Business Systems Analyst II

Makpar

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Remote, US-Based remote Until 10/7/2026 2+ years exp First posted August 8, 2026 Last posted August 8, 2026
Job description
Who we are:

Makpar is a comprehensive professional and technical solutions provider for the Federal government. We combine functional and technical expertise in cloud engineering, data management, cybersecurity and emerging technologies to deliver mission success. We build the right IT solution for government clients by partnering with them to understand their WHAT, WHY, and HOW. Using our signature consulting methodology that we call “The Makpar Way,” we help agencies navigate the ongoing changes in the Federal technology landscape. We succeed where others fail because of our connected and engaged workforce are dedicated to delivering success for our clients and the American people.

Our Mission: We solve complex problems for the Federal government to accelerate access to citizen services.

When it comes to excellence, we deliver. Learn more about our employer brand at makpar.com/careers.


Position Overview 

The Business Systems Analyst II will support requirements development and documentation for ICAM system enhancements. The analyst will work with federal product owners, technical teams, support personnel, and ICAM stakeholders to translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, process documentation, and implementation-ready requirements. 

Depending on the assigned workstream, the role may also provide Tier 1 customer support. In that capacity, the analyst will monitor support channels, acknowledge issues within 15 minutes of discovery, identify a solution or appropriate path forward within four hours, maintain knowledge base content, and coordinate escalations to engineering teams. 

Key Responsibilities:

    • Gather, analyze, document, and refine business and system requirements. 

    • Work with federal product owners and technical teams to clarify requested system enhancements. 

    • Write and maintain Agile user stories with clear acceptance criteria. 

    • Document functional requirements, business rules, workflows, dependencies, assumptions, and constraints. 

    • Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily standups, demonstrations, and retrospectives. 

    • Support development and testing teams by clarifying requirements and expected behavior. 

    • Help coordinate User Acceptance Testing and document customer feedback. 

    • Develop and maintain SOPs, workflow diagrams, knowledge base articles, user guidance, and training content. 

    • Track requirements, decisions, action items, risks, issues, and change requests. 

    • Support communication between business stakeholders, federal leads, engineers, testers, and support teams. 

    • When assigned to Customer Support, monitor multiple communication channels for user requests. 

    • Acknowledge customer contacts within 15 minutes of discovery. 

    • Investigate and identify a solution, workaround, escalation path, or expected resolution method within four hours. 

    • Provide Tier 1 assistance for ICAM applications and services. 

    • Escalate technical defects or infrastructure issues to Tier 2 or Tier 3 personnel. 

    • Maintain and improve ServiceNow procedures and knowledge base content. 

Required Qualifications:

    • Experience gathering and documenting software or systems requirements. 

    • Experience writing Agile user stories and acceptance criteria. 

    • Experience participating in Scrum or comparable Agile ceremonies. 

    • Ability to translate business needs into clear, testable requirements. 

    • Experience documenting workflows, processes, business rules, or system behavior. 

    • Experience collaborating with product owners, developers, testers, and business stakeholders. 

    • Experience providing technical customer support or coordinating the resolution of user issues. 

    • Experience creating or maintaining knowledge base articles, SOPs, or user documentation. 

    • Ability to manage time-sensitive customer communications and escalations. 

    • Ability to obtain and maintain favorable DHS EOD, suitability, and required system access. 

Preferred Qualifications:

    • Prior DHS or other federal civilian business analysis experience. 

    • Experience supporting ICAM, IAM, access management, SSO, PIV, PKI, PAM, account-management, or cybersecurity systems. 

    • Experience with Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, or Visio. 

    • Experience supporting a federal service desk or mission-system customer support function. 

    • Experience coordinating UAT. 

    • Experience with Section 508, privacy, security, or audit-related requirements. 

    • Experience supporting technical teams working in two-week sprint cycles. 

Benefits:

At Makpar Corporation we understand that we all need to balance work and life – that is why we have a great benefits package, excellent training and career development opportunities, flexible work schedules along with a generous compensation package. At Makpar, we believe in keeping our employees happy, healthy and engaged. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding benefits, creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, collaborate, and be inquisitive in order to achieve goals.

Start your career today and be a part of something meaningful!

Makpar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About this role

Summary

Support requirements development, documentation, and Tier 1 customer support for ICAM systems.

Job title

Business Systems Analyst II

Experience level

2+ years

Minimum experience

2+ years exp

Industry

government

Location requirements

remote, US-based, flexible work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

requirements gatheringagileuser storiesworkflow documentationcustomer support

Preferred skills

DHS experienceICAMIAMJiraConfluenceServiceNowUATsecurity

Specializations

requirements gatheringagilesystem documentationcustomer supportcybersecurity
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

United States

Remote Country