Business Systems Analyst

About Us

Vaughn is a regional commercial construction company operating throughout Texas. We are focused on building higher education, healthcare, and research buildings for commercial clients. As a sophisticated construction manager, we utilize the latest technology (including drones, laser scanners, 3D modeling, and 3D printing) to plan and build high-quality, enduring facilities. Further, we treat all employees like family in a family-like environment where our people are proud to work.


Our family is committed to safety, integrity, teamwork, excellence, and work ethic. Vaughn's leaders link our strategic priorities and resulting work activities to our core values, and we believe this drives excellence. Vaughn aims to retain and develop individuals aligned with our core values by providing life-changing opportunities.

OUR BIG WHY: We WOW our clients and provide life-changing opportunities for our people, while delivering our projects in a family atmosphere, where our people are proud to work.

Position Overview

Owns QA and release management for Vaughn's enterprise systems. Writes user stories and acceptance criteria, tests developer work, and coordinates changes into production. Owns end-user release communications and help documentation. Serves as business intelligence liaison and product owner with external consultants and administers the company's Microsoft Power BI platform. Uses AI tooling to carry a meaningful share of the manual lift in testing, analysis, and documentation. Grows into team lead over the two-person Enterprise Applications team.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Writes user stories and acceptance criteria for enterprise-system changes, using AI tools to accelerate drafting and test-case generation, then applies judgment to validate edge cases and business context AI tools miss.
• Tests developer work across Dev, Staging, and UAT; documents defects; coordinates fixes.
• Approves and coordinates promotion of changes to production under standard release discipline.
• Owns release communications and change announcements for enterprise systems.
• Drafts and maintains help documentation and knowledge-base articles, using AI drafting tools for first passes and editing for accuracy and end-user context.
• Learns the enterprise data landscape (Sage 300 CRE, Egnyte, Paperless pVault, Cost-OS, and custom-built web and iOS applications).
• Acts as liaison and product owner with external consultants and programmers to deliver dashboards to PM/Ops, Precon, HR, Accounting, Marketing, and Safety/Risk.
• Delivers dashboards covering job cost and margin tracking, labor productivity, schedule performance, subcontractor and safety reporting, and pipeline and backlog views for Precon.
• Uses AI-assisted analysis in Power BI and Fabric to speed exploratory data work and first-draft visuals, while owning the judgment on what the business actually needs.
• Administers Power BI workspaces, governance with help of consultants as necessary.
• Owns security basics including row-level security, licensing, and adoption monitoring.
• Coordinates with the internal DBA / Enterprise Applications Administrator as technical reference.
• Assists in researching and implementing new software initiatives in the company.
• Promotes teamwork and positive communication among employees.
• Performs other duties and services to ensure a successful functioning of information systems.
• Promotes Core Values of the Company and maintains excellent attendance and punctuality.

Education and Training

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years in business or systems analysis, QA and testing, or enterprise applications.
• Microsoft Power BI certification is a plus.
• Position is onsite in West Houston and may involve occasional travel to Vaughn project sites and offices, mostly driving.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Hands-on, practical experience using AI tools for data analysis, test generation, or documentation drafting, and the ability to speak concretely to how they were used and how their output was validated.
• Working knowledge of BI concepts and hands-on exposure to Power BI.
• Judgment to recognize when an AI-generated analysis or test case is wrong, incomplete, or missing business context.
• Good written and verbal communication skills; able to translate between technical and business audiences.
• Ability to deal with outside consultants and vendors and push open items to completion.
• Self-directed and organized, comfortable with ambiguity and fast tool change.
• SQL proficiency is a plus.
• Construction, AEC, or similar mid-size project-based industry experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with Sage 300 CRE, Egnyte, Paperless pVault, Cost-OS, or Monday.com is a plus.
• Interest in growing into a team lead role; people management is a growth expectation, not a day-one requirement.

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