Software Developer Specialist

Roles/Responsibilities:

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission Information Technology Division is seeking a Business Analyst 2 to provide business and systems analysis in support of the retirement of the Client Assignment and Registration (CARE) system and migration of legacy components to future applications. This role requires a highly skilled communicator to serve as a project-focused technical business analyst translating complex business processes screens and data flows into clear testable traceable and technically actionable requirements building business process flow diagrams and visuals.

This position will support the transition of CARE functions from a legacy mainframe environment into modern modular Medicaid Enterprise System-aligned solutions. The CARE Program of IT projects includes several concurrent coordinated workstreams. This position will focus on ensuring a smooth migration of CARE-related business data reporting and integration capabilities from the current location to future locations.

The selected candidate must be able to work across business application data reporting infrastructure security and project delivery teams to document current-state business and technical processes translate business to technical needs map business and technical dependencies identify gaps and work with stakeholders to define future-state business and technical requirements that support continuity of Medicaid operations.

Role Purpose

• The purpose of this role is to provide high-caliber business analysis and technical integration support for the CARE Program to:
• Elicit document validate and manage requirements; facilitate collaboration to synthesize information and ensure full coverage.
• Build traceability from stakeholder needs to system requirements; challenge gaps and validate assumptions for accuracy.
• Facilitate discovery and analysis of CARE functions; synthesize findings and deliver decision-ready analysis.
• Act as a bridge between teams validate assumptions and proactively address gaps.
• Ensure CARE retirement covers all critical dependencies through cross-functional reviews and actionable recommendations.

Mandatory Skills:

1. 8 years- Business analysis experience reviewing analyzing and evaluating business systems and user needs.
2. 8 years- Experience eliciting documenting validating and managing business functional technical data reporting and interface requirements.
3. 8 years- Experience developing requirements traceability from business needs through design development testing implementation and operational readiness.
4. 8 years- Experience conducting current-state and future-state process analysis gap analysis impact analysis and dependency analysis.
5. 8 years- Experience documenting use cases user stories acceptance criteria business rules process flows and requirements specifications.
6. 8 years- Experience working across business application data infrastructure security and vendor teams.
7. 8 years- Experience supporting complex IT projects with multiple stakeholders dependencies risks and decision points.
8. 8 years- Strong written and verbal communication skills including executive-ready summaries and technical documentation.
9. 8 years- Experience analyzing data flows interfaces reports source-to-target mappings or system integration dependencies.

Desirable Skills:

1. 4 years- Experience supporting legacy system modernization mainframe retirement system replacement or enterprise transformation.
2. 3 years- Experience with Medicaid health and human services claims eligibility provider waiver behavioral health IDD State Supported Living Centers or related public-sector spaces.
3. 3 years- Experience with application development or infrastructure deployment projects.
4. 2 years- Experience with APIs batch interfaces data warehouses reporting modernization or modular system design.
5. 2 years- Experience with Texas Project Delivery Framework DIR state government IT governance or public-sector procurements.
6. 1 years- Certification such as CBAP PMI-PBA PMP Agile Scrum SAFe or related credential