Senior Business Analyst

About the position

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. This position performs advanced, senior-level business analysis work. The position may support more than one project or be assigned to special projects at any time. 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.

Requirements

• 8 years of experience eliciting requirements from interviews with customers and creating well-written system requirements documents
• 8 years of experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• 8 years of experience in business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement
• 8 years of experience in development of 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
• 5 years of demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills
• 5 years of demonstrated strong writing and organization skills

Nice-to-haves

• 3 years of documented work experience with the requirements management software 'Modern Requirements'
• 3 years of documented work experience with the issue tracking software 'Atlassian Jira'
• 2 years of documented experience working for or closely with TEA or another state or local education agency
• 1 year of documented experience working with one or more of the following TEA applications: FSP, TSDS, TEA Help Desk