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 effort.
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-implementation.
Essential Functions:
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 analysis.
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 language.
3 - BA Best Practices & Mentorship
Acts as a mentor to peers and colleagues in disseminating best practices and proactively seeks out training opportunities.
4 - Using TEA Tools Effectively
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.
Required/Preferred
Experience
8
Required
Experience eliciting requirements from interviews with customers and creating well-written system requirements
8
Required
Experience with software development life cycles (SDLCs)
8
Required
Business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement experience
8
Required
Experience developing user stories and use cases that conform to business analysis best practices
8
Required
Experience designing mockups and/or wireframes that conform to UX best practices
5
Required
Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills
5
Required
Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills
4
Preferred
Documented work experience with TEA OR a federal/state/local education agency OR education vendor
2
Preferred
Documented work experience with the issue tracking software "Atlassian Jira"
2
Preferred
Documented work experience with a requirements management software tool, such as "Modern Requirements"
Skills Required
- 8 years of experience eliciting requirements from customer interviews and creating well-written system requirements
- 8 years of experience with software development life cycles
- 8 years of business process re-engineering and software process flow improvement experience
- 8 years of experience developing user stories and use cases aligned with business analysis best practices
- 8 years of experience designing mockups or wireframes aligned with UX best practices
- 5 years of strong communication and facilitation skills
- 5 years of strong writing and organization skills
- Documented experience with the Texas Education Agency, a government education agency, or an education vendor
- 2 years of experience with Atlassian Jira
- 2 years of experience with a requirements management tool such as Modern Requirements
What We Do
Novalink Solutions LLC is a global consulting, engineering, and AI product development company specializing in information technology and telecommunications. They provide AI-powered products, automation platforms, intelligent workflow systems, IT consulting, managed engineering, and staff augmentation services.
