ASSYST is seeking an experienced Senior Business Systems Analyst in Austin, TX (Onsite role)
This opportunity is part of a large-scale system modernization effort focused on the development of a new Medicaid application. The work involves assessing business processes, evaluating system requirements, and helping ensure that technology solutions align with broader agency objectives. The position is associated with a team that provides oversight and coordination for Medicaid IT systems, related projects, and interconnected initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze business process workflows, evaluate user needs, and apply business process mapping and re-engineering techniques to improve effectiveness.
- Write detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify complex computer programs.
- Prepare solution options, identify risks, and develop financial analyses (including ROI, cost/benefit, and buy/build evaluations).
- Coordinate with outside vendors to define, assign, and evaluate work while ensuring alignment with agency direction for an integrated solution.
- Manage project scope, acceptance, and deployment while monitoring system integration and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Analyze Health and Human Services policies, procedures, and standards to determine their impact on automated systems and functional areas.
Skills & Qualifications:
Required Qualifications (Minimum 8 Years Experience in the following):
- Coordinating with external vendors to complete projects and service requests, including defining, assigning, and evaluating their work.
- Developing and reviewing project artifacts such as test cases, requirements documentation and traceability, design, and technical specifications.
- Consulting on system analysis, troubleshooting problems, and supporting solution implementations.
- Managing project scope, acceptance, and deployment, as well as monitoring system integration and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Identifying project risks and difficulties and designing strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
- Performing analysis of Health and Human Services policies, procedures, and standards to determine their effect on automated systems and functional areas.
Preferred Qualifications (3+ Years Experience in the following):
- Experience with Medicaid and CHIP systems and processes.
- Experience using TFS/Azure DevOps (ADO) to create, manage, and maintain requirements throughout the development lifecycle.
- Working in an Agile environment (preferably SAFe).
- Experience using Microsoft products, such as MS Office, SharePoint, and Copilot.
- Demonstrated understanding of enterprise system components such as user interfaces, data layers, infrastructure, and integrations, alongside knowledge of business rules engines, workflow orchestration, and cloud-based solutions.
- Experience updating portfolio project management tools and managing major information resource project information.
ASSYST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law
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