Big challenges need bold thinkers.
If you’re someone who sees problems as opportunities, you’ll thrive here. RESPEC is 100% employee-owned, which means we take ownership of every challenge. Here, your ideas drive real solutions. Since 1969, we’ve tackled complex challenges in energy transition, infrastructure resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability.
At RESPEC, you’ll work alongside clients to take on critical problems. Depending on your expertise, you might design infrastructure in remote locations, develop renewable energy solutions for global projects, or apply data-driven technology to improve mining and water systems.
We bring deep technical knowledge, real-world experience, and a commitment to work that matters. If you're looking for a place where your contributions have real impact, you’ll fit right in.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters.
Job DescriptionRESPEC is seeing a Business Analyst II, int his role you will partner with project, development, and quality assurance teams with the Texas DPS to turn business needs into clear, actionable Agile requirements. You will help define themes, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and effort estimates that enable effective planning and delivery.
This role is ideal for a technically minded business analyst who can analyze existing documentation, identify opportunities to improve operational effectiveness, and communicate requirements clearly across technical and business stakeholders.
Core Responsibilities:
You will facilitate requirements discussions and translate business needs into agency-standard themes, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria. The role includes converting existing use cases into actionable Jira stories and supporting project and development teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
You will review existing process documentation, identify potential efficiency and effectiveness improvements, and document recommendations. You will also facilitate story-point discussions with development and QA teams to support predictive level-of-effort planning, while contributing to initiatives that strengthen service delivery and statutory compliance.
QualificationsRequired Technical Experience:
- 4+ years of experience as a senior-level Business Analyst in a technical, software development, emerging technology, or closely related environment.
- 4+ years of experience working with Agile project management methodologies and practices.
Candidates should be comfortable gathering and analyzing requirements, partnering with cross-functional delivery teams, and communicating complex needs in a clear, structured format.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 1+ year of experience understanding and documenting use cases.
- 1+ year of experience with process documentation and process mapping.
- Experience creating and managing themes, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Experience converting use cases into actionable Agile requirements within Jira.
- Experience facilitating story-point estimation or supporting effort-estimation models.
- Strong stakeholder facilitation, requirements analysis, and documentation skills.
Work Model
This is a hybrid position requiring a combination of on-site work and telework.
Primary work location:
5805 N. Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78752
Standard work hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Central Time, excluding State holidays. Occasional work outside normal business hours—including evenings, weekends, or holidays—may be required based on client needs and must be pre-approved.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Skills Required
- 4+ years experience as a senior-level Business Analyst in a technical, software development, emerging technology, or related environment
- 4+ years experience working with Agile project management methodologies and practices
- Comfortable gathering and analyzing requirements and communicating complex needs to technical and business stakeholders
- Hybrid work model requiring a combination of on-site work and telework; primary work location Austin, TX (5805 N. Lamar Blvd)
- 1+ year experience understanding and documenting use cases
- 1+ year experience with process documentation and process mapping
- Experience creating and managing themes, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Experience converting use cases into actionable Agile requirements within Jira
- Experience facilitating story-point estimation or supporting effort-estimation models
- Strong stakeholder facilitation, requirements analysis, and documentation skills
RESPEC Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RESPEC and has not been reviewed or approved by RESPEC.
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Retirement Support — - Retirement Support: Retirement benefits are positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through the combination of an ESOP and a 401(k). Long-term wealth-building potential is emphasized as a differentiator versus base-salary-only comparisons.
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Healthcare Strength — - Healthcare Strength: Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is presented as a standard, comprehensive foundation. Additional protection coverage (life and disability) is also included, strengthening the overall benefits stack.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — - Fair & Transparent Compensation: Pay is characterized as generally fair-to-good when viewed across roles and in combination with total rewards. Clear salary ranges appearing in some job postings further support expectations-setting for certain positions.
RESPEC Insights
What We Do
In a world where one superhero can handle almost any problem, our entire team of award-winning technology experts is on a mission to make your business better. With extra vision to see solutions that others can’t and vast knowledge to bridge the gaps that others don’t, we’re transformers with the know-how to solve the world’s hardest problems. At RESPEC, we thrive on technology and making our clients successful. This is why we do what we do. From the depths of a cavern to the heights of a volcano, from an antiquated computer system to a business in dire need of re-engineering, our technical and business experts find solutions for extreme situations... like the time we cleansed and migrated 100 million rows of legacy data or the time we protected Mt. Rushmore. Know-How is Everything. We use our resourcefulness and vast experience to solve problems. It’s called know-how. And when you have it, problems aren’t problems at all. Know-how defines the core of who we are. It is how our clients see us. Know-how speaks to ingenuity, aptitude, and skill—it is not merely knowledge; it is knowledge on how to get things done. Imagine having access to a think tank with hundreds of diversely talented engineers, scientists, programmers, and developers under one roof—that’s RESPEC. Each team member is highly trained and skilled in understanding and applying the laws of a specific universe to solve any kind of problem. That’s why we have to talk about our team in terms of superheroes.
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