Requirements Engineering, Associate

Charged with working with the project stakeholders and end users to elicit, understand, analyze, and document the requirements for a system to solve a given business problem. Documents, analyzes, and reviews software requirements for a large software development team responsible for development, testing, installation, customer interface and O&M activities for several applications supporting the classification of data and documents. Responsible for interfacing with multiple stakeholders to assess and understand the requirements to ensure that user stories are consistent and applicable across all products. Responsible for overseeing functional and non-functional requirements for multiple products within the project team. The primary duties include managing and verifying requirements; capturing detailed descriptions of user needs and product functionality; and ensuring the project team has clear, consistent, and testable requirements documented in user stories and completion criteria. Reconciles conflicts; decomposes high-level information into the appropriate level of detail for team members; and participates in peer reviews of requirements documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, document, and refine business and functional requirements.
• Assist in evaluating existing processes and recommending improvements based on data and observations.
• Create process flow diagrams, business requirement documents (BRDs), and user stories.
• Support testing and validation efforts during project implementations.
• Coordinate meetings, take notes, and ensure follow-up actions are tracked and completed.
• Help translate business needs into technical solutions in partnership with developers and product teams.
• Conduct basic data analysis and reporting to support decision-making.
• Assist with project tracking and status reporting for ongoing initiatives.

Basic Qualifications:

• 0 years with BS/BA; 4 years no degree
• Must be a US Citizen and possess or be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance
• 0–2 years of professional experience in a business analyst, operations, or support role.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and collaboration tools (e.g., Confluence, JIRA, SharePoint).
• Strong problem-solving mindset and analytical thinking.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks with attention to detail.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.