Business Analyst – Quality Management, Interm in Albuquerque, New Mexico at Wichita Tribal Enterprise

This position is being recruited in support of a current proposal opportunity and is contingent upon Quivera Enterprises being awarded the contract.

Wichita Tribal Enterprises (WTE), a Quivera Enterprises subsidiary, is seeking an experienced Business Analyst – Quality Management, Intermediate to support Indian Affairs (IA) and Office of Information Technology (OIT) programs, projects, and operational initiatives.

The Business Analyst provides business analysis expertise and works closely with Government stakeholders, project managers, technical teams, security personnel, vendors, and other contractors to understand business needs, analyze current and target processes, define and manage requirements, develop actionable business and technical artifacts, support testing and implementation, and identify opportunities for process improvement and modernization.

In addition to core business analysis responsibilities, this position provides functional expertise in Quality Management, including quality assurance, testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect and issue management, configuration and change management processes, and continuous process improvement. The position helps maintain effective operational controls, accurate records, compliant processes, and consistent quality standards while supporting technology modernization and service delivery improvements.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Analysis

• Elicit, analyze, validate, document, and manage business, functional, technical, and system requirements.
• Map current-state, future-state, and interim business processes and recommend opportunities for improvement, modernization, automation, and increased efficiency.
• Develop user stories, story maps, use cases, acceptance criteria, and prioritized product backlogs.
• Prepare requirements, implementation statements, and supporting documentation for NIST Special Publication 800-53 control assessments.
• Support privacy and security documentation, including identification of Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), and Privacy Threshold Analyses (PTAs).
• Develop business glossaries, functional requirements, process models, system diagrams, wireframes, workflows, and other business and technical artifacts.
• Create and maintain models using Microsoft Visio and manage boards, test plans, dashboards, and related artifacts using Azure DevOps or other Government-authorized tools.
• Conduct research and analysis supporting process improvement, business process reengineering, IT modernization, shared services, and technology implementation.
• Develop and execute test cases, test scripts, datasets, and acceptance criteria based on approved requirements and user input.
• Facilitate requirements sessions, stakeholder interviews, focus groups, training sessions, strategic planning forums, and knowledge-transfer activities.
• Review cost, schedule, performance, and compliance requirements associated with federal IT investments.
• Lead assigned analytical activities and track associated risks, issues, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Collaborate effectively with Government stakeholders, project managers, technical teams, security personnel, vendors, and other contractors to translate business needs into clear requirements, processes, models, testable outcomes, and actionable deliverables.

Quality Management

• Provide specialized business analysis support for quality assurance, testing, configuration, change, and related quality-management processes.
• Translate approved business and system requirements into measurable acceptance criteria, test scenarios, test cases, test scripts, and datasets.
• Support system, functional, regression, integration, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities as applicable.
• Document and track defects, issues, test results, corrective actions, and testing outcomes through resolution.
• Analyze testing results and quality metrics to identify trends, recurring issues, process gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and maintain quality-management requirements, processes, procedures, workflows, reports, dashboards, and supporting documentation.
• Support quality assurance and test-management processes throughout applicable phases of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Analyze and document current-state and target-state Configuration and Change Management (CCM) processes.
• Support maintenance of the OIT Configuration Management Plan and associated processes and procedures.
• Support configuration identification and configuration status-accounting activities.
• Analyze change and release management workflows and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Maintain and validate configuration information and supporting artifacts.
• Facilitate Configuration Control Board (CCB) activities and document decisions, action items, approvals, and associated follow-up activities.
• Support configuration audits, findings, corrective actions, and responses.
• Develop process models, workflows, requirements, procedures, dashboards, and other artifacts supporting configuration and change management.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen quality controls, improve testing effectiveness, increase process consistency, and enhance service delivery.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience providing business analysis services to management and technical personnel supporting federal IT investments.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and resolving complex IT project or program management issues in accordance with applicable federal laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience translating business and system requirements into acceptance criteria, test scenarios, test cases, test scripts, and datasets.
• Experience supporting system testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), documenting defects and issues, tracking test outcomes, and supporting quality assurance and test-management processes.
• Knowledge of Project Management Office (PMO) operations, capital planning, strategic planning, and IT investment management.
• Knowledge of business process improvement and business process reengineering methodologies as applied to modernization initiatives.
• Practical experience with configuration management, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) practices, change management, IT Asset Management, and IT service-request fulfillment.
• Experience with activity and data modeling, modern business methods, best-practice analysis, and performance measurement.
• Knowledge of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC), and Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA).
• Experience applying human-centered design methods, including journey mapping, affinity mapping, and storyboarding.
• Strong written and verbal communication, facilitation, interviewing, training, collaboration, and leadership skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet project schedule, quality, and performance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with Government stakeholders, technical teams, security personnel, vendors, and other contractors.
• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain the Government security clearance and/or suitability determination required for the position.
• Must meet all applicable federal contract requirements.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience supporting the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and/or Indian Affairs (IA).
• Experience working within NIST- and/or DOI-controlled IT environments.
• Experience supporting federal quality assurance, testing, configuration, change, release, asset, or service-management activities.
• Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) ticketing systems, Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs), Microsoft Intune, or similar enterprise tools.
• Experience using Microsoft Visio, Azure DevOps, or comparable Government-authorized tools.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in Quality Management with the ability to apply that expertise within an integrated project management and business analysis environment.
• Active Government security clearance.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This position primarily involves work in a professional office or remote work environment. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Duties may require prolonged periods of sitting and working at a computer, frequent use of standard office equipment, and effective verbal and written communication.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Quivera Enterprises LLC and its subsidiaries are 100% tribally owned and SBA-certified Small Disadvantaged Businesses. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

As a tribally owned organization, Quivera Enterprises and its subsidiaries may apply Indian Preference in accordance with applicable tribal, federal, and contractual requirements where authorized by law.

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