Reston, VA

Salary
Posted
Jul 7, 2026
Location
Reston, VA
Last confirmed open
Jul 20, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A Product Analyst role within a border security and immigration technology firm, sitting inside the Product Management department. Day-to-day work centers on gathering and documenting business and functional requirements, writing user stories with acceptance criteria, producing workflow diagrams, and coordinating between software developers, QA engineers, and customers to keep product delivery aligned with stakeholder needs. Suits someone with a software development background and strong analytical and communication skills.

Senior level · 8+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · Full-time

Must have (4)
requirements gatheringsoftware requirements specificationuser storiesworkflow diagramming
Nice to have (1)
French or Spanish

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

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What won't set you apart
requirements gathering55%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $129,834 (middle half $101,882–$164,857).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (7)

The title 'Product Analyst' sits between a Business/Systems Analyst (15-1211) and a Product Manager role; the day-to-day work — requirements elicitation, functional specs, user stories, traceability, workflow diagrams — maps most closely to Computer Systems Analysts (15-1211). 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up given the product-management framing.

The experience requirement is tiered: an advanced degree (Master's or higher) plus 5+ years of IT experience, OR a Bachelor's degree plus 8+ years. The minimum hard gate is a Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering; total experience minimum is set to 8 years (the BS path), which represents the broader candidate pool.

No compensation figures were provided in the posting.

International travel is required; the role is based in Reston, VA and does not appear to be remote.

Fluency in French or Spanish is explicitly called out as 'a plus' — listed as preferred accordingly.

The posting names no specific software tools, platforms, or frameworks beyond general IT/systems-analysis concepts, so no technology-specific skills could be extracted. The skills listed reflect the concrete, named competencies the JD does gate on.

Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): system design, risk management.

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