[Hiring] Business Analyst II @Kentro

Role Description

Kentro is hiring a Business Analyst II to support the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Accelerated Transformation of Legacy Applications and Systems (ATLAS) program. The ideal candidate will have experience eliciting and analyzing business, mission, technology, and operational requirements and translating them into functional specifications and analytical products that support portfolio modernization and optimization. The Business Analyst II will work under the direction of senior analysts and in collaboration with the Chief Architect and a multi-disciplined team to support portfolio inventory validation, decision criteria, portfolio metrics, dashboards, governance artifacts, and executive decision support.

Location: Remote - This position can be performed remotely within the United States and will support Eastern Time working hours.

Compensation Range: The pay range for this position is $82,000-98,000 annually. Kentro determines compensation by evaluating current government contracting and commercial market conditions, as well as the role’s specific requirements. Final salary placement within this range will be based on the candidate’s relevant skills, experience, education, certifications, location, and security clearance level, where applicable.

This Job Description reflects the primary duties of the role; however, it is not intended to be all‑inclusive. Team members may be asked to take on additional responsibilities in alignment with customer expectations, business needs, and Kentro’s culture of collaboration and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Support FAA portfolio rationalization efforts, including discovery, inventory, categorization, and analysis of applications, systems, services, and supporting technologies.
• Conduct requirements elicitation sessions with stakeholders and system owners using structured elicitation techniques; document business, mission, operational, technical, security, and compliance requirements, including source, ownership, assumptions, and unresolved gaps.
• Analyze business processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, standardization, and service delivery.
• Develop functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and process models that translate stakeholder needs into actionable development and modernization inputs.
• Maintain traceable portfolio inventories, capability maps, application profiles, and dependency maps, ensuring source provenance and linkage to decisions.
• Analyze relationships and dependencies between business capabilities, applications, infrastructure, data, and enterprise services.
• Assist in identifying and validating opportunities for consolidation, integration, modernization, migration, replacement, or retirement.
• Contribute analysis and supporting data to business cases and decision-support materials addressing mission impact, cost, risk, dependencies, and expected modernization outcomes.
• Support development of current-state and future-state architecture artifacts in collaboration with enterprise and solution architects.
• Support the production of portfolio metrics and dashboards tracking portfolio health, rationalization progress, and modernization outcomes, applying documented definitions and repeatable calculation logic.
• Prepare briefings, presentations, reports, and supporting materials for FAA and program leadership.
• Support ongoing governance processes and help maintain requirements traceability from business and mission objectives through capabilities, system disposition decisions, and acceptance criteria.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 2–4 years of experience in business analysis, requirements management, process improvement, IT portfolio management, or technology modernization.
• Proficiency in requirements elicitation, requirements management, stakeholder analysis, and process modeling.
• Experience developing functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Working knowledge of data analysis techniques, including the ability to query and reconcile structured datasets using SQL or equivalent tools.
• Experience working across business and technical organizations.
• Ability to translate technical information into clear, business-oriented documentation and recommendations.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under general direction while coordinating with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated proficiency using AI tools to support analysis, documentation, and requirements development, in accordance with approved agency tools and policies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with FAA, federal IT, or other federal governance processes is highly desirable.
• Experience as a Business Analyst supporting government, aviation, transportation, or enterprise IT environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and tools.
• Familiarity with agile delivery practices and backlog management tools.

Clearance Requirement

• US Citizen
• Existing FAA suitability determination or transferable federal background investigation strongly preferred

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package including paid time off, healthcare benefits, supplemental benefits, 401k including an employer match, discount perks, rewards, and more.
• Education reimbursement for certifications, degrees, or professional development.
• Flexibility for professional growth and networking opportunities.
• Commitment to incorporating fun into every day with activities such as happy hours, holiday events, fitness & wellness events, and annual celebrations.
• Support for community engagement through charity galas/events.

Commitment Equal Opportunity Employment & VEVRAA

Kentro is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Kentro is strongly committed to compliance with VEVRAA and other applicable federal, state, and local laws governing equal employment opportunity.

How to Apply

To apply to Kentro Positions- Please click on the job link and then click the blue “Apply” button at the top right of Job Description. Please upload your resume and complete all the application steps. You must fully submit the application for Kentro to consider you for a position. If you need alternative application methods, please email [email protected] and request assistance.

Accommodations

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. If you need to discuss reasonable accommodations, please email [email protected] .