Senior IT Business Analyst

Job Title: IT Business Analyst

Location: (Remote) Austin , TX

(With the option to work up to 80% - 100% remotely. The working position is Hybrid - On Site and Telework.)

Duration: 12 Months

Primary Responsibilities

:
The Business Analyst (BA) position at the Texas Education Agency works on multiple projects that support the mission of the agency of improving outcomes for Texas students, with a focus on major enhancements and/or rewrite effor

t.
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 fulfillment of all requirements, including requirements for enhancements post-implementati

on.
Essential Functi

ons:
1 - Elicitation & Analysis - 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 anal

ysis.
2 - Requirements Writing & Visual

Output
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 la

nguage.
3 - BA Best Practices & Me

ntorship
Acts as a mentor to peers and colleagues in disseminating best practices and proactively seeks out training oppor

tunities.
4 - Using TEA Tools E

ffectively
Uses TEA tools, such as Jira and Modern Requirements, to manage the change control process, participate in the SDLC, and track and communicate requireme

nts status.
Candidate Skills and Qua

lifications:

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 th

is opportunity.
8 Experience eliciting requirements from interviews with customers and creating well-written sys

tem requirements
8 Experience with software development li

fe cycles (SDLCs)
8 Business process re-engineering and software process flow impr

ovement experience
8 Experience developing user stories and use cases that conform to business anal

ysis best practices
8 Experience designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform

to UX best practices
5 Demonstrated strong communication an

d facilitation skills
5 Demonstrated strong writing a

nd organization skills
4 Documented experience working for or closely with TEA OR a federal/state/local educat

ion agency OR ed vendor
2 Documented work experience with the issue tracking s

oftware "Atlassian Jira"
2 Documented work experience with the requirements management softw

are "Mode

rn Requirements"
About Us:
At Radiant Digital, we provide IT solutions and consulting services to help government agencies and businesses in the USA, Canada, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. On the federal side, we support agencies like NASA, the Department of State (DOS), the IRS, ACL, ACF,USDA and many others, along with numerous state and

local government agencies.We work with industries like telecom, healthcare, entertainment, oil and gas offering solutions designed to meet their specific needs. We focus on improving systems, making better use of data, and updating applications to kee