Business Analyst

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a hybrid role based in Austin, TX. The contract extends 10+ months with W2 or C2C arrangements, starting in November 2026.

Responsibilities center on elicitation, documentation, and coordination across the SDLC, with emphasis on business-process reengineering, user stories, wireframes, and traceability. Government/education domain exp is a plus.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of senior-level business analysis experience.
• Documented Atlassian Jira experience.
• Background with education agencies or education tech vendors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements elicitation through stakeholder interviews and workshops.
• Develop business/functional requirements, user stories, use cases, SRS, flows, UML, wireframes, and mockups.
• Manage requirements across the SDLC, including change control, traceability, and UAT coordination.
• Eight years eliciting and documenting system requirements across software lifecycles and reengineering processes.
• Eight years crafting user stories/use cases and aligning UX mockups with best practices.
• Eight years of strong communication, facilitation, writing, and organizational skills; 4 years with Jira.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

User stories

UML diagrams

Wireframes

JAD sessions

Stakeholder facilitation

Communication

Tools

Atlassian Jira

Modern Requirements

Job description

Senior Business Analyst (Hybrid - Austin, TX)

Duration: 10+ Month Contract

Employment Type: W2 or C2C

Start Date: November 2026

Government or State Department experience a big advantage,

A request for a Senior Business Analyst to support major application enhancements and software rewrite initiatives. The work centers on requirements elicitation, business-process reengineering, functional documentation, user stories, UX wireframes, requirements traceability, and coordination throughout the software development lifecycle. Strong candidates will have at least eight years of senior-level business analysis experience, documented Atlassian Jira experience, and ideally a background supporting education agencies or education technology vendors.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Lead requirements elicitation through stakeholder interviews, JAD sessions, workshops, document analysis, and workflow reviews to identify business needs and opportunities for system improvements.
• Develop business and functional requirements, user stories, use cases, software requirements specifications, process flows, UML diagrams, wireframes, and mockups.
• Manage requirements throughout the SDLC, including change control, traceability, requirements status, project deadlines, UAT coordination, and post-implementation enhancements.
• 8 years eliciting and documenting system requirements, working across software development lifecycles, and performing business-process reengineering and process-flow improvements.
• 8 years developing user stories and use cases following business analysis best practices and designing mockups or wireframes aligned with UX best practices.
• 8 years demonstrating strong communication, facilitation, writing, and organizational skills, plus 4 years of documented experience with Atlassian Jira.

Exceptional Candidate Characteristics:

• 4 years of documented experience working for or closely with TEA, another federal/state/local education agency, or an education technology vendor.
• Experience using Modern Requirements requirements-management software.
• Experience supporting complaint and case-management workflows, including intake, investigation, and resolution.
• Educator certification, federal/state grant programs, or state funding programs experience.

Location & Work Arrangement

• Hybrid position based in Austin, Texas.
• Candidates should be located in or willing to commute to the Austin area as required.
• Opportunity for significant remote work, subject to client requirements.