Business Analyst 3

JOB DESCRIPTION:
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.

CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years

Required/Preferred

Experience

8

Required

Eliciting requirements from interviews with customers and creating well-written system requirements documents

8

Required

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

8

Required

Business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement

8

Required

Development of user stories and use cases that conform to business analysis best practices

8

Required

Designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices

5

Required

Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills

5

Required

Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills

3

Preferred

Documented work experience with the requirements management software 'Modern Requirements'

3

Preferred

Documented work experience with the issue tracking software 'Atlassian Jira'

2

Preferred

Documented experience working for or closely with TEA or another state or local education agency

1

Preferred

Documented experience working with one or more of the following TEA applications: FSP, TSDS, TEA Help Desk