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.