Intermediate Business Analyst DCCA 2026
Sparks Group
Washington, DC
same analytical discipline to application development support. On the governance side, this means owning the documentation and coordination work that keeps
our client's system portfolio compliant: system security plans, ATO cycles, PIA reviews, data classification, and records obligations.
On the application side, it means working alongside the development team to determine what applications should do —
translating what program staff describe into structured requirements that developers can build against.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain and update FISMA documentation for client's IT system portfolio, including
system security plans (SSPs), security categorizations, and related artifacts. - Coordinate the Authority to Operate (ATO) process for applicable systems, including working with
the client's security and privacy offices through assessment and authorization cycles. - Draft, review, and maintain Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) for client systems that
collect, process, or maintain personally identifiable information. - Translate stakeholder descriptions of workflow and data needs into structured requirements,
process diagrams, and functional specifications that the development team can act on. - Develop and maintain process flow diagrams, use cases, and data flow documentation
to support application design and, where applicable, governance activities.
Qualifications/Background Profile:
- Demonstrated experience with FISMA compliance documentation, including system
security plans, security categorizations, and related assessment and authorization artifacts. - Experience drafting or maintaining Privacy Impact Assessments for systems that
process personally identifiable information. - Familiarity with NIST frameworks applicable to federal IT compliance, including NIST SP
800-53 and NIST SP 800-37. - Experience supporting or coordinating ATO processes, including preparing
documentation for security assessments. - Strong written communication skills: compliance and governance work is
documentation intensive - Demonstrated experience in business requirements gathering and documentation,
including process flow diagrams, use cases, or functional specifications.
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This job is In-Person.
Pay Range: Salary $110,000.00 to $120,000.00
We offer several comprehensive benefits package including health and life insurance, paid and unpaid time off, and retirement and savings plans to qualifying employees.
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Sparks Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, citizenship, family status, genetic information, disability, or protect veteran status.
About the Company
Sparks Group
Bringing the Best People and the Best Companies Together Since 1970.
Sparks Group (formerly SPARKS, Sparks IT Solutions, and Sparks Personnel) is the Washington DC Area's leading temporary staffing and full-time recruiting services provider. Whether you are seeking your next opportunity or looking to add talent, Sparks Group is the ideal partner for you! Each of our four divisions (Sparks Office, Sparks Accounting & Finance, Sparks IT, and Sparks Creative) specializes in placing professionals in temporary/contract, temporary-to-full-time, and full-time roles across a diverse array of staffing categories, positions and levels including: office/administrative, customer service, human resources and talent acquisition, legal support, government and cleared personnel, mortgage/banking, accounting and finance, contracts and procurement, information technology and creative/marketing.
Sparks Group brings over four decades of experience placing professionals in challenging and rewarding positions at many of the area’s most prestigious organizations. Our primary focus is presenting opportunities that match each candidate’s skill-sets, experience levels, career objectives, and growth needs. Sparks Group has regularly ranked as one of the top US staffing and recruiting firms having been named to Inavero’s Best of Staffing Lists® for Client and Employee Satisfaction (2012-2017). Additionally, Sparks Group is proud to have been recently selected for other awards Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2017 Best Staffing Firms to Work For, Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work (2017), the Washington Post’s Top Workplaces® List (2017, 2014), Forbes® Best Professional Recruiting Firms (2017), and the National Capital Business Ethics Award.