Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Single Sign-on/CIdM Senior Business Analyst, Washington , DC

Description of Duties:

To support the requirements and project analysis of the Cyber Identity Management in the areas of capability, capacity, performance, use cases, and operations etc.


Activities include:

1) Collect business and technical requirements from all stakeholders and analyze requirements with architects and engineers to finalize the best approaches and solutions to implement an enterprise-wide Cyber Identity Management system including HSPD-12, PKI, Biometrics, and Single Sign-on services; 2) Ensure the solutions adhere to DHS Enterprise Architecture standards and other applicable DHS standards; 3) Help establish a framework to guide the design of the SSO/CIdM solutions and implementation approaches; 4) Ensure information assurance requirements, procedures, processes, techniques, and technologies are addressed and applied throughout the System Development Life Cycle, Systems Assurance process, IT architecture development process, Configuration Management, and IT operations processes and procedures; 5) Produce product-specific analysis and testing results documents and use cases; 6) Research, evaluate, acquire, implement, and integrate single sign-on security tools; 7) Understanding the nature of organizational systems and applications to determine the level of protection needed and the level of risk that can be tolerated; 8) Working with Program Offices and Other Components within ICE and DHS to ensure business requirements and processes are fully integrated into the CIdM design and implementation; 9) Conduct cost and ROI analysis to clearly demonstrate risks, benefits, and trade-offs to facilitate decision-making process; 10) Devise configuration management and maintain change control processes;


Qualifications:

1. Active DoD Secret clearance or above; preferably current DHS/ICE clearance

2. Over 10 years of experience in IT with at least 7 years specifically in the analyst role for project and/or business operations

3. Excellent understanding of project lifecycle management especially in the requirement collection, analysis, and maintenance areas

4. Excellent analytical skills with good understanding in project financial and return on investment analysis

5. Excellent writing, oral communication, and people skills

6. Excellent in mapping organization's missions, goals, and policies into strategies, plans, and tangible deliverables

7. Sensitive to organizational culture issues and is able to work through and out of the difference and produce results

8. Good understanding of the requirements of HSPD-12

9. General understanding of Cyber Identity Management based on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with its concept, lifecycle, applications, and operations

10. General understanding of the concept and technologies of Single Sign-on

11. Good understanding of federal Enterprise Architecture reference model

12. An independent thinker and self-motivated worker yet work well in a team-oriented environment


Clearances/Certifications necessary: US Citizen, Clearable for DHS Public Trust Clearance


Location: 1120 Vermont Avenue, Washington , DC 20005