- Position: Business Analyst
- Location: Austin, TX 78701 (Onsite)
- Duration: 3 Months Contract
Job Description:
- Gather, analyze, and document user requirements, business processes, and problems to automate or improve existing systems; elicit and document business needs for new systems. Translate requirements into user stories.
- Analyze program policies and procedures to determine their effect on automated systems and system functional areas.
- Performs quality assurance (QA) of user stories, ensuring that all acceptance criteria and non-functional requirements have been met.
- Plans and prepares training materials for both internal and external users and helps to conduct training sessions covering assigned systems.
- Identify opportunities for improving business processes through automation and assist in the preparation of proposals to develop new systems.
- Assist with reviewing and preparing complex project management deliverables such as project charters, project plans, test plans, and risk management plans.
- Consult on the analysis of an application, troubleshoots system problems, and recommend solutions.
- Experience in business analysis and quality assurance for licensing systems, particularly within Texas state licensing agencies. Deep understanding of the license life cycle, including new license application and management processes.
- Skilled in creating detailed user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and performing manual testing to ensure functionality and compliance.
- Strong ability to interact with end users to gather requirements, validate solutions, and ensure seamless user experience.
- Provide quality assurance consultation to projects, assignments, or special initiatives.
- Develop and review test cases; process change requests; and manage a project’s scope, acceptance, installation, and deployment.
- Maintain assigned business relationships with vendors, seek best value for new and renewing technologies, and review and approve monthly and annual invoices.
- Follow all TDA policies and procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience with the following tasks: Provide quality assurance consultation to, or oversight of, projects, assignments, or special initiatives.
- Experience with Agile methodologies, user story creation, working as part of an Agile team, participating in all Agile ceremonies, and leading Refinement and Sprint planning sessions.
- Experience using Azure Dev Ops, Jira, or similar
- Experience performing highly complex (senior level) business analysis work. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
- Experience with the following tasks: Coordinate the analysis of program policies and procedures to determine their effect on automated systems and system functional areas.
- Experience with the following tasks: Coordinate with outside vendors and contractors to complete projects and service requests; and defines, assigns, and evaluates their work .
- Experience with the following tasks: Identify opportunities to improve business processes through automation and help prepare proposals to develop new systems.
- Experience with the following tasks: Consult on the analysis of an application, troubleshoots system problems, and implements solutions.
- Experience with the following tasks: Review complex project deliverables such as charters, design documentation, test plans, and risk assessment plans; and provide comments and suggestions to document owners.
- Experience with the following tasks: Develop training curricula and conduct formal training sessions covering assigned systems modules.
- Develop the design and/or review of test cases; processes change requests.
- Minimum 4-7 years to experience Previous experience working with TDA systems.
Pay: $70.00 - $74.00 per hour
Experience:
- Agile: 3 years (Preferred)
- Sprint Planning: 3 years (Preferred)
- Azure Dev Ops, Jira: 3 years (Preferred)
- Business Analysis: 3 years (Preferred)
- Texas Department of Agriculture or Texas State Agencies: 4 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
