Business Analyst

Job Title: Business Analyst

Location: Austin TX currently telework (Need locals Only)

NOTE: Candidates selected for this opportunity may be required to physically attend meetings in Austin TX with minimal notice. Candidates currently residing outside of the State of Texas will be required to relocate to Texas if selected for this position.

Duration: 612 Months

No of Openings : 2

Need candidates with strong Communication skills. Prior State experience is a plus.

Job Description:

The DFPS IT Division 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.

II. 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

5

Required

Experience as a Business Analyst in an enterprise level software development environment

5

Required

Functional and technical requirements gathering analysis and documentation with a strong attention to detail

5

Required

Experience with the Microsoft Suite of tools (Excel Word PowerPoint Visio MS Project and SharePoint)

4

Required

Developing Use Case documentation and User Stories that lead to clearly defined and numbered project requirements

3

Required

Facilitating meetings requirements gathering sessions and conducting presentations

2

Required

Developing and presenting project status updates and reporting on key performance indicators for project success

2

Required

Communication skills both verbal and written

2

Required

Knowledge of the Texas Project Delivery Frame

2

Required

Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle

1

Preferred

Candidates preferred who have a 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