The Nakupuna Companies are a Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO)–owned family of companies comprising 8(a) small disadvantaged businesses dedicated to providing innovative and impactful solutions to our customers while supporting our Native Hawaiian Community. Specializing in management consulting, IT, facilities & infrastructure, logistics, and environmental services, we excel at finding elegant approaches that solve our clients’ toughest technical, programmatic, and logistical challenges. Headquartered in Hawaii, with offices in Arlington, VA, Denver, CO, and Mechanicsburg, PA, we offer the diverse workforce and resources of a national company with the contractual advantages and startup ingenuity of a small business.
We have a relentless commitment to our customers that builds on our understanding and experience working alongside our government partners to overcome their toughest challenges.

Nakupuna Solutions is looking for a Business Analyst to join our team of talented consultants providing professional services to support the Department of Navy , Office of the General Counsel .

Responsibilities

The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign additional duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

• Identify , record, and prioritizes requirements for planned use cases for development in Appian
• Serve as a liaison between stakeholders, program manager, and technical personnel, ensuring clear and effective communication throughout project lifecycles.
• Analyze data to provide insights, trends, and forecasts that support decision-making and strategic planning.
• Plan and schedule meetings with customers to gather all requirement for development use cases, enhancements, and initiatives defined by leadership and the customers
• Independently and proactively transmit information, obtain and assemble data, prepare and review presentations, and provide clear communication with leadership
• Assist in project planning, including defining project scope, objectives, and deliverables; track progress and support project implementation.
• Author, review, and edit documentation as required for application functions and features for use by support team and customer. This includes items related to change management and training materials.
• Facilitate change management activities, including training, documentation, and user support to ensure smooth adoption of new solutions.
• Work with customers to understand their business processes and requirements.
• Translating requirements into technical solutions.
• Resolve issues that arise during development.
• Provide support in preparing and executing customer requirements and design workshops to define and refine business and testing requirements, discuss potential solutions, identify risks, etc.
• Assist project manager as required, prepare required documentation, and deliverables.

Qualifications

Skills/Qualifications: Requirements analysis, planning, database management, self-motivated, presenting technical information, problem solving, multi-tasking, ad hoc reporting, data maintenance, exceptional oral and written communications. Additionally, Interface Management skills including but not limited to:

• Interface Control
• Integration and Coordination
• • PM Support
• • Functional Team Support
• • Technical Team Support
• • Documentation (SOPs, strategy documents, white papers)

Education and Experience: This position requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or equivalent 5 years equivalent experience. The following are desirable levels of experience:

Military Installation Access: This position resides on a military installation. Must be able to qualify for and obtain a base access pass. Must be able to obtain a favorable National Security Agency Check (NACI) including a FBI fingerprint check. Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Clearance: Tier 3 background investigation either favorably completed or underway with a minimum secret security clearance or an interim secret security clearance.

Physical Requirements: The ideal candidate must at a minimum be able to meet the following physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Ability to perform repetitive motions with the hands, wrists, and fingers.
• Ability to engage in and follow audible communications in emergency situations.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and working on a computer.