Senior Business Analyst (required state dept of education exp)

Title: Senior Business Analyst

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Client: Texas Education Agency (TEA) -(70126004)

Duration: 12 Months

Due date: 08/14/2025

In-Person, With the option to work remotely up to 80% of the time: Work Location: William B. Travis State Building, 1701 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701 -. The working position is Hybrid - On Site.

State dept of Education client experience is mandatory

Description:

This position performs advanced, senior-level business analysis work as well as user experience design work to ensure a positive and productive end user experience. The position will ensure design decisions are grounded in user experience and research and adhere to agency-wide design standards and industry-wide best practices and will partner with the product team and other key stakeholders on design solutions. 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.

Required Skills:

12 + Years of Experience eliciting requirements from interviews with customers and creating well-written system requirements

8 Years of Experience with software development life cycles (SDLCs)

8 Years of Business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement experience

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

Preferred Skills:

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 work experience with Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) program