Business Analyst

CACI is a company dedicated to ensuring the safety of the nation through innovative solutions. The Business Analyst will work with public health experts supporting the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network, responsible for collecting and defining client requirements for a training program in public health surveillance.

Responsibilities:

• Apply microbiology / clinical / lab background(s) and communications skills to elicit needs for systems tracking / monitoring pathogens and antimicrobial resistant organisms in the healthcare environment
• Efforts could extend to support other information systems or informatics initiatives within the branch
• Validate requirements for accuracy, completeness, clarity, testability, and traceability
• Translate requirements into functional and technical specifications that reflect stakeholder needs
• Document requirements and specifications, including complex data flows and business rules using appropriate tools
• Manage and prioritize requirements to ensure that scope is consistent with expectations
• Apply best practices to ensure optimal user experience
• Support software verification and validation activities in an agile environment
• Identify, raise, and implement process improvements based on perceived/stated needs of the customers
• Provide impact analysis and requirements gathering for the surveillance system
• Proactively communicates and collaborates with external and internal customers
• Deliver the following artifacts as needed: (Functional requirements (Business Requirements Document), including workflow, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.)

Requirements:

• Must be able to obtain a NACI clearance
• Bachelor's degree in biology, Microbiology, Clinical Laboratory Science, or related field with 4+ years' experience supporting public health / health stakeholders as a Business Analyst
• Excellent communication skills: listening, writing, and experience interacting comfortably with scientists, epidemiologists, informaticians and developers
• Demonstrated ability to manage the business analysis of systems including: Requirements collection, validation, and management
• Development of use cases and user stories
• Proven meeting-facilitation and presentation skills
• Experience developing mock-ups and documenting business processes, data flows, and workflows
• Experience working through software development lifecycle including initiation, development, and verification
• Master's degree in microbiology or relevant field such as Public Health or Laboratory Sciences
• Experience using a requirements management tool such as Jira
• Experience supporting systems leveraging cloud infrastructure and platforms
• Demonstrated experience supporting iterative software development methodologies and/or Agile
• Certification in business analysis
• Candidate to be located in the Atlanta, Georgia area