System Analyst

Position

Description:

We are seeking a highly motivated System Analyst to join our team and provide end to end support across functional analysis, technical coordination, agile delivery, and operational triage. This role requires someone who is equally comfortable engaging with business stakeholders to refine requirements and working closely with developers to scope technical effort, while also facilitating Agile ceremonies and supporting incident resolution.

The ideal candidate is proactive, detail oriented, and experienced in federal environments, with the ability to track and report on security compliance activities such as POA&Ms. The successful candidate will have experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, documenting functional and system requirements, analyzing business processes and data flows, supporting system integrations, and coordinating testing activities. This individual should be comfortable working across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to ensure that technology solutions meet business objectives and technical requirements.

Based on contract and client requirements, US Citizenship is required

This position is located in one of CGI Federal's offices:
Fairfax, VA, Lafayette, LA, Knoxville, TN, Belton, TX, Lebanon, VA; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Functional & Technical Analysis
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to understand, analyze, and document business requirements.
• Refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications to ensure clarity and completeness.
• Facilitate estimation sessions with developers to gather level-of-effort (LOE) inputs and ensure reliable sprint commitments.
• Analyze application functionality, system workflows, interfaces, and data flows to understand how systems interact.
• Support system integration analysis, including API requirements, data exchanges, interface specifications, and dependencies between applications.
• Work with technical teams to investigate system issues, identify root causes, and document recommended resolutions.
• Assess the impact of system enhancements, configuration changes, and new functionality on existing applications and business processes.

Agile Delivery & Team Facilitation
• Lead and conduct Agile ceremonies including: o Backlog grooming / refinemento Daily stand-upso Sprint planningo Sprint reviewso Sprint retrospectives
• Coordinate with cross-functional team members to ensure alignment on sprint goals and priorities.
• Maintain transparency on delivery progress, risks, and blockers.

Operational Support & Incident Management
• Perform initial triage and troubleshooting of incidents as they are reported.
• Work with technical teams to determine root cause, validate fixes, and track resolutions.
• Maintain documentation for recurring issues and identify opportunities for process improvement.

Security & Compliance Support
• Understand federal security requirements at a high level, particularly those associated with compliance frameworks such as FISMA, NIST 800 53/171, CMMC, and FedRAMP.
• Track and report on Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), ensuring timely updates and visibility for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support auditors, security teams, and leadership with required documentation and evidence as needed.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar cross-functional, system analyst, or business systems analyst role.
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field is preferable.
• Demonstrated experience in Agile environments (Scrum or Kanban).
• Ability to translate business needs into actionable technical requirements.
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