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Sr Educational Business Analyst || Austin, TX (Hybrid – Locals only) || Must have Linkedin and 14+ years of exp. ||

Nestortechnologies IncAustin, TX🇺🇸United States

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SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeRemote
LocationAustin, TX, United States
Business AnalysisProcurementJira

Job description

Senior Educational Business Analyst

Austin, TX (Hybrid – Locals only)
Must have Linkedin and 14+ years of exp.
Note:
1) Position will be Hybrid and work up to 80% - 100% remotely
Interview Mode: ☒ In Person ☒ Team Meetings
Must-Have Skills
Educational Client experience must
Required Skills:
  • Texas Education Agency (TEA) / State Education Agency Experience
  • Business Requirements Elicitation & Documentation
  • SDLC – 8+ Years
  • User Stories & Use Cases
  • Business Process Re-engineering
  • Wireframes / Mockups / UX
  • Atlassian Jira
  • Modern Requirements
Job Description:
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:

1 - 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.

2 - 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.

3 - BA Best Practices & Mentorship Acts as a mentor to peers and colleagues in disseminating best practices and proactively seeks out training opportunities.

4 - 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

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Actual
Years
Experience

Years
Experience
Needed

Required/
Preferred

Skills/Experience

8

Required

Experience eliciting requirements from interviews with customers and creating well-written system requirements

8

Required

Experience with software development life cycles (SDLCs)

8

Required

Business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement experience

8

Required

Experience developing user stories and use cases that conform to business analysis best practices

8

Required

Experience 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

4

Required

Documented experience working for or closely with TEA OR a federal/state/local education agency OR ed vendor

2

Required

Documented work experience with the issue tracking software Atlassian Jira

2

Required

Documented work experience with the requirements management software Modern Requirements

1

Preferred

Experience with K-12 instructional materials and/or instructional material procurement process

Thanks,
KK

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