Mission Liaison – Analyst Lead (Senior)

DecisionPoint Corporation

. Lead engagement with Government mission owners, users, product stakeholders, and technical delivery teams .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in requirements analysis, user story development, and stakeholder engagement within Agile environments. Proficient in managing functional documentation, user training plans, and ensuring alignment of mission requirements with system architecture.

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Requirements AnalysisUser Story DevelopmentStakeholder EngagementAgile CertificationUser Acceptance Testing

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Hard Skills

Requirements DecompositionFunctional DocumentationWorkflowsAcceptance CriteriaBacklog ManagementTraceabilityCONOPS DevelopmentUser Training PlansOperational ValidationProcess Modeling

Soft Skills

Strong Written CommunicationStrong Verbal CommunicationOrganizational SkillsAnalytical SkillsAbility to Manage Competing Priorities

Tools & Technologies

JiraAzure DevOpsConfluenceAgile MethodologiesDevSecOps

Certifications & Qualifications

Business Analysis CertificationAgile CertificationCBAPPMI-PBACSMPSMSAFe Certification

Industry Keywords

Federal Software DevelopmentDepartment of DefenseSystems EngineeringUser Acceptance TestingOperational Documentation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Azure

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead engagement with Government mission owners, users, product stakeholders, and technical delivery teams
Elicit, analyze, document, validate, and manage functional and mission requirements
Decompose mission needs into clear, measurable, testable, and traceable requirements
Develop and refine user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, workflows, and functional documentation
Assess backlog readiness and prepare requirements for sprint planning and implementation
Maintain end-to-end traceability from mission needs through requirements, design, testing, training, acceptance, and released capabilities
Coordinate mission-owner input for CONOPS, requirements packages, interface considerations, and solution-development activities
Own and maintain the User Training Plan
Coordinate user guides, job aids, release notes, training materials, and user-facing documentation
Establish and manage user collaboration, feedback, and validation processes throughout the software-development lifecycle
Facilitate requirements workshops, backlog-refinement sessions, user reviews, demonstrations, and feedback sessions
Coordinate user acceptance criteria and support user acceptance, operational validation, and release-readiness activities
Translate user feedback and operational lessons learned into prioritized requirements, backlog updates, and improvement recommendations
Coordinate release communications with Government mission owners, users, training personnel, and technical teams
Identify requirements gaps, conflicting stakeholder needs, dependencies, and traceability risks and drive them to resolution
Support Agile planning, sprint reviews, demonstrations, retrospectives, and release-planning activities
Ensure mission requirements and user needs remain aligned with system architecture, integration requirements, scalability objectives, and operational priorities
Prepare briefings, status updates, decision materials, meeting minutes, and other program documentation
Support continuous improvement of requirements-management, stakeholder-engagement, training, and user-feedback practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

An active Secret clearance or higher
A bachelor’s degree in information systems, business, or a related field, or an equivalent permitted by the applicable labor category
At least eight years of relevant professional experience
Experience performing requirements analysis and decomposing complex mission or business needs into actionable requirements
Experience developing and managing user stories, acceptance criteria, and requirements traceability
Experience coordinating requirements and deliverables across mission stakeholders, users, analysts, developers, testers, trainers, and other technical teams
A current business analysis or Agile certification
Ability to lead stakeholder-engagement sessions, requirements workshops, backlog-refinement discussions, and user-feedback activities
Ability to produce clear functional requirements, workflows, training inputs, user documentation, release communications, and decision-support materials
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical information for mission and operational audiences
Strong organizational and analytical skills with the ability to manage competing priorities, dependencies, and cross-team actions
Preferred: Experience supporting federal or Department of Defense software-development, modernization, or systems-engineering programs
Preferred: Experience supporting Government mission owners or serving as a liaison between operational users and technical delivery teams
Preferred: Experience developing or coordinating CONOPS inputs, user training plans, user guides, release notes, and other operational documentation
Preferred: Experience working in Agile, DevSecOps, or hybrid federal software-delivery environments
Preferred: Experience supporting user acceptance testing, demonstrations, release readiness, and operational validation
Preferred: Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or comparable platforms
Preferred: Familiarity with requirements traceability matrices, process modeling, workflow analysis, and backlog-management practices
Preferred: Knowledge of secure software-development and systems-engineering practices applicable to federal or DoD environments
Preferred: Relevant certifications such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, CSM, PSM, SAFe certification, or equivalent credentials

Benefits

Comp & perks

Active Secret clearance or higher is required for the role
Regular full-time employment