• Identifying transferable skills
• Exposure to a civilian work environment
• Career assistance
• Exposure to corporate business practices
• Mentoring
• Resume and interview assistance

Essential Functions

• Work with business partners and Information & Communications Technology (ICT) staff to develop proposals for technology solutions.
• Business requirements gathering and documenting, business process modeling, research and analysis.
• Research technology solution alternatives to satisfy the scope of the project.
• Collaborate and coordinate with ICT staff, business users and vendors throughout the project effort.
• Communicate and translate technical aspects, processes and requirements between project team members and business partners.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of standard business analyst practices and understanding of the software development process and methodologies (e.g., agile, waterfall).
• Must be able to facilitate discussions with business partners and peers to identify business process change and system requirements.
• Requires excellent technical writing skills to clearly capture identified requirements.
• Demonstrate excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, with the ability to resolve conflicts among stakeholders and negotiate priorities.
• Able to gather technical and non-technical information from many sources with many levels of complexity, and condense into requirements.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and conceptual skills.

Qualifications
Veterans Fellowships require a minimum of three (3) years of active duty or mobilized reserve duty service in a branch of the U.S. Military Service (which includes the United States Coast Guard). Documentation of an honorable discharge from active or reserve status must be presented as part of the application process. Veterans Fellowship applicants must be within six (6) months of discharge to apply for a fellowship unless they have not worked full-time since their discharge and have been a full-time student in a degree or certification program since their discharge.

Preferred Qualifications
3 years working on technology projects
BA/BS in computer science, business, engineering, or related discipline