Business​/Data Analyst

Business / Data Analyst

Clearance Level: Must be eligible and able to obtain an Active Secret Clearance
- Must be US Citizen due to the nature of the work.

Location: You should expect to be onsite 2 days/wk. The team is typically onsite together on Wednesdays. Must live within 100 miles from Lexington, MA.

At Aquila Technology, you will see our team’s passion every day, whether we are building a robust, policy-compliant IT system or stress-testing a system to identify gaps and security vulnerabilities. To own the advantage, we ensure our team owns results and gets the work done right the first time by deploying smart, purposeful solutions that work. Aquila is the right people with the right skills driving the right outcomes.

We call this the Aquila Advantage.

Aquila Technology is seeking a Business / Data Analyst
to support one of the nation’s premier defense research organizations.

The team is seeking a PLM Systems Analyst to bridge engineering organizations, technical stakeholders, and software development teams. The role focuses on engineering-based systems analysis within PLM and Digital Engineering environments, working directly with engineers and researchers to understand engineering workflows, technical information, system interactions, and opportunities for digital improvement.

The analyst translates complex and evolving engineering needs into functional requirements, user stories, workflows, use cases, acceptance criteria, and solution concepts. The role applies systems thinking to analyze engineering processes, product data, application behavior, integrations, and information flows across PLM and related enterprise systems. The analyst also supports solution configuration, testing, troubleshooting, validation, and continuous improvement in partnership with architects, developers, QA professionals, product owners, and end users.

The ideal candidate combines strong analytical and communication skills with technical curiosity and the ability to bring structure to ambiguous engineering problems without imposing unnecessary process rigidity.

• Degree Level:Bachelor's Degree
• 7 years
  - Analyze Model and Measurement Data
• 7 years
  - Data Analysis
• 5 years
  - Knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management tools (Aras, Siemens Teamcenter, Windchill, etc)
• 5 years
  - Product Lifecycle Management
• 7 years
  - Reviewing Specification Requirements
• 7 years
  - Software Documentation
• 7 years
  - Translates Business Requirements into Technical Specifications
• 7 years
  - Understands and Executes Project Requirements
• Excellent Problem Solving
• 7 years
  - Automated Test Software
• 5 years
  - Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, etc.)
• 7 years - MS Suite (Excel, ppt)
• 7 years - MS Word Templates and Macros
• 7 years
  - Power Point
• 7 years
  - Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• 5 years
  - Automated Build/Test environment (e.g., Bamboo)
• 7 years
  - Systems Analysis

• Creating SQL database queries
• Experience in Digital Engineering and DE environments
• SAP ERP Purchasing System experience
• Experience working with APIs
• ARAS Innovator

• Partner with engineers, researchers, and technical stakeholders to understand engineering practices, workflows, information needs, and opportunities for improvement.
• Perform systems analysis of engineering workflows, product data, lifecycle states, system interactions, application behavior, and integrated data flows.
• Lead stakeholder interviews, working sessions prototype reviews, etc. and translate engineering needs into requirements, user stories, workflows, use cases, acceptance criteria, data definitions, and testable system behavior.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, QA, product owners, and users throughout solution design, development, testing,…