Senior Business Analyst

ASSYST, Inc. • Austin, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

ASSYST is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support our client project in Austin, TX. This position is Hybrid. This position will perform advanced, senior-level business analysis work. The business analyst serves as the conduit between the program/customer community and the software development team through which requirements flow. This BA will be involved at some level throughout the entire software development life cycle. Upon establishment of the requirements baseline, the focus is shifted towards the management of the requirements specification and verifying the fulfilment of all requirements, including requirements for enhancements post-implementation.

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 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"

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.
• Uses standard templates and simple, unambiguous, and concise natural language.
• Acts as a mentor to peers and colleagues in disseminating best practices and proactively seeks out training opportunities.
• Uses tools, such as Jira and Modern Requirements, to manage the change control process, participate in the SDLC, and track and communicate requirements status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed