Lead Business Analyst – Environmental Data Integration

Peraton is a national security and enterprise IT company that delivers mission-focused technology solutions for government agencies. The Lead Business Analyst will serve as the senior business analysis lead for a federal environmental data integration program, driving requirements, compliance validation, pilot workflow design, and coordination among federal agencies and subject matter experts.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the senior business analysis lead across the full project, providing SME-level expertise in Endangered Species Act - Section 7 consultation processes, platform workflows, and multi-agency coordination
• Lead requirements elicitation and documentation for all platform changes including species display, decision logic updates, template updates, and consultation routing
• Conduct gap analysis between current platform capabilities and integration requirements, documenting findings for technical deliverables
• Facilitate joint requirements workshops with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Ecological Services and NOAA Fisheries SMEs
• Lead the development of consultation logic alignment documentation for joint agency use
• Support compliance validation by verifying that species list generation, decision logic, template content, and consultation routing meet regulatory requirements
• Coordinate with government SMEs to obtain required approvals and sign-offs on compliance-critical deliverables
• Lead pilot consultation workflow design, defining scenarios covering all consultation types
• Analyze pilot results and live consultation feedback, translating findings into actionable system updates
• Lead the development of the Pilot Report with Metrics, capturing consultation cycle times, completion rates, defect summaries, and actionable findings from pilot workflow execution
• Lead the development of the Endangered Species Act - Section 7 Compliance Validation Checklist, documenting validation criteria for species list generation accuracy, decision logic correctness, template content completeness, and consultation routing
• Coordinate government review and acceptance of Updated DKeys and Consultation Package Builder Assets, ensuring all content meets regulatory requirements and agency sign-off is obtained
• Contribute to final operational documentation and year-end reporting

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree and 10 years professional experience or a Masters degree and 8 years professional experience or an Associates degree and 12 years professional experience; or a high school diploma/equivalent and 16 years' professional experience
• U.S. Citizenship required; must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Extensive years of business analysis experience on federal IT programs
• Expertise in Endangered Species Act - Section 7 consultation processes
• Experience with federal environmental regulatory systems and multi-agency coordination
• Strong requirements elicitation, documentation, and stakeholder facilitation skills
• Experience supporting compliance validation activities on federal programs
• Experience capturing and reporting pilot metrics including cycle times, completion rates, and defect summaries
• Experience facilitating OMB or executive-level government reviews and demonstration preparation
• CBAP or equivalent BA certification preferred
• Direct experience with the FWS Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) platform, Ecological Services, or NOAA Fisheries systems
• Experience with DOI, FWS, or NOAA Fisheries programs
• Familiarity with data migration or system integration projects in a federal context
• Active Public Trust Clearance