Contract Requirements Analyst (Remote)

Overview:

GovCIO is currently hiring for a Requirements Analyst who will support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in defining, structuring, and translating complex technical and business needs into clear, outcome-based requirements suitable for acquisition action. This role sits at the intersection of business analysis, software development, and federal contracting,requiring the ability to engage deeply with program stakeholders, understand how systems and workflowsoperate, and produce documentation that is both technically precise andacquisition ready.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on software development or systems engineering experience, ideally within a healthcare IT environment, and understands how requirements drive not just development, but procurement. This analyst does not simply document what stakeholders say; they critically assess, structure, and shape requirements to ensure they arefeasible, traceable, outcome-oriented, and positioned to support effective contract actions. They are equally comfortable in a technical architecture discussion as they are helping a Contracting Officer shape a task order. This position will be a fully remote within the United States with core hours of operation from Monday to Friday 8 AM to 5PM ET,with potential (0-15%) travel required.

Responsibilities:

• Elicit requirementsthrough document analysis, stakeholder meetings, structured interviews, and collaborative working sessions,drawing out both stated and unstated needs across business, technical, and operational domains.
• Analyze and document business processes, workflows, and system interactions toestablisha clear baseline understanding of current and future state conditions that drive requirements.

• Conduct validation and traceability reviewswith stakeholders to confirm that documented requirements accurately reflect business intent and can be tracked through design, development, and delivery.

• Develop detailed technical documentationincluding requirements specifications, functional design documents, use cases, user stories, and acceptance criteria suitable for both development teams and acquisition professionals.

• Collaborate with product managers, developers, architects, and SMEsto assess the feasibility of requirements and ensure alignment with technical constraints, architecture standards, and missionobjectives.

• Conduct structured bundling analyses,looking at the full portfolio of upcoming requirements todeterminewhether work should beconsolidatedinto a single contract action or issued separately, based on factors such as technical alignment, mission outcome, urgency, and lifecycle phase.

• Translate stakeholder needs into outcome-based, acquisition-ready requirementsfor contracts and/or task orders, ensuring requirements describewhatmust be achieved rather than prescribinghowit must be built.

• Assist Government leads in shaping acquisition package documentation, including Performance Work Statements (PWSs), Statements of Objectives (SOOs), and supporting artifacts that position the Government for outcome-based contract actions.

Qualifications:

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor\'s degree inEngineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related scientific /technical discipline and 15 years of related experience
• 10 years ofadditionalrelevant experience may be substituted for education.
• Minimum4?6 yearsof hands-on experience in software development, systems engineering, or technical product/program management.

• Practical, practitioner-level experience with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC): requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and operations.

• Ability to read, interpret, and critically evaluate technical artifacts including architecture diagrams, API documentation, data flow diagrams, and system interface specifications.
• Experience translating technical requirements into acquisition-ready documentation (PWSs, SOOs, CDRLs, QASPs, or equivalent).

• Familiarity with modern development tooling: version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government), and automated testing frameworks.

Clearance Required:Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust clearance

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Minimum 3?5 years of experience in a formal business analysis, systems analysis, or requirements engineering role.

• Demonstrated experience eliciting, documenting, and managing requirements across complex, multi-stakeholder programs.

• Proficiencywith requirements management tools and methodologies (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, IBM DOORS, use case modeling, user story mapping).

• Experience developing traceability matrices and conducting structured requirements validation sessions with both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience supporting software development or systems analysis in afederal health IT environment, such as VA, DoD, HHS, CMS, or a large integrated health system.

• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards includingHL7 FHIR, HL7 v2, and DICOM.

• Understanding of healthcare-specific compliance requirements:HIPAA, Section 508, FedRAMP, and federal ATO processes.

• Exposure to major EHR platforms (Oracle Health/Cerner, Epic,VistA) or VA/DoD health IT modernization programs is a significant plus.

Acquisition Experience(Supporting Requirement)

• Minimum2?3 yearsof experience working in or directly supporting federal government contracting or acquisition.
• Demonstrated ability to read and analyze Performance Work Statements (PWSs), Statements of Work (SOWs), or Statements of Objectives (SOOs).
• Working knowledge of theFederal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)and outcome-based contracting principles.

Preferred Certifications

• PMP orPgMP(PMI),program or portfolio-level management credential.

• PMI-SP(PMI),scheduling professional certificationdemonstratingIMSexpertise.

• FAC-COR Level II/III(FAI),federal contractoversightand performance monitoring.

• DAWIA Program Management Level II/III(DAU),DoD/federal acquisition program management.

Posted Salary Range: USD $140,000.00 - USD $145,000.00 /Yr.