Pedigo Staffing ServicesRemote
Business Analyst - Texas Education Agency - Austin, TX
United States of America
Full Time
1 week ago
No H1B
Key skills
Requirements ElicitationSystem Requirements WritingSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Business Process Re-engineeringSoftware Process Flow ImprovementUser Stories DevelopmentUse Cases DevelopmentMockups DesignWireframes DesignAtlassian JiraModern RequirementsEducation Agency Domain ExperienceAtlassianJiraSDLCCommunication
About this role
Pedigo Staffing Services is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for the Texas Education Agency. The role involves advanced business analysis work, serving as a liaison between the program community and the software development team, and managing requirements throughout the software development life cycle.
Responsibilities:
- 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
- Transforms information from elicitation sessions into business and functional requirements, use cases, user stories, software requirements specifications documents, wireframes, and mockups
- Acts as a mentor to peers and colleagues in disseminating best practices and proactively seeks out training opportunities
- 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
Requirements:
- Experience eliciting requirements from interviews with customers and creating well-written system requirements
- Experience with software development life cycles (SDLCs)
- Business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement experience
- Experience developing user stories and use cases that conform to business analysis best practices
- Experience designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices
- Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills
- Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills
- Documented experience working for or closely with TEA OR a federal/state/local education agency OR ed vendor
- Documented work experience with the issue tracking software 'Atlassian Jira'
- Documented work experience with the requirements management software 'Modern Requirements'
- Previous Experience with Educator Certification
- Previous Experience with Educator Preparation Program Data Collection and Accountability