Public Health Project and Business Analyst

Summary

Join DRT Strategies as a Project and Business Analyst to work with public health scientists, web developers, UX/US designers, and technologists on IT public health projects. The role involves collecting business requirements, analyzing user needs, creating system documentation, and leading project management domains.

Requirements

• Must have or be able to obtain a Public Trust with the US federal government
• At least four years’ experience with requirements documentation and federal government IT project reporting
• At least four years’ experience working on software development or analytical projects or with collaborating with technical teams
• Must have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Must be well-organized, proactive, and works well in a team-setting
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in IT, Business Management, degree in public health/informatics or related field

Responsibilities

• Works with business owners and partners to collect, review, and prioritize business requirements
• Analyzes business and user needs, documents requirements, and translates them into proper system requirement specifications
• Creates system documentation in compliance with the CDC software development lifecycle requirements (EPLC)
• Writes and maintain project documentation such as meeting notes, project charters, change requests, project enhancements, and clearance documents
• Prepares and delivers reports for government Development, Modernization, and Enhancement (DME) and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) IT projects
• Leads all project management domains over the entire lifecycle of public health projects from planning to close-out
• Coordinates and tracks performance of cross-functional teams comprised of researchers, programmers, designers, testers, and communication specialists
• Manages relationships within cross-functional project teams and external partners
• Creates and maintains project schedule and progress reports
• Leads weekly and bi-weekly project meetings and present project milestones to stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Recent experience with CDC environment and standards: SDLC, technical architecture, release processes
• Working knowledge of Agile, DevOps, JIRA or other project management platforms commonly used in software development
• Project Management Institute (PMI) certification