Business Analyst - Federal Oracle Consolidation & ModernizationLocation: Remote
Clearance: Public Trust (HHS)
Contract Type: 12 Month Contract with possibility of extension or conversion based on budget/performance
Reports To: Program Manager
Position Summary
The Business Analyst will elicit, analyze, and document business requirements for a large-scale Oracle consolidation and modernization effort supporting federal HR operations. This role works directly with agency business owners, functional leads, and the technical delivery team to translate federal HR business needs into clear, testable requirements, map legacy processes to the Oracle Fusion platform, and maintain traceability from requirements through design and testing. The Business Analyst is the connective tissue between what the agency needs and what the system is configured to deliver.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and facilitate requirements workshops and working sessions with agency business owners, subject matter experts, and functional leads.
- Document as-is and to-be business processes for federal HR functions in scope, including personnel action processing, time and attendance, and related HR workflows.
- Lead fit-gap analysis between legacy system capabilities and Oracle Fusion functionality, and document gaps with recommended resolution options.
- Write and maintain business requirements, user stories, business rules, and acceptance criteria.
- Maintain a requirements traceability matrix linking requirements to design, configuration, and test coverage.
- Support functional leads in configuration and design decisions by clarifying requirements and documenting decisions and rationale.
- Define data mapping, data conversion, and interface requirements in coordination with technical teams.
- Support test readiness by developing test scenarios and test cases from requirements, supporting System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and assisting with defect triage.
- Manage requirements change control, including impact analysis and stakeholder communication.
- Coordinate with the OCM Lead and Test Manager to keep requirements, training content, and test coverage aligned.
- Prepare status updates and requirements summaries for program and agency leadership.
Required Qualifications
- 5 to 8 years of business analysis experience on enterprise system implementations or modernization efforts.
- Hands-on experience in federal HR systems or processes, and/or Oracle enterprise applications (Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Oracle EBS, or PeopleSoft), in a business analysis capacity. Candidates with both are strongly preferred.
- Experience conducting requirements workshops, process mapping, and fit-gap analysis.
- Experience producing requirements documentation, including business requirements, user stories, process flows, and requirements traceability.
- Experience translating business needs into requirements that technical teams can design and build against.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work with both business and technical stakeholders.
- Ability to hold a Public Trust clearance under HHS.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Business, Information Technology, Human Resources, Public Administration) or equivalent professional experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Testing experience, including test case development, UAT support, and defect triage (a plus).
- Experience with both federal HR and Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, including Core HR, Time and Labor, or Absence Management modules.
- Familiarity with federal HR regulations and policy authorities (Title 5).
- Experience on a legacy-to-cloud HR system migration or consolidation effort.
- Experience working within a federal contracting environment.
- CBAP, PMI-PBA, or equivalent business analysis certification.
- Experience with Agile delivery and requirements management tooling (e.g., Jira or equivalent).
Core Competencies
- Requirements elicitation and documentation
- Process mapping and fit-gap analysis
- Requirements traceability and change control
- Federal HR and Oracle platform familiarity
- Cross-functional collaboration with business, technical, test, and OCM teams