Senior Business Analyst
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Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 33 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Senior Business Analyst to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.

**Location of job: 80% remote work, 20% onsite. Candidate must be local to Austin, TX area**

Responsibilities

The Business Analyst (BA) position at the client's works on multiple projects that support the mission of the agency of improving outcomes for Texas students, with a focus on public dashboards for the post-secondary outcomes and 1st - 3rd grade supplementary grants projects.

This position performs advanced, senior-level business analysis work as well as user experience design work to ensure a positive and productive end user experience. The position will ensure design decisions are grounded in user experience and research and adhere to agency-wide design standards and industry-wide best practices and will partner with the product team and other key stakeholders on design solutions. 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.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

8 years of:

• 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

5 years of:

• Demonstrated strong communication and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated strong writing and organization skills

Preferred:

3 years of:

• Documented work experience with the requirements management software Modern Requirements
• Documented work experience with the issue tracking software Atlassian Jira

2 years of:

• Documented experience working for or closely with client or another state or local education agency

1 year of:

• Experience with Teacher Incentive Allotment program, federal/state grant programs, or student outcome data.

Overview

At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:

• Highly competitive pay rates
• Local support staff for responsive, personal service
• Comprehensive benefits package, including:
• Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
• Life insurance
• A 401(K) plan with company match
• Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan

Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks.

Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.