Business/Technical Analyst

Position: Business/Technical Analyst

 Agency/Program: KY OAG – Child Support Services (KASES)

Work Location: Frankfort, KY (Hybrid; onsite for workshops) Remote OK

Reports To: OIS Program Management Office

 Engagement Type: Contract (Full-time) Position

Summary

 Produce exact, testable requirements and Interface Specification Packs that connect legacy mainframe logic and microservices to a modern cloud target (AWS or Azure). Ensure build, test, and cutover can proceed without ambiguity. Duties and Responsibilities

 • Author Interface Specification Packs: o Profile; Connectivity (ports/certs/IPs/VPN; Private Endpoint/PrivateLink, API Management/API Gateway). o Data contract (fields/types/samples). o Schedule (CA-7 → Control-M mapping; note any Event Grid/EventBridge triggers). o Error handling; security flags (PII safe-harbor); test snippet; cutover steps.

 • Write testable functional/non-functional requirements with acceptance criteria; maintain full traceability (requirement → design → test → sign-off).

• Map IMS/COBOL copybooks to relational target (AWS RDS/Aurora/SQL Server or Azure SQL); define reconciliation logic/thresholds.

• Align business flows to technical design, testing, and cutover; lead workshops and secure signatures. Deliverables

• Requirements specs, user stories, acceptance criteria.

• Signed Interface Spec Packs; updated Interface Register.

• Business process flows; system context diagrams.

• Test coverage/traceability matrix. MUST-HAVE Requirements (non-negotiable)

• ≥ 6 years BA/Tech BA on integrated systems.

 • Can read COBOL copybooks/JCL/IMS and work with modern stacks (.NET/REST/SQL) targeting Azure or AWS.

• Proven interface spec work (data contracts, schedules, error handling, partner windows) with acceptance criteria and traceability. 1 Preferred Qualifications • Public sector child support/HHS; modernization programs.

 • Familiar with Control-M, Azure SQL/AWS RDS, API Management/API Gateway. Tools and Platforms Jira/Azure DevOps, Confluence/SharePoint, Visio/Lucid, SQL tools, Postman; basics of Control-M; cloud endpoints on AWS or Azure. Performance Measures

 • Requirements completeness and defect leakage.

• On-time delivery of signed specs.

• Partner/business sign-off cycle time. Submission & Screening

 • Provide one anonymized Interface Spec Pack authored by the candidate.

• 30-minute whiteboard: derive a data contract from a copybook + sample payload and define pass/fail acceptance.