Senior Business Analyst
Location: Austin Texas
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1. A Senior Business Analyst with Minimum 12+ Years of Experience Who Previously
Worked with Texas Education Agency or Who Worked with Minimum 3+ Years any
Other State Department of education Client
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.
This position performs advanced, senior-level business analysis work. The position may
support more than one project or be assigned to special projects at any time. 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.
II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
• Eliciting requirements from interviews with customers and creating well- written
system requirements documents
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement
• Development of user stories and use cases that conform to business analysis
best practices
• Designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices
• Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills
• Documented work experience with the requirements management software
"Modern Requirements"
• Documented work experience with the issue tracking software "Atlassian Jira"
• Documented experience working for or closely with TEA or another state or local
education agency
