Software Specialist 3 - Business Architecture Analyst - Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project

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Job Description:

Position Summary

The Business and Architecture Analyst supports technology portfolio management, business analysis, enterprise architecture analysis, technology governance, and data governance. The role maintains a reliable view of the application portfolio, documents business processes and integrations, coordinates technology intake and requirements activities, and produces decision-ready reporting for the Director and leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the application register, including owner, purpose, users, cost, contract term, renewal date, data classification, integrations, support model, and single sign-on (SSO) status.

• Reconcile the application register with procurement, finance records in Sage Intacct, and asset records in NinjaOne.

• Document current-state business processes, data flows, and integration maps.

• Run the technology intake process for new software and change requests, including screening for duplicate tools, collecting business cases, routing requests for technical review, and tracking requests through IT Steering Committee decisions.

• Lead requirements workshops and prepare requirements, user stories, business cases, and options analyses.

• Perform current-state versus target-state gap analyses and maintain the business capability map.

• Maintain the AI use-case inventory for the AI Governance Working Group.

• Track license renewals at least 90 days in advance and flag upcoming renewals to system owners.

• Support data governance by recording the data owner and data classification for each system.

• Produce technology portfolio reports and dashboards for the Director and leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Five or more years of experience in business analysis, systems analysis, or enterprise architecture analysis.

• Two or more years of experience maintaining an application portfolio, configuration management database (CMDB), or technology inventory.

• Experience creating process maps using Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and developing data-flow diagrams with Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, or draw.io.

• Experience gathering and documenting requirements, facilitating workshops, writing user stories, and developing business cases.

• Working understanding of software as a service (SaaS), integrations, application programming interfaces (APIs), and data classification.

• Strong Microsoft Excel, SharePoint, and Power BI skills, with demonstrated comfort working with structured data.

• Clear written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• CBAP or CCBA certification.

• TOGAF Foundation certification.

• Experience with capital-program systems such as Kahua or Primavera P6, or with other asset management systems.

• Understanding of the Microsoft Azure platform, Azure DevOps, Jira, or other configuration management systems.

Core Competencies

• Business and systems analysis

• Application portfolio and technology inventory management

• Process, data-flow, integration, and capability mapping

• Requirements facilitation and documentation

• Technology intake and governance coordination

• Data governance and classification

• Portfolio reporting and dashboard development

Additional Information

This job description summarizes the primary duties and qualifications of the position. Responsibilities may evolve based on organizational needs and technology priorities.

Work Details

• Hybrid schedule (Mon-Wed onsite, Thu-Fri remote).

• Occasional off-hours support during critical milestones.

Security Clearance Requirement:

None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!

Salary Range: $112,200.00 - $196,400.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

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