Current Texas Residents Only Hybrid Onsite / Remote
I. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
Texas Education Agency requires the services of 1 Business Analyst 2 hereafter referred to as Candidate(s) who meets the general qualifications of Business Analyst 2 Applications / Software Development and the specifications outlined in this document for the Texas Education Agency .
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) requires the services of 1 Business Analyst hereafter referred to as Worker who meets the general qualification of ITSAC Business Analyst 2 ITSAC Technology Type Core and the specifications outlined in this document for the Texas Education Agency.
This position performs advanced seniorlevel business analysis work. The position may support more than one project or be assigned to special projects at any time.
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 postimplementation.
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
Required
Eliciting requirements from interviews with customers and creating wellwritten system requirements documents
Required
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Required
Business process reengineering and software process flow improvement
Required
Development of user stories and use cases that conform to business analysis best practices
Required
Designing mockups and / or wireframes that conform to UX best practices
Required
Strong communication and facilitation skills
Required
Strong writing and organization skills
Preferred
Documented work experience with the requirements management software "Modern Requirements"
Preferred
Documented work experience with the issue tracking software "Atlassian Jira"
Preferred
Documented experience working for or closely with TEA or another state or local education agency