Job#: 3058743 Job Description: Business Analyst 3
Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)
Role Overview
This organization requires an advanced, senior-level Business Analyst to support multiple projects that contribute to the mission of improving outcomes for students. The selected professional will focus on major system enhancements and software rewrite initiatives. Serving as the primary conduit between the business community and the software development team, the Business Analyst will manage the flow of requirements throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Responsibilities include managing requirements specifications, supporting change control, and verifying the fulfillment of all requirements post-implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze user needs, business processes, pain points, and computer system capabilities to automate or improve existing systems.
- Elicit requirements using joint application development (JAD) sessions, stakeholder interviews, document analysis, surveys, use cases, and workflow analysis.
- Transform elicitation data into business requirements, functional requirements, user stories, use cases, software requirements specifications, wireframes, and mockups.
- Utilize standard templates and precise, unambiguous language to document technical specifications.
- Serve as a mentor to peers and colleagues by sharing business analysis standards, processes, and documentation best practices.
- Use designated issue tracking and requirements management software to manage the change control process and participate in the SDLC.
- Track, maintain, and communicate requirements status and verification throughout the project lifecycle.
Required Qualifications
Education: A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.
Experience: Minimum of 8 years of experience eliciting requirements from customer interviews and creating system requirements documentation. Minimum of 8 years of experience working with software development life cycles (SDLC). Minimum of 8 years of experience in business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement. Minimum of 8 years of experience developing user stories and use cases conforming to business analysis standards. Minimum of 8 years of experience designing mockups or wireframes conforming to UX standards. Minimum of 4 years of documented experience working for or closely with an education agency or education software vendor.
Technical Skills: Minimum of 2 years of documented experience utilizing Atlassian Jira for issue tracking. Minimum of 2 years of documented experience utilizing Modern Requirements software for requirements management. Demonstrated strong facilitation, writing, and organizational skills are required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year of experience with K-12 instructional materials or instructional material procurement processes.
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