Senior VistA Technical Business Analyst

Overview

As a Senior VistA Technical Business /Requirements Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between stakeholders and technical teams by capturing, analyzing, and documenting functional and non-functional requirements. You will lead stakeholder meetings to gather insights, ensuring that business needs are clearly understood and translated into actionable deliverables. Your ability to create detailed process diagrams, such as workflows and system interaction maps using tools like Visio, will be essential in visualizing complex processes. Additionally, you will craft clear, traceable, and testable requirements in user story format, ensuring alignment with project goals. A strong understanding of system interfaces, data flows, and integration points across both legacy and cloud environments will be critical to your success in this role.

To excel in this position, you will need to be proficient in the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) supply chain systems ; Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence, which will support your ability to manage requirements and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. You will also guide scope management for requirements, ensuring that project objectives remain focused and achievable. Your role will involve translating complex technical concepts into simple, accessible language for non-technical stakeholders, fostering clear communication and alignment. Additionally, you will support testers by assisting with the creation of test cases and coordinating testing efforts to ensure that requirements are met. Your ability to work seamlessly with diverse stakeholder groups, including business customers, development teams, product owners, and product managers, will be key to driving successful outcomes.

This role requires a combination of technical expertise and interpersonal skills. Experience in conducting stakeholder meetings, creating process diagrams, and writing detailed requirements will be invaluable. Familiarity with system integration in both legacy and cloud environments will help you navigate the technical landscape effectively. Strong writing skills and the ability to simplify complex ideas will enable you to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences. Your ability to support testing efforts and ensure requirements are met will further solidify your contributions to the team. This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where your analytical skills and collaborative mindset will make a meaningful impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct stakeholder meetings to document analysis and capture functional and non-functional requirements
• Create process diagrams (e.g., Visio) to represent workflows and system interactions
• Write clear, traceable, and testable requirements in user story format
• Understand system interfaces, data flows, integration points in both legacy and cloud environments
• Familiarity with Jira/Confluence
• Support testers with writing test cases and participating or coordinating testing to ensure requirements are met
• Work with various stakeholder groups (e.g., business customers, development team, product owner, product management)
• Translate complex technical ideas into simple language for non-technical stakeholders
• Guide scope management for requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) Workflow and Systems, ie. Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA)
• Experience collaborating with various stakeholder groups (e.g., business customers and development team)
• Technical expertise combined with strong interpersonal skills
• Experience conducting stakeholder meetings
• Ability to create process diagrams
• Skill in writing detailed, high quality requirements
• Familiarity with system integrations across legacy and cloud environments
• Strong writing and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience supporting testing efforts and validating that requirements are met
• Strong analytical skills and a collaborative mindset
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Preferred Skills, Education, and Certifications:

• Familiarity with VA systems, like Prosthetics, VDIF, Denver Logistics Center 
• Familiarity with 508 compliance and cybersecurity concerns
• Awareness of SAFe and scrum methodologies
• Strong attention to detail and ability to problem-solve with ambiguous requirements and evolving priorities
• Ability to work in dynamic, contractor and FTE federal environment
• Focus on VA mission and how IT systems impact veteran care and benefits
• Agile certifications
• Bachelor’s degree + 5 years’ experience in requirements elicitation in federal government environment