Senior Business Analyst

This is a hybrid role; only local candidates will be considered.

• Elicit requirements through joint application development (JAD) sessions, requirements workshops, interviews, document analysis, storyboards, surveys, and site visits.
  
• Gather requirements using use cases, scenarios, competitive product analysis, and task and workflow analysis.
  
• Apply advanced analysis techniques to identify user needs, business processes, pain points, and system capabilities that can automate or improve existing systems.
  
• Transform elicitation results into business requirements, functional requirements, use cases, user stories, and software requirements specification documents.
  
• Write requirements with standard templates and simple, unambiguous, and concise natural language.
  
• Create process flows, context diagrams, UML diagrams, wireframes, and mockups from elicitation results.
  
• Use initiative and independent judgment to participate in the software development life cycle and manage deadlines.
  
• Follow change control procedures and track requirement status throughout the project life cycle.
  
• Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and maintain requirements traceability.
  
• Manage the requirements specification after the baseline is established and verify that all requirements are fulfilled, including post-implementation enhancements.
  

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications - Candidates must meet all minimum qualifications

• 8 years of experience eliciting requirements through customer interviews and creating well-written system requirements.
  
• 8 years of experience with software development life cycles (SDLCs).
  
• 8 years of experience in business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement.
  
• 8 years of experience developing user stories and use cases that conform to business analysis best practices.
  
• 8 years of experience designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices.
  
• 8 years of demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills.
  
• 8 years of demonstrated strong writing and organization skills.
  
• 4 years of documented work experience with Atlassian Jira issue tracking software.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 4 years of documented experience working for or closely with the Texas Education Agency, a federal, state, or local education agency, or an education vendor.
  
• 3 years of documented work experience with Modern Requirements requirements management software.
  
• 2 years of experience supporting complaint and case management workflows, including intake, investigation, and resolution.
  
• 2 years of experience with the educator certification process, federal or state grant programs, or state funding programs.
  

Additional Requirements

• Must currently reside within 50 miles of the Austin, Texas work location.
  
• Work outside normal business hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, may be required as requested.