Business Analyst 1624R

Sistema Technologies Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in Austin, TX seeks a seasoned Business Analyst to support the SHARP initiative. The role will blend BA and QA duties and will also act as Scrum Master, coordinating between internal teams and the vendor.

8+ years' related experience is expected, with strong data analysis and process reengineering skills. On-site 3 days per week with potential to adjust; local candidates only.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience on enterprise-scale data projects.
• 8+ years managing agile projects at government or similar agencies.
• 8+ years of business analysis.
• Knowledge of Jira (5+ years preferred).
• Quality assurance experience (5+ years preferred).
• Data analysis experience (5+ years preferred).
• Experience with Texas Project Delivery Framework deliverables.
• CSM or PMI-ACP Agile certifications (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Support SHARP by working as BA on a project expanding reporting and analytics.
• Perform BA and QA tasks; serve as Scrum Master for the project team.
• Primary contact between in-house development, vendor development, and program area.
• Manage schedule, budget and scope for this project.
• On-site 3 days per week; subject to change to 5 days.
• Position will be 2 days remote with 3 days onsite; local candidates only.

Skills

Project management

Enterprise data management

Agile project management

Business analysis

Jira

Quality assurance

Data analysis

Texas PDF framework

CSM

PMI-ACP

Tools

Jira

Job description

Austin, TX
Business Analyst - Solicitation# 537601624R
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)

8 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Min 5 years of experience, served as a liaison between the Business community and Customer IT Teams (i.e., Architecture, Project Delivery, Application Sustain, etc.). Strong experience as a Data Analyst in analyzing raw data, and as a Business Analyst in requirements gathering, understanding technology, and any project management experience with PMP are a huge plus.
Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Experienced with business process reengineering and identifying new applications of technology to business problems to make business more effective. Familiar with industry standard business process mapping, and reengineering. Prepares solution options, risk identification, and financial analyses such as cost/benefit, ROI, buy/build, etc. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs.
Contractor will support the State Health Analytics Reporting Platform (SHARP) by working as a Business Analyst (BA) on a project which will expand the reporting and analytics available to users. In addition to BA and Quality Assurance (QA) tasks, this role will also be the Scrum Master for the project team, and will be responsible for status updates, project reporting, leading meetings with the program area and the vendor's sprint team. The BA will be the primary contact between the in-house development team, the vendor development team and the program area. Contractor will manage the schedule, budget and scope for this project.
Contractor will be required to be on site 3 days per week, but this is subject to change and could increase to 5 days per week in the future.

Position will be 2 days remote with 3 days (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) required to be onsite. Program will only accept LOCAL ONLY candidates for this position.

Minimum Requirements

Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity. Actual

Years
Experience Years
Experience
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Preferred Skills/Experience 8 Required Project Management 8 Required Managing enterprise scale data management projects. 8 Required Managing agile projects at state or federal government agencies or similar 8 Required Business Analysis 5 Preferred Knowledge and experience with common project management systems like Jira 5 Preferred Quality Assurance 5 Preferred Data Analysis 3 Preferred Experience with creating Texas Project Delivery Framework deliverables and managing projects using this framework strongly preferred. 1 Preferred Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or other Agile-related certifications

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