Sr IT Business Analyst

Sr IT Business Analyst

Location: Austin, Tx - Option to work up to 80% - 100% remotely. – need local candidates only Extensive SDLC knowledge required.

• Experience with a Texas State Agency or Texas City/County government is Highly preferred

Provide 3 business references, which must include their company name and phone number.

Responsibilities:

The Business Analyst (BA) position at the Texas Education Agency works on multiple projects that support the mission of the agency of improving outcomes for Texas students, with a focus on major enhancements and/or rewrite effort. This position will perform advanced, senior-level business analysis work. The business analyst serves as the conduit between the program/customer community and the software development team through which requirements flow. This BA will be involved at some level throughout the entire software development life cycle. Upon establishment of the requirements baseline, the focus is shifted towards the management of the requirements specification and verifying the fulfillment of all requirements, including requirements for enhancements post-implementation.

Essential Functions:

• Elicitation & Analysis - Analyzes user needs, business processes, pain points, and computer system capabilities to automate or improve existing systems. Elicits requirements using joint application development (JAD), interviews, document analysis, surveys, use cases, competitive product analysis, and workflow analysis.
• Requirements Writing & Visual Output Transforms information from elicitation sessions into business and functional requirements, use cases, user stories, software requirements specifications documents, wireframes, and mockups. Uses standard templates and simple, unambiguous, and concise natural language.
• BA Best Practices & Mentorship Acts as a mentor to peers and colleagues in disseminating best practices and proactively seeks out training opportunities.
• Using TEA Tools Effectively Uses TEA tools, such as Jira and Modern Requirements, to manage the change control process, participate in the SDLC, and track and communicate requirements status.

Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years - Required/Preferred - Experience

8 - Required - Experience eliciting requirements from interviews with customers and creating well-written system requirements

8 - Required - Experience with software development life cycles (SDLCs)

8 - Required - Business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement experience

8 - Required - Experience developing user stories and use cases that conform to business analysis best practices

8 - Required - Experience designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices

5 - Required - Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills

5 - Required - Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills

4 - Preferred - Documented work experience with TEA OR a federal/state/local education agency OR education vendor

2 - Preferred - Documented work experience with the issue tracking software "Atlassian Jira"

2 - Preferred - Documented work experience with a requirements management software tool, such as "Modern Requirements"