Business Analyst

Business AnalystLocation: Austin, Texas Must Need: Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Certification. Start Date: 03/01/2024 Total Hours: 3056 hoursCandidate Must be Located within Austin Metro Area OnlyCandidate Must Have Minimum 5 Years of Experience with State of TX - Any Agencies is Must - No Other State Agency Exp is WorkableVisa: USC or GC NOTE: TDLR SDS IT staff are primarily working remotely. However, it is expected that on-site presence will be necessary during certain portions of the contract period including: on-boarding, some training, some requirements gathering sessions, and some test sessions. Therefore, candidates must be able to be on-site for some of the work activities.Primary Responsibilities:Develop and/or review complex system documents or artifacts to convey business requirements and support efficient system design (including but not limited to business rules, business requirements, mock-ups, diagrams, flowcharts, technical specification documents, system design documents, test plans, risk management plans, quality management plans, and/or technical specifications).Coordinate the analysis of program policies and procedures to determine their effect on automated systems and system functional areas.Perform root cause analysis and the development of appropriate corrective action plans for business and IT processes.Prepare and present complex communications and/or reports on projects, assignments, and/or activities to all levels of staff up to and including executive management.Provide peer reviews of business requirements documentation and coordinate technical writing and editing reviews.Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance processes, best practices, and standards.Communicate with the project stakeholders, management, and other relevant parties.Monitor and evaluate third-party vendor and contractor performance.Must Need: Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Certification.Candidate Skills and Qualifications:Full-time experience in business analysis. Experience performing complex to advanced business analysis work.Experience reviewing and appropriately applying regulatory and reporting requirements.Experience reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating business systems and user and stakeholder needs.Experience facilitating and documenting business process mapping and business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems that make a business more effective.Experience documenting detailed requirements for information technology solutions that will meet program and user needs.Experience implementing new IT solutions from initial idea to project completion.Experience working directly with a Texas state agency as an employee or contractor in a Business Analyst role.Experience simultaneously collecting requirements across multiple program areas or organizations that are geographically dispersed and that have varying business needs.Experience working with DIR and the Data Center Services (DCS).