Project Business Analyst III at IVA'AL Solutions, LLC in National Capital Region, Virginia

Job Description:

Overview:

IVA'AL Solutions, LLC is seeking highly skilled Project Business Analyst III to provide services on a contract supporting DHS CISA Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC).

The ideal candidate will have excellent problem-solving and communications skills as well as previous work history supporting the development of detailed plans for the conduct or support of the applicable range of cyber operations through collaboration with other planners, operators and/or analysts.

This position requires a positive attitude, strong organizational skills, a drive to focus and produce results, and the ability to lead a team to meet objectives and foster strong customer relationships in a complex environment.

This is a full-time salaried position with compensation based on experience and overall strength of the candidate. In addition to receiving a competitive salary, IVA'AL provides medical, dental, vision insurances, short and long term disability benefits, life insurance and supplemental life, 401k retirement savings plan with match, tuition reimbursement benefits, generous time off policies and provides 11 paid holidays.

The Project Business Analyst III will perform among a talented and technically accomplished group of colleagues. On this contract, our team will support the U.S. Government agency across the following activities:

(1) Create strategies, processes, procedures, capabilities, and tools to develop, implement and mature the JCDC Planning Office by spearheading collaboration across federal departments and agencies and the private sector plans for cyber defense operations.

(2) Enable information sharing, coordination, and creation of pre-positioned resources and playbooks necessary to streamline a coordinated protection, detection and/or response activities in lockstep with among the federal government, private sector, and SLTT.

(3) Collaborate the development of additional plans for offensive and intelligence activities in support of cyber defense operations, bringing federal civilian and defense agencies together with the private sector to collaborate on intelligence development and defensive measures.

Qualifications:

• Clearance: Top Secret / SCI
• Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Education: Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in developing and improving business processes for government or private sector organizations.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and sound skills in written and oral communication is a must.

Preferred: Experience working in IT and cybersecurity environments in U.S. Government agencies or critical infrastructure entities.

Core Duties:

• Support the JCDC Planning Office in Developing, maintaining, and implementing JCDC Planning Office-wide program management policies, procedures, processes, templates, and other documents.
• Develop and implement, at CISA's direction, a framework for the planning, execution, and prioritization of the JCDC Planning Office's cyber operations resources and capabilities.
• Provide process improvement support across JCDC Planning Office functions, to include:
• Identifying, analyzing, and developing improvements to business processes and methods.
• Documenting process improvement recommendations including as is and to be process documentation, and briefing recommendations to JCDC and CSD management.
• Facilitate implementation of management approved processes.
• Develop process work products: process descriptions, guidelines, templates, checklists to facilitate process compliance.
• Provide group facilitation and training for new implemented processes.
• Continuously refine processes to meet ongoing organizational and business goals.
• Conduct ongoing organizational lessons learned to identify and document project and process successes and potential improvements.
• Review and consolidate comments provided by management and staff based on internal and external documents reviews. Review for content, clarity, and grammatical accuracy.
• Assist with developing workflow documentation (e.g., standard operating procedures, work instructions).
• Support the development and maintenance of knowledge management principles and processes.
• Establish and maintain an effective structure for information management and sharing with appropriate stakeholders via agency provided and/or authorized sharing mechanisms which currently include Intelink, SharePoint, Teams, and Confluence/Maestro.
• Establish and maintain an effective internal branch information sharing and management structure within branch file shares.
• Build processes and SOPs for information management through SharePoint and organizational file shares.
• Maintain branch information management SOPs and Policies
• Create, update, and manage various scheduling tools across the numerous JCDC planning office activity groups to ensure all teams are aligned for cyber incident awareness.
• Support workforce management and resource planning:
• Assist the development of organizational structures, staffing plans, position descriptions, hiring and professional development strategies in accordance with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education's (NICE) Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity, support JCDC Planning Office workforce planning.
• Assist in mapping statutory, policy and organizational requirements to ensure appropriate allocation of staff and resources.
• Assist with developing JCDC Planning Office metrics and quality assurance by providing the following:
• Perform quality assurance of documents and other organizational materials.
• Perform analysis, development and review of program administrative operating plans and procedures.
• Develop, track, and maintain metrics for Government pilots, and operational planning efforts.
• Assist with the formulation and coordination and provide input for formal and informal taskers, including but not limited to:

Congressional Q&A; Media inquiries and talking points; GAO audits; Leadership briefings; Testimony messaging/content; and Legislative reviews.

EOE Statement

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. EOE/AA/M/F/D/V

Indian Preference Statement

IVA'AL Solutions, LLC, a federally recognized American Indian owned company, provides an Indian Preference Policy for hiring and promoting of fully qualified American Indians. When considering candidates for employment or promotion, that are basically equal in qualifications including education, skill, training, experience and a successful background screening process, priority is extended to an American Indian candidate unless a valid, documented reason of unsuitability or unsatisfactory performance exists to justify non-selection of an Indian employee or applicant.

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