration, Blue Water Thinking proudly supports our Federal clients in achieving their Agency goals.

Founded by a decorated twenty-eight year Veteran of the United States Army, Blue Water Thinking understands and supports the mission of our Nation's war fighters, Veterans, their families and caretakers.

Leveraging our executive team's military experience and private and public sector consulting expertise, Blue Water Thinking takes an integrated  one-team  approach and brings to bear best-fit solutions, thought leadership, and grit to meet our client's transformational needs.

Fueled by our values of integrity, respect, professionalism, stewardship and customer service, the Blue Water Thinking team understands the power of the human connection, collaboration, humility and loyalty to one another, our clients and industry partners.

Lastly, our formula for success is simple:
Build something good, take care of our people, keep our clients satisfied, nurture our work ethic and reputation, build long-lasting partnerships, enjoy what we do and give back as much as possible.

We are seeking a Business Analyst / ATO Support Analyst to support business requirements gathering, documentation, and ATO maintenance for the VA OAA Data Management Center (DMC) application portfolio under the active VA-wide umbrella ATO (FIPS 199 Moderate).
In this role, you will serve as the bridge between business users, developers, and information security stakeholders and will obtain individual VA system access authorization within one month of the contract start date.

• Support business requirements gathering, documentation, and ATO maintenance for the DMC application portfolio under the active VA-wide umbrella ATO (FIPS 199 Moderate)
• Serve as a bridge between business users, developers, and information security stakeholders
• Obtain individual VA system access authorization within one month of contract start; this is an individual onboarding expectation only, as system-level ATO decisions are made solely by Government authorization officials
• Collect and document business and functional requirements
• Create, update, and maintain all ATO artifacts, including SSP updates, control narratives, software scan evidence, POA&M remediation tracking, system descriptions, site maps, wireframes, database diagrams, code documentation, and data flow documentation
• Coordinate with developers and data staff to document system changes
• Track and support remediation actions resulting from security scans
• Support audits, reviews, and compliance requests related to DMC systems

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field; no equivalencies accepted
• 4+ years of experience in business analysis, system documentation, and security compliance support
• Familiarity with VA ATO/RMF processes and NIST security frameworks

• Security or audit-related certifications, such as CISSP, CAP, or Security+
• Experience producing SSPs, control narratives, and POA&M documentation

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required federal Public Trust clearance for this role

Salary for this position is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, location, the candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract specific affordability and organizational requirements. The proposed salary range for this position is…