Lead Requirements Analyst

Lead Requirements Analyst

Location: Portsmouth, VA (Hybrid)

Position: Lead Requirements Analyst

ITC Defense is seeking a Lead Systems Requirements Engineer to support the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence Service Center (C5

ISC) in Portsmouth, Virginia. In this role, you will lead requirements engineering efforts supporting the development, analysis, documentation, and management of requirements for mission‑critical Coast Guard C5I systems and enterprise services. Working closely with Government stakeholders, systems engineers, architects, and cross‑functional teams, you will ensure requirements are accurately defined, traceable, and aligned throughout the systems engineering lifecycle. As the technical lead for requirements management activities, you will provide guidance and mentorship to a team of analysts, oversee the quality and delivery of requirements products, and support program execution through technical leadership, collaboration, and continuous process improvement.

• Lead requirements engineering activities supporting Coast Guard C5I systems and enterprise modernization initiatives
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and day‑to‑day guidance to a team of requirements analysts
• Collaborate with Government personnel, systems engineers, architects, and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to develop, refine, validate, and maintain system requirements
• Conduct requirements elicitation activities through stakeholder interviews, technical meetings, workshops, document reviews, and collaborative working sessions
• Develop, analyze, document, and maintain functional, operational, and system requirements in accordance with Government engineering standards and best practices
• Manage requirements throughout the systems engineering lifecycle, including baseline development, change control, configuration management, and end‑to‑end traceability
• Maintain requirements within Government‑approved Requirements Management Systems, including LAUNCH PAD and associated repositories
• Develop and maintain requirements artifacts including requirements traceability matrices, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), use cases, data dictionaries, templates, and supporting engineering documentation
• Identify requirements gaps, conflicts, technical risks, dependencies, and data deficiencies, and develop recommendations for resolution
• Produce technical reports, performance metrics, executive briefings, dashboards, and documentation supporting program decision‑making
• Support the development and maintenance of Enterprise Requirements Library content and associated requirements documentation
• Perform quality assurance reviews of requirements products to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with Government standards
• Prepare project status updates, technical recommendations, level‑of‑effort estimates, and risk assessments for Government leadership
• Participate in Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), technical reviews, design reviews, working groups, and customer meetings
• Travel within the Continental United States (CONUS), as required
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Associate degree in Systems Engineering, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience supporting requirements engineering, requirements analysis, requirements management, or systems engineering for complex technical or enterprise information systems.
• Experience leading technical teams and coordinating work assignments and project deliverables.
• Experience developing, analyzing, validating, documenting, and managing system requirements throughout the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Experience using LAUNCH PAD or a comparable enterprise Requirements Management System.
• Experience managing requirements baselines, traceability, configuration management, and controlled technical documentation.
• Experience collaborating with Government customers, systems engineers, architects, and cross‑functional technical teams.
• Strong…