Business Analyst

Business Analyst Austin, TX 8 MONTHS +

The Business Analyst is an Information Technology (IT) position and will be a part of the project to implement an application workflow process for the Long-term Care Architectural Review Unit, in the existing Regulatory Services Salesforce platform, as well as tying into existing functionality with Texas.gov to receive application fee payments. This position will define the project requirements by establishing themes, epics, user stories and features that make up the product backlog. This position will assist with writing and executing test scripts. This project will be performed in collaboration with the Long-Term Care Regulatory Services program within the Health and Human Services System's business domain. The workers responsibilities and skills must include: Gathering business, functional and non-function requirements. Defining product themes, epics, user stories and product features Facilitating prioritization sessions for the product backlog. Facilitating sprint planning sessions to establish a sprint backlog. Documenting requirements and system design using approved agency formats. Being a creative thinker to solve application issues. Mediating business units that may have conflicting requirements. Assisting in the translation of business requirements into detailed technical specifications Facilitating and documenting AS-IS and TO-BE process flows Writing test cases and scripts to validate code is working as documented. Other duties as assigned

II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will not be considered for this opportunity and the resume will not be submitted to the customer.

Years - Required/Preferred - Experience

8 - Required - Terms and Conditions: This position is subject to funding. Vendor acknowledges that before a Purchase Order can be issued the selected candidate must sign and return the HHSC Information Technology Staff Augmentation Contractor Integrity Agreement, HHSC F

5 - Required - Skilled in working on agile projects utilizing scrum

5 - Required - Skilled in extracting business, functional and non-functional requirements from business units and IT staff.

5 - Required - Skilled in test case planning and quality assurance reviews of test scripts.

5 - Required - Skilled in documenting AS-IS and TO-BE process flows.

5 - Required - Possess strong verbal and written skills in communicating with peers and different levels of users including executive staff.

5 - Required - Skilled in mediating business units with conflicting and competing business requirements

5 - Required - Skilled in facilitating large group meetings with internal and external resources.

5 - Required - Skilled in educating business unit staff on agile and scrum terminology and processes.

4 - Required - Experience in writing data base queries and reports to analyze/verify the integrity of an application.

2 - Required - Experienced in establishing a sprint backlog

2 - Preferred - Skilled in the use of Jira for tracking agile projects.

1 - Preferred - Experience with Health and Human services

1 - Preferred - Experience with Long Term Care regulatory systems

1 - Preferred - Experience with Salesforce applications