Business Analyst & Systems Analyst Remote Continental United States

About ICA, Inc. International Consulting Associates, Inc. is a rapidly growing company, located in the D.C./Metro area. We were founded in 2009 to assist government clients with evaluating and achieving their objectives. We have become a trusted advisor helping our clients by offering cutting-edge innovation and solutions to complex projects. Our small company has grown significantly, and we're overjoyed at the opportunity to expand yet again! We are results-focused and have a proven track record supporting federal agencies and large government services primes in three main areas: Research and Data Analysis, Advanced-Data Science, and Strategic Services. We currently support multiple analytics and research programs across HHS. At ICA, we believe our success starts with our people. We foster a collaborative "one team" environment where work-life balance isn't just talked about – it's prioritized. We're building dynamic, highly skilled teams in a welcoming and supportive atmosphere. If you're passionate about using your technical expertise to make a difference, we want to talk to you. About the role The Business Analyst/Systems Analyst engages business stakeholders, federal health clients, data science, and engineering teams. This role is responsible for eliciting, documenting, and managing both business requirements and system requirement specifications to ensure solutions are traceable, testable, and aligned with federal health objectives. The Analyst leads development of Business Requirements Documents (BRD) and System Requirement Specifications (SRS), translates vision and business intent into business and technical specifications, as well as collaborating closely with engineering teams on backend data pipelines, analytics workflows, and system integrations. The role supports functional and non-functional traceability (FTM/Non-FTM), test planning, and validation to ensure regulatory readiness, auditability, and operational success. This position is essential to ensuring shared understanding across stakeholders and enabling scalable, governed delivery within ICA's federal health initiatives. Key responsibilities

• Lead elicitation of business, functional, and non-functional requirements from federal health stakeholders and internal teams.
• Develop and maintain BRD and SRS artifacts, ensuring clear separation and alignment between business intent and system implementation.
• Translate federal health objectives, vision, and program needs into actionable, testable requirements.
• Partner with engineering and data science teams to elicit technical requirements for backend pipelines, data ingestion, processing, analytics, and reporting.
• Document system workflows, interfaces, data flows, and dependencies to support implementation and operational understanding.
• Able to follow Functional Traceability Matrices (FTM) and Non-Functional/Technical Traceability (Non-FTM) models linking requirements to design, development, and testing.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability from business objectives through system implementation and validation.
• Support audit readiness, regulatory compliance, and governance expectations for federal health programs.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, Public Health, Management, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in business analysis, business development, or management consulting.
• Experience producing BRD, SRS, and traceability artifacts (FTM/Non-FTM).
• Ability to work directly with engineering teams on technical specifications and backend system design discussions.
• Experience supporting testing, validation, and requirements traceability in complex systems.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with federal contracting, public health initiatives, or regulated environments is a plus.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States, and have lived in the US for 3 or more consecutive years.
• Must be able and willing to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.

Benefits

We invest in our team members so you can live your best life professionally and personally, offering a competitive salary and benefits.

• Health Insurance – 100% employer-paid premiums – ICA covers the full cost of one of three offered medical plans.
• Dental Insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health Spending Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life and Disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick Leave and Holidays)
• Education and Professional Development Assistance
• Remote work from anywhere within the continental United States.

Location & Telework This is a remote position following Eastern Standard Time (EST). Candidates residing in the DMV area preferred. Additional information ICA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, disability status, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job