Senior Business Analyst
$80k - $100k/yr
Expert
Bachelor's
Washington, DC, USA
In PersonOn-site five days per week at DOT headquarters in Washington, DC.
Business & StrategyBusiness Analysis
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship Required
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, information systems, management, or a related field.
- At least 10 years of professional experience performing business analysis, process improvement, IT governance, or related functions consistent with the Senior Business Analyst labor category.
- Demonstrated experience supporting federal IT governance, including governance boards, charters, policies, standard operating procedures, decision-making processes, and governance process improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience eliciting, analyzing, documenting, validating, and managing requirements, including business requirements documents, functional requirements, user stories, process flows, and requirements traceability.
- Demonstrated stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills, including leading requirements workshops and working sessions and coordinating input across multiple organizations and levels of leadership.
- Working knowledge of the federal Capital Planning and Investment Control process, including the Select, Control, and Evaluate phases, business cases, IT Dashboard activities, and Office of Management and Budget reporting.
- Working knowledge of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process and its relationship to IT investment, budget formulation, and spend-plan development and execution.
- Experience preparing executive briefings, status reports, process documentation, and other client-facing deliverables for federal stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio, as well as Google Workspace applications, including Sheets, Slides, and Docs.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust suitability determination.
- Ability to work on-site five days per week at DOT Headquarters in Washington, DC.
Responsibilities
- Support the operation, maturity, and modernization of the DOT IT governance program, including governance boards, review forums, decision-making processes, and escalation paths.
- Analyze and recommend improvements to IT governance policies, structures, and processes across the DOT IT portfolio, incorporating applicable federal requirements and industry best practices.
- Draft, review, and maintain IT governance charters, policies, standard operating procedures, implementation guidance, templates, training materials, and related documentation; maintain the governance documentation repository.
- Document current-state and future-state governance and business processes; conduct gap analyses and develop recommendations for process improvement.
- Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business, functional, and process requirements for IT governance, portfolio management, and financial management tools, systems, and platforms.
- Develop and maintain requirements artifacts, including business requirements documents, functional requirements, user stories, use cases, process maps, and requirements traceability matrices.
- Manage requirements throughout the lifecycle, including prioritization, change control, stakeholder review and approval, and support for user acceptance testing.
- Plan and facilitate stakeholder engagements, requirements workshops, working sessions, and governance meetings; develop agendas, briefing materials, meeting minutes, action-item trackers, and follow-up communications.
- Establish and maintain working relationships with OCIO leadership, investment owners, program and project managers, and Operating Administration stakeholders; identify stakeholder needs, manage expectations, and facilitate resolution of competing priorities.
- Develop stakeholder analyses and engagement and communications plans to support governance initiatives, data calls, and organizational change activities.
- Ensure governance processes and requirements align with the DOT Capital Planning and Investment Control process—including the Select, Control, and Evaluate phases—and support Capital Planning and Investment Control activities such as monthly IT investment reviews, business cases, IT Dashboard activities, and Integrated Data Call inputs.
- Apply working knowledge of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution cycle to support alignment among IT governance decisions, investment priorities, budget formulation, and IT spend plans.
- Support DOT implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act and other federal IT mandates, including preparation of responses to requests from the Office of Management and Budget, Government Accountability Office, and DOT Office of Inspector General.
- Prepare executive briefings, status reports, dashboards, white papers, and other client-facing materials that communicate governance status, requirements, risks, issues, and recommendations.
- Contribute to monthly accomplishment reports and other task order deliverables; identify and track risks, issues, and dependencies and escalate matters to the Project Manager as appropriate.
- Perform other related duties as assigned in support of the task order.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting DOT or another federal civilian agency Chief Information Officer organization.
- Hands-on experience supporting Capital Planning and Investment Control activities, including monthly IT investment reviews, business case development, and/or Integrated Data Call submissions.
- Experience supporting Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution activities, budget formulation, or IT spend-plan development and review.
- A professional certification such as Certified Business Analysis Professional, PMI Professional in Business Analysis, or Project Management Professional.
- Experience with governance, portfolio management, or requirements management tools such as Folio, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Jira, or similar platforms.
- Experience supporting executive governance boards, investment review boards, portfolio review forums, or similar decision-making bodies.
About the company
Savan Group provides digital transformation, management, and IT consulting for public sector clients, helping agencies address management and operational challenges with tailored solutions. It delivers advisory services, IT modernization, and transformation programs by partnering with federal customers under vehicles like GSA PSS, IT 70, 8(a) STARS II, and Schedule 36. Projects typically start with assessment and planning, then design and implementation, followed by ongoing management to modernize processes and technology. The company differentiates itself by tailoring solutions to each agency’s environment and constraints, backed by federal contracting reach and a proven track record, with the goal of delivering practical, measurable improvements.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Vienna, Virginia
Founded
2006
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What believers are saying
- EPA awarded Savan a $5.8M, three-year CUI/CBI contract in April 2025.
- EPA task-order spending reached $1.93M on Savan's 2025–2026 project-management support.
- GSA updated Savan's contract-vehicles page on August 20, 2026, signaling active pursuit.
What critics are saying
- DOJ vehicle utilization remains near 1%, leaving a $150M ceiling mostly idle.
- Revenue concentration in federal agencies exposes Savan to recompete losses and shutdown delays.
- If DOJ or EPA rebids shift to primes, Savan's core differentiation evaporates.
What makes Savan unique
- DOJ partnership spans 14 years and expanded into a 10-year, $150M BPA.
- 2026 contract vehicles include DOJ, FEMA, EPA, USDA, CDC, and DOT support.
- Savan markets minority-owned, small-business, strategy-led federal records and data-governance services.
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