Job Title

Analyst/Technical Writer

Position

Full Time at the main FDA’s Parklawn Bldg in Rockville, MD

Minimum/General Experience

6-8 years minimum

Functional Responsibility

Position Description/Tasks to be Performed:

Develop and document business requirements for future software development project.

  • Work closely with FDA GS-14s and above to develop specific software requirements from their description of their business processes
  • Develop and/or recommend changes to existing processes that will make them more easily supported by automation
  • Facilitate dialogue between FDA staff to build consensus when perceived requirements are in conflict or are mutually exclusive
  • Interact with FDA technical staff and its contractors to ensure business requirements are can be implemented within existing budgetary constraints and the overall strategic plan for OIT systems.
  • Document results of ongoing dialoguse and finalize in a functional requirements work product
  • With the support of appropriate technical staff prepare a concept of operations.
  • Participate in meetings as directed:  prepare agenda; keep minutes or notes, issues and action items; prepare and distribute related documentation
  • Prepare materials  to support acquisition of a software contractor (SOW, etc.)

 

Skills Required/Essential to perform the work:

  • Experience working in a client/contractor environment
  • Experience developing and documenting business/functional requirements
  • Experience developing and documenting software requirements
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and to self-direct
  • Flexibility and sensitivity to management issues and needs

 

Additional Desired Skills/Pluses:

  • Ability to perform basic IT support functions (i.e. develop and use simple databases, etc.)
  • Experience working in a non-military, Government IT environment
  • Knowledge of FDA mission and organization
  • Prior experience providing direct support of Government clients.

 

Minimum Education

BA/BS degree or higher

Other requirements:

Note:  To be successful in this position, the applicant must be able to derive and document software-level requirements from:

  • Diverse and often divergent viewpoints of FDA staff
  • Independent research into FDA mission, activities, etc.
  • Analysis of related requirements in related legacy systems
  • Prior knowledge of similar environments and the type of activities performed therein
  • Prior knowledge of how current technologies can support these requirements