Business Analyst

Job ID: TX-529601723 (912790612) Onsite/Local TX Govt Medicaid BA (CBAP/PMI-PBA/Agile/Scrum/SAFe/15+) with legacy/mainframe modernization, claims/eligibility/provider/waiver, IDD, behavioral health, APIs, DW experience Location Austin, TX (HHSC). Duration: 2 months. Position is onsite only at the location listed above; remote work is not accepted. The program will only accept candidates who are LOCAL TO TEXAS and already reside in Texas. Experience Required / Preferred 8 years required business analysis experience reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating business systems and user needs. 8 years required experience eliciting, documenting, validating, and managing business, functional, technical, data, reporting, and interface requirements. 8 years required experience developing requirements traceability from business needs through design, development, testing, implementation, and operational readiness. 8 years required experience conducting current-state and future-state process analysis, gap analysis, impact analysis, and dependency analysis. 8 years required experience documenting use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, process flows, and requirements specifications. 8 years required experience working across business, application, data, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams. 8 years required experience supporting complex IT projects with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, risks, and decision points. 8 years required strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready summaries and technical documentation. 8 years required experience analyzing data flows, interfaces, reports, source-to-target mappings, or system integration dependencies. 4 years preferred experience supporting legacy system modernization, mainframe retirement, system replacement, or enterprise transformation. 3 years preferred experience with Medicaid, health and human services, claims, eligibility, provider, waiver, behavioral health, IDD, State Supported Living Centers, or related public-sector spaces. 3 years preferred experience with application development or infrastructure deployment projects. 2 years preferred experience with APIs, batch interfaces, data warehouses, reporting modernization, or modular system design. 2 years preferred experience with Texas Project Delivery Framework, DIR, state government IT governance, or public-sector procurements. 1 preferred certification such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, PMP, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or related credential. The Department of Information Resources (DIR) requires the services of 1 Business Analyst 3, hereafter referred to as Worker, who meets the general qualification of Business Analyst 3 and the specifications outlined in this document for the above-named customer. Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective. Familiar with industry standard business process mapping and reengineering. Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, buy/build, etc. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs. Position Summary The Texas Health and Human Services Commission Information Technology Division is seeking a Business Analyst 2 to provide business and systems analysis in support of the retirement of the Client Assignment and Registration (CARE) system and migration of legacy components to future applications. This role requires a highly skilled communicator to serve as a project-focused technical business analyst translating complex business processes, screens, and data flows into clear, testable, traceable, and technically actionable requirements, building business process flow diagrams and visuals. This position will support the transition of CARE functions from a legacy mainframe environment into modern, modular, Medicaid Enterprise System‑aligned solutions. The CARE Program of IT projects includes several concurrent, coordinated workstreams. This position will focus on ensuring a smooth migration of CARE-related business, data, reporting, and integration capabilities from the current location to future locations. The selected candidate must be able to work across business, application, data, reporting, infrastructure, security, and project delivery teams to document current‑state business and technical processes, translate business to technical needs, map business and technical dependencies, identify gaps, and work with stakeholders to define future‑state business and technical requirements that support continuity of Medicaid operations. Role Purpose The purpose of this role is to provide high‑caliber business analysis and technical integration support for the CARE Program to: Elicit, document, validate, and manage requirements; facilitate collaboration to synthesize information and ensure full coverage. Build traceability from stakeholder needs to system requirements; challenge gaps and validate assumptions for accuracy. Facilitate discovery and analysis of CARE functions; synthesize findings and deliver decision‑ready analysis. Act as a bridge between teams, validate assumptions, and proactively address gaps. Ensure CARE retirement covers all critical dependencies through cross‑functional reviews and actionable recommendations. #J-18808-Ljbffr