Business Analyst 2

Job Purpose:The Department of Information Resources (DIR) requires the services of one or more Business Analysts, hereafter referred to as Worker(s), who meets the general qualifications of ITSAC Business Analyst 2 Category, Core Technology Type and the specifications outlined in this document for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS).All work products resulting from the project shall be considered “works made for hire” and are the property of the DFPS. DFPS may include pre-selection requirements that potential Vendors (and their Workers) submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by the Texas law. DFPS will pay no fees for interviews or discussions, which occur during the process of selecting a Worker(s). Work involves the following:• Seeking, gathering and analyzing information and data from stakeholders and subject matter experts.• Converting findings into meaningful documentation for use by the development team.• Communicating with technical, non-technical, functional, management and executive staff.• Working within cross-functional teams.• Taking initiative to develop a foster a collaborative approach among teams before, during and after the requirements gathering process to achieve a common mission, vision, values and goals.• Tracking software development life cycle activity metrics as it relates to requirements and other established metrics. The Workers must have a strong Business Analysis background with extensive experience in the following:• Experience as a Business Analyst within an Enterprise-level application development environment.• Experience developing solid requirements documents with a strong attention to detail to capture project need and scope.• Robust skills facilitating and leading groups to clarify and define project requests, needs, scope and priorities, as well as delivering presentations for meetings involving cross-functional teams and including stakeholders.• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to provide clear and consistent status updates and inform stakeholders and agency leadership of project progress.• Solid experience with the Microsoft Suite of tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, MS Project, and Visio).• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) methodologies.• Knowledge of Case Management applications a plus but not required.• Communicating and listening in a way that is focused on clear expression of, as well as understanding of ideas and concepts that ultimately lead to positive outcomes and results.• Prefer knowledge of Texas Project Delivery Framework. Minimum Requirements: ExperienceYearsSkills/Experience5Experience as a Business Analyst in an enterprise level software development environment5Functional and technical requirements gathering, analysis and documentation with a strong attention to detail4Developing Use Case documentation and User Stories that lead to clearly defined and numbered project requirements.5Experience with the Microsoft Suite of tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project and SharePoint)3Facilitating meetings, requirements gathering sessions and conducting presentations2Developing and presenting project status updates and reporting on key performance indicators for project successStrongExperience with software development and project management lifecyclesStrongCommunication skills, both verbal and written