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Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.\nNightwing is seeking a Business Analyst / Solutions Architect who will serve as a strategic liaison between business stakeholders, IT engineering teams, and program leadership to identify business needs, translate requirements into technical solutions, and support the design and implementation of enterprise IT systems.This role combines business analysis, solution architecture, and technical consulting to ensure technology investments align with organizational objectives, operational requirements, security standards, and long-term modernization strategies.\nKey Responsibilities\nEngage with business stakeholders, program managers, technical leads, and customers to identify business objectives, operational challenges, and technology requirements.\nConduct requirements-gathering sessions, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and technical assessments.\nTranslate business needs into clearly defined functional and non-functional requirements, technical specifications, and solution recommendations.\nDevelop business requirements documents (BRDs), functional requirements documents (FRDs), use cases, workflows, and process diagrams.\nPerform gap analyses of existing systems, processes, and technologies to identify opportunities for modernization and operational improvement.\nEvaluate proposed solutions against business requirements, technical feasibility, cost considerations, and organizational priorities.\nEstablish requirements traceability throughout the solution development and implementation lifecycle.\nDesign and recommend enterprise IT solutions that address business requirements while supporting scalability, security, reliability, and operational efficiency.\nAssess existing IT architectures and recommend improvements that support modernization, automation, and technology optimization.\nEnsure architectural solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity policies, technical governance, and organizational roadmaps.\nIdentify technical dependencies, architectural risks, integration challenges, and potential implementation constraints.\nWork with program leadership to prioritize technology initiatives based on business value, operational impact, technical complexity, and available resources.\nFacilitate collaboration across multiple IT disciplines to ensure a common understanding of requirements and solution objectives.\nPrepare executive-level briefings, technical presentations, decision papers, and solution recommendations.\nDevelop acceptance criteria and assist with solution testing, validation, and operational readiness assessments.\nParticipate in change management, configuration management, and technical review processes.\nEnsure solutions are properly documented and aligned with operational support requirements.\nMonitor implemented solutions to determine whether business objectives and expected performance outcomes have been achieved.\nRequired Qualifications\n10-12 years of progressive experience in IT business analysis, systems engineering, enterprise infrastructure, solution architecture, or related technical disciplines.\nDemonstrated experience gathering, documenting, analyzing, and translating business requirements into technical solutions.\nStrong understanding of enterprise IT architecture, infrastructure technologies, networking, cloud computing, and systems integration.\nExperience developing technical documentation, architectural diagrams, process workflows, and solution recommendations.\nFamiliarity with enterprise architecture principles, IT service management, and IT governance frameworks.\nKnowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project delivery methodologies.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.\nAbility to collaborate effectively with business leaders, technical engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and program management teams.\nExperience evaluating technical solutions for feasibility, operational impact, cost, and business value.\nTS/SCI with Polygraph Required Day 1\n Salary & Benefits\n\nThe salary associated with this position ($122,000-$253,000) is commensurate with the selected candidate’s qualifications, years of relevant experience, and demonstrated level of expertise. 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