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The Following Requirement are given below
Role: Business Analyst 3
Location: Austin, Texas (Onsite)
Client: State of Texas
Department: TEA (Texas Education Agency)
Duration: 12 Months
Experience: 12+
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, with a focus on major enhancements and/or rewrite effort.
This position will perform advanced, senior-level business analysis work. 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.
Essential Functions:
Elicitation & Analysis - Analyzes user needs, business processes, pain points, and computer system capabilities to automate or improve existing systems. Elicits requirements using joint application development (JAD), interviews, document analysis, surveys, use cases, competitive product analysis, and workflow analysis.
Requirements Writing & Visual Output - Transforms information from elicitation sessions into business and functional requirements, use cases, user stories, software requirements specifications documents, wireframes, and mockups. Uses standard templates and simple, unambiguous, and concise natural language.
Using TEA Tools Effectively - Uses TEA tools, such as Jira and Modern Requirements, to manage the change control process, participate in the SDLC, and track and communicate requirements status.
Managing Work - Uses initiative and independent judgment to actively participate in the software development lifecycle, including managing deadlines, following change control procedures, tracking requirement status, coordinating UAT, and maintaining requirement traceability.
Additional functions for this role may also include:
Providing input into a standardized AI & Automation use case intake process and a value assessment framework.
Establishing a backlog of AI and automation use cases for later development.
Developing data governance and readiness assessments.
Documenting risk tiering and policy alignment analyses (privacy, security, legal).
Producing knowledgetransfer artifacts to build internal analytic capability.
Minimum Requirements (Must Have)
- 8 years experience in eliciting requirements through customer interviews and documenting system requirements
- 8 years experience with Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC)
- 8 years experience in business process re-engineering and improving process flows
- 8 years experience in creating user stories & use cases following business analysis best practices
- 8 years experience in designing mockups / wireframes aligned with UX best practices
- 5 years strong communication & facilitation skills
- 5 years strong writing & organizational skills
- 1 year experience in AI & Automation with basic understanding of AI systems for feasibility analysis
Preferred Skills (Good to Have)
- 3 years experience with Atlassian Jira
- 3 years experience with Modern Requirements
- 2 years experience working with state/local education agencies (e.g., TEA)
- 1 year experience with K-12 instructional materials or procurement process
- 1 year experience with Microsoft Power Automate
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