Business Analyst II

Job Title Business Analyst II
Location Austin Texas

This is a remote opportunity with meetings in Austin Texas

The position seeks a Worker to perform in a Business Analyst II role to assist in the following:

• Seeking gathering and analyzing information and data from stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Converting findings into meaningful documentation for use by the development team.
• Communicating with technical nontechnical functional management and executive staff.
• Working within crossfunctional teams.
• Taking initiative to develop a foster a collaborative approach among teams before during and after the requirements gathering process to achieve a common mission vision values and goals.
• Tracking software development life cycle activity metrics as it relates to requirements and other established metrics.
• The Worker must have a strong Business Analysis background with extensive experience in the following:
• Experience as a Business Analyst within an Enterpriselevel application development environment.
• Experience working in a fastpaced information technology environment.
• Experience as a Business Analyst within an Enterpriselevel application development environment.
• Experience developing solid requirements documents with a strong attention to detail to capture project need and scope.
• Robust skills facilitating and leading groups to clarify and define project requests needs scope and priorities as well as delivering presentations for meetings involving crossfunctional teams and including stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to provide clear and consistent status updates and inform stakeholders and agency leadership of project progress.
• Solid experience with the Microsoft Suite of tools (Excel Word PowerPoint SharePoint MS Project and Visio).
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) methodologies.
• Knowledge of Case Management applications a plus but not required.
• Communicating and listening in a way that is focused on clear expression of as well as understanding of ideas and concepts that ultimately lead to positive outcomes and results.
• Knowledge of Texas Project Delivery Framework.
• Prefer working knowledge of the following DFPS systems/programs (including but not limited to): IMPACT PACES PEIRS ABCS NEICE SSCC Child Placement Portal and Community Based Care.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience as a Business Analyst in an enterprise level software development environment
• Functional and technical requirements gathering analysis and documentation with a strong attention to detail
• Experience with the Microsoft Suite of tools (Excel Word PowerPoint Visio MS Project and SharePoint)
• Developing Use Case documentation and User Stories that lead to clearly defined and numbered project requirements
• Facilitating meetings requirements gathering sessions and conducting presentations
• Developing and presenting project status updates and reporting on key performance indicators for project success
• Communication skills both verbal and written
• Knowledge of the Texas Project Delivery Frame
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle

If this opportunity interests you I would love to learn more about your experiences. We encourage you to apply.